World's Renewal
Pirates of the Caribbean x Inuyasha Crossover Story
World's Renewal Chapter 1
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"In order to affect a timely halt to deteriorating conditions and to ensure the common good, a state of emergency is declared for these territories by decree of Lord Cutler Beckett, duly appointed representative of His Majesty, the king. By decree, according to martial law, the following statues are temporarily amended:
Right to assembly, suspended." the pulling of a lever was heard as the courtyard was filled with struggled gasps.
"Right to habeas corpus, suspended." the sounds of chains moving and dragging across stone and wood echoed across the town as the lever was pulled once more.
"Right to legal counsel, suspended. Right to verdict by a jury of peers, suspended." and the lever was pulled once more as the wooden floors of death opened and took their dying breaths.
"By decree, all persons found guilty of piracy, or aiding a person convicted of piracy, or associating with a person convicted of piracy…shall be sentenced to hang by the neck until dead."
The next seven convicted souls made their way chains and all upon the gallows, each looking more forlorn than the last. None more so than the seventh pirate Raphael, looking upon the one treasure not taken from him upon his arrest.
"You think it's time?" questioned a voice silently looking down on the port.
"Aye. He would be the one to start this. Kagome's lullaby. How pissed do you think she'll be when she finds out?" questioned back the dark figure.
"She'll know as soon as the singing starts. Dead or not." replied the first voice just as gravely.
'The king and his men
Stole the queen from her bed
And bound her in her bones
The seas be ours
And by the powers
Where we will we'll roam.'
"They've begun to sing, sir." spoke a naval officer to Beckett as he looked for what to do to the scum.
"Finally." were the only words spoken as he sipped his tea and laughed.
'Yo ho haul hands
Hoist the colors high.
Heave ho.
Thieves and beggars.
Never shall we die.'
"So you would do it then? You would truly die for those who are already dead? Do anything to bring them back?" questioned Tia Dalma as the pirates who once mourned looked at her startled until finally agreeing.
"Doesn't matter now. The Pearl is gone along with its captain, and first mate." spoke Will once again going somber.
"Aye. And already the world seems a bit less bright." agreed Gibbs
"But you would do it." prodded Tia once more as they once again agreed to her words.
"Alright but if you go and brave the weird and haunted shores at world's end…then you will need a captain who knows those waters." spoke Tia walking towards Elizabeth as she and then eventually the others looked towards the stairs to see who was making their way towards them.
"So tell me, what's become of my ship?" asked Barbossa laughing as he bit into the core of an apple.
Some men have died
And others are alive
And others sail on the sea
-with the key to the cage
And the devil to play
We pay to Fiddler's Green!
"Is there any news on the chest?"
"None. But one of the ships did pick up a man adrift at sea. He had these." answered Mercer dropping the marque onto the desk.
"I took the liberty of filling in my name." said Norrington
"If you intend to claim these then you must have something to trade." answered Beckett motioning the ex-commodore forward.
"Do you have the compass?" he continued disappointment etched onto his face as James shook his head in the negative.
"Better."
And there on the table was a simple rucksack. One that moved. Moved with a beating like sound.
"The heart of Davy Jones."
The bell has been raised
from its watery grave…
Do you hear its sepulchral tone?
We are a call to all
Pay heed the squall
And turn your sail toward home…
"Jack. It's begun." whispered Kagome as she watched Jack slowly lose himself once more to world's end.
Yo ho. Haul hands.
Hoist the colors high
Heave ho.
Thieves and beggars
Never shall we die.
"It's time." the two voices agreed having never even heard Kagome speak the words herself, as they disappeared in a cloud of wind.
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Some have died
and some are alive
others sail on the seas
with the keys to the cage
and the devil to pay
we lay to Fiddler's Green
The bell has been raised from its watery grave
hear its sepulchral tone
A call to all pay heed the squall
Turn your sails to home.
"Yo ho haul together, hoist the colors high. Heave-ho-"
"Thief and beggar, Never shall we die. Such a pretty lullaby. But a dangerous song to be singing for those ignorant to its meaning. Particularly a woman. Particularly a woman alone." spoke a voice from the shadows revealing himself to be a man of Sao Feng.
"Now what makes you think she's alone?" questioned Barbossa stepping down from the shadows.
"You protect her?" he demanded incredulously only to fall back by a soft grip around his neck followed by the tensing of his body as cool metal pressed against his jugular the same time a meticulous voice whispered in his ear.
"What makes you think I need protecting?" Elizabeth sneered calmly to her captive.
"Your master's expecting us. And an unexpected death'd cast a slight pall on our meeting." Barbossa reasoned.
"Pick those feet up!" yelled a nearby naval commander as Elizabeth released the pirate another motioned for them to follow into Sao Feng's underground cavern spa.
"On the double!"
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Gibbs realized a few things this very moment.
First it was dark as a night's crow.
Second water was too cold to be swam in and it was no wonder the semi-sane one's commandeered a ship.
Thirdly it was hard as hell to breath threw your mouth through a stick.
And lastly Kagome and Jack owed him so much rum after they got them out of Davy Jones' Locker.
They finally reached shallow water and came face to face with an iron-wrought bars closing off their entrance.
"It always takes me about a week to get my sea legs." spoke a sailor watching for Sao Feng or one of his men.
"I was throwing up horribly the last time." agreed another as their voices became more and more distant.
{Squawk} "Steady as she goes." signaled Mr. Cotton's parrot as Jack (the monkey) began to turn the lever causing hurdy-gurdy music to play.
"Alright." spoke Gibbs as he and the others began to file away at the iron.
Yep they owed him a lot.
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"You heard anything from Will?" asked Elizabeth as they followed in behind the pirate from earlier
"I trust young Turner to acquire the charts and you to remember your place in the presence of Captain Sao Feng."
"Is he that terrifying?"
"He's much like myself," answered Barbossa. "but absent my merciful nature and sense of fair play."
And as the last words left his mouth did they come to a stop and witness the Asian pirate knock on a set of giant red doors no doubt leading to Sao Feng.
"Hao." he finally spoke when a latch was pulled and a set of eyes viewed from behind the other side.
The doors swung open and they were once again stopped in this side door by the first pirate they had seen earlier.
Elizabeth carefully followed behind Barbossa and just as she passed the threshold did two men shut and lock the doors behind her.
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"We're in." whisper shouted Gibbs hearing when the metal fell from its stone confinment pulling the metal the rest of the way off they climbed through their new entrance and crawled into Sao Feng's underwater steaming grounds, hidden by unused rocks in the southern corner of the man made room.
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When Elizabeth looked back around Jeng whose name they finally learned was in front of her and motioned her into a line where they would search for weapons. Barbossa being first stripped himself of all of his explosives and swords handing them off to Elizabeth who in turn passed them onto more unknown pirates as Jeng looked on.
As she passed on the last of Barbossa's effects she merely took one step before Jeng once again stopped her.
"Do you think because she is a woman we would not suspect her of treachery?" he asked of Barbossa.
"Well when you put it that way..." conceded Barbossa
"Remove, please." he smiled at her.
Elizabeth merely stepped back in her original place not without rolling her eyes first and threw off her rice hat followed by a holster consisting of four pistols along with another two on her belt. A grenado on a strap located on her thigh. And lastly a rather large wheel lock gun from the back of her leg, which even Barbossa seemed to be shocked by.
Elizabeth merely gave off an innocent look before walking forward slightly only yo be stopped again.
"Remove. Please." Jeng repeated with a lecherous grin as Elizabeth looked down shocked.
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After being thoroughly embarrassed Elizabeth and Barbossa were finally led to Sao Feng's chambers where he greeted them both harshly.
"Captain Barbossa, welcome to Singapore." he said haughtily as both Barbossa and Elizabeth bowed in greeting
"More steam." he commanded one of his concubines as she nodded and pulled a nearby rope which connected to signs underground hissing when more steam was needed.
You could faintly hear Chinese shouting from underneath followed by more steam gravitating above them.
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As Sao Feng commanded steam from above, Gibbs and the others were looking on as workers moved to accommodate their Lord.
"None of that. If things don't go the way we want, then we're the only chance they've got." commanded Gibbs holding back Ragetti as he tried to escape.
He however continued watching the big Asian man which frightened Ragetti in the first place and noticing that as soon as the wooden signs spun everyone began working to shovel coal and command levers and once finished steam would rise.
How interesting.
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"I understand that you have a request to make of me." stated Feng stepping closer yet still keeping his distance of the two.
"More of a proposal to put to ye." reasoned Barbossa, "I've a venture underway and I find myself in need of a ship and a crew."
"Hmm. It's an odd coincidence." spoke Feng rubbing his head and backing himself into his original footing before finally looking at the two once more when Elizabeth decided to be brave.
"Because you happen to have a ship and a crew you don't need?"
"No." he answered looking up, "Because earlier this day, not far from here, a thief broke into my most revered uncle's temple and tried to make off with these." he answered moving towards one of his older men and pulling out charts.
"The navigational charts. The route to the farthest Gate." he threw the charts to Jeng who caught them effortlessly as Sao moved to stand directly in front of the two outsiders.
"Wouldn't it be amazing if this venture of yours took you to the world beyond this one?" he asked
"It would strain credulity at that." agreed Barbossa as Sao back up once more motioning to his men to bring up their prisoner. When they did so both Barbossa and Elizabeth came face to face with Will gasping for breath
"This is the thief." stated Sao poking Will as he struggled for air, "Is his face familiar to you?"
His answers were both negative nods though Elizabeth's nervousness brought hers out a little exuberantly.
"Then I guess he has to further need for it." he remarked pulling out a spike and making a strike for Will's face to receive a heartrending gasp from Elizabeth and a slight eye roll from Barbossa.
"You come into my city and you betray my hospitality." he spoke sheathing his weapon and once more making his way towards the two.
"Sao Feng I assure you, I had no idea..."
"That he would get caught!" finished Feng in a scream
"You intend to attempt the voyage to Davy Jones' Locker. But I cannot help but wonder..." he paused as Elizabeth tensed and had Barbossa hold her down, "Why?" he questioned looking into Barbossa's eyes.
He merely tossed a coin towards Sao Feng who daftly caught it and looked on in confusion and a little wonderment. He blew on it once and held it to his ear and listened shock now coating his features.
"The song has been sung. The time is upon us. We must convene the Brethren Court. As one of the nine pirate lords, you must honor the call."
"More steam." he commanded gripping onto the coin with all his might, droplets of blood forming on his palm not big enough to fall however. He looked at Elizabeth and Barbossa in contemplation as his concubine once more drew down the rope leading to the wooden signs.
"More Steam!" he shouted at her again when after a few moments nothing happened, she once more bowed her head and pulled the rope again.
This time steam finally rose and he turned back to the three outsiders confident in his next words.
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Mr. Cotton pulled what he hoped to be the right lever and would have sighed in relief if he could when he saw steam rise above them once more.
The giant man that frightened Ragetti from before was unconscious on the floor next to said man along with Pintel with Marty on top of him holding a shovel for every time he sighed or groaned Marty would hit him in his head with his own shovel.
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"There is a price on all our heads." he began
"Aye." agreed Barbossa
"It is true. It seems the only way a pirate can turn a profit anymore...is by betraying other pirates." he finished looking at Will who happily glared back.
"It be time to put our differences aside..." began Barbossa.
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"It be time to put our differences aside..." they heard Barbossa speak
"Wait for the signal."
"The First Brethren Court gave us rule of the seas. But now that rule is being challenged by Lord Cutler Beckett."
"Against East India Trading Company," began Sao Feng,
"It's Elizabeth." giggled Ragetti as he looked on from below where Elizabeth stood motioning Pintel forward.
"what value is the Brethren Court? What can any of us do?"
"You can fight!" she demanded moving towards Sao Feng and shrugging one of his men off of her, "Get off me!" she yelled stopping in front of Sao Feng, "You are Sao Feng the Pirate Lord of Singapore. You command in an age of piracy where bold captains sail free waters." they heard her speak from below as Ragetti moved Pintel from where he was standing and motioned him to look up where he stared directly at one of Sao Feng's larger men.
Pintel shoved Ragetti off of him and walked back to his post but not before shooting the one-eyed pirate a dirty look.
"Where waves aren't measured in feet, but as increments of fear, and those who pass the test become legend. Would you have that era come to an end on your watch? "The most notorious pirates from all around the world are uniting against our enemy, and yet you sit here cowering in your bathwater!" she finished as Feng moved to truly become face to face with the young heiress, close enough to touch.
"Elizabeth Swann. There is more to you than meets the eye, isn't there?" he stated circling her. "And the eye does not go wanting. But I cannot help but notice you have failed to answer my question. What is it you seek in Davy Jones' Locker?" he asked seeming more curious than having an actual need to know.
"Jack Sparrow." Will answered speaking for the first time since he was 'released from his temporary prison, the name causing Sao Feng's two concubines to giggle uncontrollably. "He's one of the Pirate Lords." he finished once their giggling quieted due to Feng's glare.
"The only reason… I would want Jack Sparrow returned from the land of the dead … is so I can send him back myself!" he screamed kicking over barrels of what seemed to be scented oils.
"Jack Sparrow holds one of the nine pieces of eight." started Barbossa. "He failed to pass it along to a successor before he died. So we must go and get him back." he continued talking as Feng's glare grew Barbossa thinking because it was due to the impending return of Jack.
"So you admit … you have deceived me. Weapons!" he screamed as Feng unsheathed his sword all of his men doing the same as Barbossa and Elizabeth moved towards one another as Barbossa tempted to calm Sao Feng
"Weapons." repeated Gibbs as the others drew out four blades and aimed
"Sao Feng, I assure you, our intentions are strictly honorable." he said as the four beneath them tossed the blades up Barbossa and Elizabeth catching them effortlessly. Barbossa gave an innocent smile towards Sao Feng as his glare grew, until he finally reached over and grabbed the boy he was standing next to during Barbossa's speech and held his blade to his throat.
"Drop your weapons or I kill the man!" he ransomed
"Kill him," responded Barbossa after looking towards both Will and Elizabeth and seeing their confused stares looking back at him, "he's not our man."
"If he's not with you. And he's not with us … who's he with?" asked Will always the reasonable one yet as soon as the words left his mouth about 300 naval soldiers barged into the underground lair.
"Charge!" one screamed and began shooting all pirates they could see.
Will began defending himself using his restraints and oar that previously held him in place against the navy officials.
The wagon that played the old dance music stopped and seconds after more soldiers shouted 'Fire' did an explosion ignite and throw back all those against Barbossa, Sao Feng and their men. Tia Dalma walking towards port with a smile on her face.
"Soai!" Feng shouted and motioned for all to take the most noblest and oldest of pirate traditions, flee to see another day of fight.
The shouting and madness continued as Will ran, panic and adrenaline flowing through him more-so when Sao Feng grabbed him from behind and pinned him to an abandoned wall.
"It's an odd coincidence, isn't it?" he began sword glistening in the dark, "The East India Trading Company finds me the day you show up in Singapore."
"It is coincidence only." spit back Will rebelliously
"Ever still...I cannot help but feel that it is more than just Jack back from the dead when you make way on your little adventure."
"Higurashi." he stated throwing off Feng's arm, "Kagome Higurashi." he finished before once more joining the fight. Leaving a wide-eyed Feng in his leave.
And a curious Mercer in hiding.
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Another part of Singapore found Jack and Mr. Cotton's parrot alone on a bridge with soldiers surrounding their way of exit.
Jack steals a small rocket launcher and candle, ignoring the parrots cry of "Uh-oh!". He lights the fire arm and flees along with the parrot.
"Fire in the hole." he squawked as Jack covered his ears as the rocket took flight, right through three other bridges all of which had a fight taking place, only to land in a firearms shop and enkindle those it grazed on its way down.
"Thank you, Jack." called Barbossa as the monkey clapped
"Thank you, Jack." Mr. Cotton's parrot repeated in a squall
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"You have the charts?" Barbossa asked reaching Will
"And better, yet." he answered motioning behind him, "A ship and a crew."
"Where's Sao Feng?" Elizabeth asked catching up towards the others
"He'll cover our escape and meet us at Shipwreck Cove." he answered again
"This way. Be quick." demanded Jeng finding an escape route as the others did as he bid and quickly followed.
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"Haul the snotters with a will!" Gibbs shouted
"Keep it taut!" agreed Pintel
"Secure provisions and stow the cargo." Gibbs was once more heard.
"There's no place left for Sao Feng to cower." started Elizabeth speaking to Tia Dalma, "Do you think he will honor the call?"
"I cannot say." she spoke not once looking at Elizabeth, "There's an evil on these seas that even the most staunch and bloodthirsty pirates have come to fear. A fear your dear Jack and Kagome must have learned by now. Though I would not think it is something she learned, merely remembered." Elizabeth could only look solemnly at the water as she thought of the two mentioned pirates.
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"A piece of eight. Nine of them you say." spoke Beckett listening to the coin sing for him
"Our new friend in Singapore was very specific, sir." answered Mercer "Nine pieces of eight."
"What's the significance of that I wonder." pondered Beckett for a moment
"Does it matter. Nothing can hold against the armada." boasted Mercer confident in his men now that the Flying Dutchman was under their rule.
"You fool. They are only missing two things that can take us down. You overheard him yourself. They are planning to bring back Mr. Sparrow and Miss Higurashi, and for whatever reason they are able to foil us at every turn with those two in their lead."
"But sir, The Flying Dutchman..." trailed off Mercer confused as to how two pirates could defeat one of the best ships they have.
"The only thing they are really missing are those two pirates." spoke Beckett as if Mercer had not talked at all during his train of thought, "They however come back all they would like I doubt it will be in time for the Council to have joined forces once more and by then it shall have been too late." he finished looking intently at the coin once more, "Speaking of, did your friend tell you where the Brethren Court were meeting?" he asked
"He was mum on that, sir." answered Mercer disdainfully
"Hmmm. Then he knows the value of information. Better keep this to ourselves. We don't want anyone running off to Singapore, do we?" he asked motioning to Govn' Swann
"Ah, admiral."
"You summoned me, Lord Beckett." answered Norrington with a bored look upon his face
"Yes. Something for you there. Your new station deserves an old friend." he motioned to the sword Will had crafted for him what seemed so many years ago.
"No more requisition items, sir."
"No, no more. Execution." he answered as Norrington's sword unsheathes.
"The Brethren Court has met it's final day. All that remains is for them to decide where they make their final stand." answered Beckett as Governor Swann looked at the blade nervously.
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"No one said anything about cold." complained Pintel shaking overly next to Ragetti and Jack
"I'm sure there must be a good reason for our suffering." replied Ragetti
"Why don't that obeah woman bring Jack back the same way she brought back Barbossa?" he demanded to himself more than asked yet froze as her cold dark eyes bore into his own.
"Because he was brought to me only dead. Jack Sparrow and Kagome Higurashi are taken, body and soul. To a place, not of death but punishment."
"Kagome's with Jack?" asked Ragetti confused
"Her willingly chose death and punishment with Jack." Tia Dalma agreed
"But why?"
"Her love him, just as much as him love her. It appears theirs is a tale almost like Davy Jones' himself." she conceded
"The worst fate a person can bring upon himself … stretching on forever. That's what awaits at Davy Jones' Locker."
"Yeah. I knew there was a good reason." answered Ragetti leaning back against the boards behind him.
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"Nothing is set." chattered Will as his teeth silently hit against each other, "They can't be as accurate as modern charts." he spoke turning the map again and again until something made sense.
"No. But it leads to more places." agreed Jeng
"Over the Edge. Over Again." spoke Will, "Sunrise sets Flash of Green. Do you care to interpret, Captain Barbossa?"
"Ever gazed upon the green flash, Master Gibbs?" Barbossa called out eyes still trained on Will.
"I reckon I seen my fair share. Happens on rare occasion. The last glimpse of sunset, a green flash shoots up into the sky. Some go their whole lives without ever seeing it. Some claim to have seen it who ain't. And some say …"
"It signals when a soul comes back to this world from the dead." interrupted Pintel looking nervous as Gibbs shot him with a very intense glare as Barbossa merely rolled his eyes at the two.
"Sorry." mumbled Pintel looking sheepish.
"Trust me young Master Turner." delayed Barbossa before an argument would break out, "It's not getting to the land of the dead that's the problem." Barbossa spoke eerily before walking away.
"It's getting back."
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