Ranger24: Okay new chapter folks.
Chapter 9: Don't think it worked.
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"Dead guys say nothing... Dead guys say nothing... Dead guys say,"
"OH WOULD YOU SHUT UP!" Ranger snarled at Daxter.
"Oh sorry," Daxter said slipping back onto Jak's shoulder
Suzaku shook his head in annoyance as the crew gathered about the rails keeping theirr eyes wide and alert for anything that might impede them. They were passing through the thick fog and a large cluster of suken ships. about the sunken ships were hundered of large and hungery looking sharks waiting for their next meal. Lelouch glanced over to the helm and frowned at Dante. Suzaku followed his gaze to see Dante at them helm of the Avalon constantly glancing down at his strange compass.
"Where'd he get that compass?" Lelouch asked Johnson who glanced over Dante shurgged.
"I heard he traded it with some chick who won't show up until the sequel," Johnson replied. "That was before I knew him, back when he was captian of the Black Angel."
Lelouch and Suzaku glanced at eachother in suprise.
"What?" They both said at the same time, shocked.
"Oh yeah way back when, years ago." Johnson explained. "He and Ranger were both aboard and they were with Dante's brohter and they were going after the treasure on Kamine island. See Dante knew the map and his brother said seeing as how they shared the ship the whereabouts of the treasure should be mutualy known between them."
His eyes darkened. "That night there was a mutiny. Ranger was the only one who stood up for Dante as Dante's own brother seized control of the ship. The two of them were marooned on some small island and left to die. And Dante's brother sailed off with the Black Angel."
"Wait, you mean Vergil and Dante are brothers?" Suzaku said suprised.
"Twins," Ranger said joining them from the rigging. "Identical twins, Vergil's about five minutes older though."
"Doesn't sound like much," Lelouch noted.
"It is with twins," Ranger ashured.
"Anyways boys, when I pirate gets marooned..." Johnson began again but he was interputed by Kaguya.
"He is allowed to keep his weapons but is left with only limited ammo." Kaguya said excitedly.
"Of course since Dante was a half Devil Vergil had to do something nasty to him so he couldn't just regenerate his ammunition." Kallen said joining in.
"Vergil took more than half of Dante's devil powers making him not only weaker but unable to restore his Devil strength." C.C continued.
"Hey! Who's telling the story here?" Johnson growled.
"Sorry," all three said before leaning against the rail occassionally throwing Lelouch a look.
"Anyways after a couple of days the weapons you have start looking real freindly, but Dante and Ranger didn't snap! They escaped!" Johnson resumed.
"How'd they do that?" Suzaku asked.
"Well they waded out into the shallows and waited three days until all manner of sea critters had gathered around them and they made themselves a raft of sea turtles!" Johnson answered in a thrilling tone. "And Dante's used all but two shots in Ebony & Ivory. He's saving those two last shots for his damned brother."
"Vergil," Suzaku muttered.
"Wait? What'd they use for rope?" Lelouch asked.
Everyone glanced at Ranger who smiled. "Human hair, from our heads, faces, backs, and pubes."
The three girls looked disqusted at Ranger but suddenly the ship shook. Dante had accidently scrapped the top sail of a wrecked ship. He quickly corrected his error and took the ship away towards the island. Just at the edge of the fog they could see the Black Angel. All it's boats were gone.
"They've already started," Dante muttered.
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Meanwhile Euphemia was in a small row boat with Lurtz, Vergil, Courage, Sarge, and Donut as they sailed into the heart of the islands caves. They reached a darkened shore and the pirates disembarked carrying the spoils of their assault on Port Britannia. Vergil had Sarge and Donut hand Euphemia over to two more guards, one a cyborg with four arms the other a large locust warrior with Dreadlocks.
"HOOOWW YOUUU FEEELLLING GIRRLLYY??" The Locust screeched at her.
"Why are you yelling?" She asked rubbing her ears.
"BECASSUEEE IT'S THEE WAYYY EPIC GAMESSS DESIGNED MY CHARACTER!!" He replied.
"Well keep it down would you?" The cyborg growled.
"FUCKKK YOU GREVIOUS!! YOU DIED IN YOUUURR FIRST MOIVVVE!" The Locust shot back.
Euphemia shook her head in confusion as she was lead into the inner chamber of the caves and gasped. There were mounds of ill gotten treasures from the four corners of the world. All of Vergil's loot for seven years of Plunder.
At that moment Sarge and Donut strolled passed carrying a large trunk.
"Hot damn I can't wait to spend all of this!" Sarge said excitedly. "We can get those Dukes of Hazard cup warmers of always wanted and we can afford your sex change operation."
"Sarge shut up about that!" Donut snapped dropping the trunk which spilled it's contense to reveal a bunch of women's colthes and umbrellas.
Lurtz stared at them and shook his head.
Sarge whacked Donut over the head with his shot gun.
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Back on the Avalon the four muscled men in armor Marcus Fenix, Dominc Santiago, Damon Baird, and Augustus Cole were making ready a single boat to sail into the caves. Dante hefted Rebellion.
"Okay folks here's the plan, I'll lead an away team comprising of myself, Kuurugi, his majesty, and ensign Fin."
The Star Terk Red shirt Fin glanced at his shirt.
"Aw fuck me," He muttered.
"What do we do if the worst should happen?" Ranger asked as the four of them climbed into the row boat.
"Keep to the Code," Dante answered.
Ranger nodded grimly.
Jeremaih stepped forward suddenly.
"Sir I must accompany Master Lelouch and protect him! It is my sworn duty!" He proclaimed.
Lelouch suddenly pulledout a letter. "Jeremaih, I want you to stay here. If we don't come back give this letter to Nunnally."
Jeremaih took it a looked on with worry. "But sir Lelouch!"
"Don't worry," Ranger said cassually. "They have a red shirt with them. He's the only one who'll die it's how this works."
"Leave the light on!" Dante shouted as the row boat was lowered into the water.
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Several minutes later Dante, Suzaku, and Lelouch sat in the row boat while Fin rowed it grumbling all the while.
"What code is Ranger to keep if the worst should happen?" Suzaku asked.
"Pirate's code," Dante answered. "Any man who is falls behind, is left behind."
"No honor among theives I take it?" Lelouch noted.
"You know for having such low opinions of pirates you guys are rapidly turning into pirates yourselves," Dante said casually, lifting up his fingers to list off their offenses. "Rescueing a condemed man, commondering a ship of the fleet, working with a crew of miscreants," he paused as the torch light passed over the surface of the water revealing hundreds of cast aside peices of gold in the water. Suzaku and Lelouch stared at it in wonder.
"And you're both obsessed with treasure," Dante finished with a smirk as they reached the shore and Suzaku stepped out glaring at him.
"I'm not obsessed with treasure!" He snapped.
"Wealth is rather meaningless to me," Lelouch said simply.
"Not all treasure is silver and gold boys," Dante said as he lead them out onto the shore and the sound of men's voices grew louder. They crept around the sides of the cave and paused staring at the scene in the central chamber.
The whole crew of the Black Angel was gathered around a central mass of treasure a top which was a strange Japanese style alter. Standing at the Alter was Vergil with Euphemia at his side. He raised his hands calling for silence.
"Euphie," Suzaku whispered loosening his sword in it's sheath but Dante raised his hand with a look of warning. "Easy kid, there's way to many of them. We need to wait for the perfect moment."
"Now here we are again!" Vergil proclaimed. "Every man among us stood here exactly seven years ago when we were all cursed by this!"
He unsheathed Yamato and in a blindingly fast blow sliced the top off of the altar to reveal hundreds of pink jewel shards.
"Punished by the holy powers and rightly so! But now our salvation is upon us!" Vergil shouted waving Yamato in the air! The pirates cheered and hollered. "Every one of us has shed blood before the mast and by blade now only a little more blood must be shed!"
The pirates cheered again and Lelouch glanced anxiously at Suzaku who, to his suprise, was gone!
"Now who's blood must still be shed?" Vergil asked.
"Her's!" The pirate's screamed.
"And who's blood will we shed?" Vergil asked.
"Her's!" The pirates screamed again.
Suddenly Lelouch heard a loud crack and Dante slumped to the ground next to him. Standing over Dante was Suzaku holding a large wooden oar.
"Suzaku what the are you doing?" Lelouch demanded in a whisper.
"I'm not being his leverage, follow me!" Suzaku hissed before slipping along the walls.
Vergil pulled Euphemia closer placing the medallion with the jewel shard in her hand along with the blade of Yamato.
"Now be a good girl this will only hurt for a little while," Vergil said simply.
Euphemia spat on him.
"If I'm not careful you'll lose a whole hand instead of just a little blood," Vergil noted.
Euphemia gulped and held perfectly still.
"By blood begun, by blood undone!" Vergil proclaimed before cutting Euphemia's palm with Yamato's Razor sharp edge. Euphemia gave a cry of pain and the pirates laughed.
A little blood trickle down the sword and Vergil opened Euphemia's palm to reveal a clear cut across her palm. Blood coated the medallion and jewel shard.
"That's it?" Euphemia asked.
"No need to waste a good thing," Vergil answered before the jewel fell from Euphie's hand and landed amongst it's fellows.
All the pirates stood silent eyes closed waiting! Waiting... Waiting... Waiting.
Donut opened his good eye. "Hey I feel the same as always."
"Did it work?" Orochimaru asked.
"How do we know?" Sarge asked.
Vergil sighed and sheathed Yamato. A bright blue sword suddenly appeared floating next to Vergil and went flying into Sarge's chest! Everyone stared at Sarge waiting.
"Why didn't you shot him?" Euphie asked.
"I don't use guns," Vergil muttered.
Sarge stepped back and the sword exploded in his chest. Amazingly he was still alive.
"YOUR NOT DEADDD!!!" Skorge screeched.
"Hey you threw a sword at me!" Sarge said offened at Vergil.
"The curse is still on us!" Lurtz snarled.
Vergil picked up the medallion confused. Then he whirled on Euphemia and grabbed her by the neck with the medallion still clutched in his hand.
"YOU! Were you taught by Kyoshido Toudho? Are you even related to the six houses of Kyoto!?" He snarled.
"No!" Euphemia answered terrified.
Vergil slapped her across the face and she fell back down the pile of treasure with medallion caught on her dress. The pirates were fumming with anger.
"You two!" Lurtz snarled at Sarge and Donut. "You brought us the wrong person!"
All of the pirates pulled out their weapons and surrounded the two bumbling morons.
"No!" Sarge said panicking. "She was the proper age! She had the medallion!"
"And she has a great stylist!" Donut added terrified.
Euphemia groaned and looked up from the treasure she'd landed in.
Suddenly she felt someone grab her arm. She glanced to her left to see to her suprise Suzaku and Lelouch. Suzaku raised up a finger to his lips. Euphemia quickly grabbed the medallion as they slipped away. Unbeknownst to them Courage was watching.
Jan Valntine pulled up his P90's, "I say blame the captian! Every choice Vergil's made has lead from fucked up, to tentcal raped!"
"Yeah!" Some of the others shouted pulling out their weapons.
"You was the one who sent Toudho to the depths!" Zabuza shouted.
Vergil drew out Yamato glaring at his rioting crew. "If any of you thinks he can take me then please step forward!"
No one did but the Hitler youth group kid raised his hand. "I say ve svill all her blood, just to make sure!"
Suddenly Courage jumped onto of the mound and started jumping up and down on the balls of his paws yammering. Then he turned into an impersonation of Vergil smaking Euphie then into Lelouch and Suzaku rescueing her. Then he changed back to normal pointing to the passage out of the caves.
Vergil glanced down at where Euphemia had fallen and saw to his alarm she and the Medallion were gone!
"The girl stole the medallion!" He shouted! "Find her!!"
The pirates streamed out of the cave and to the boats only to find Ensign Fin lying dead from choking on a gummi bear, also all of the oars for the boats were gone.
"Find the oars!" Lurtz snarled!
The pirates scattered about searching for the oars.
At that moment a woozy Dante came around a bend clutching at the oar Suzaku had hit him with. Everyone paused and stared at him.
"You're supposed to be dead!" Sarge demanded.
"Am I not?" Dante said frowning. He shrugged and turned away only to discover he was surrounded with swords, guns, a chainsaw, and a couple of lightsabers pointed in his general direction. He opened his mouth to say something but frowned.
"Parselly?" He said unsure. Everyone raised an eyebrow confused.
"Parsnipp, party, paraque, portly, par, parmesian..." He said trying to find the word he was looking for.
"Parley?" Donut suggested brightly.
"Yeah that's it!" He said happily. "Parley!"
Sarge glared at Donut. "Parley..." He hissed angrily. "To hell with whoever came up with that damned word!"
"That would be the French," Dante answered.
"Fucking french panseys." Sarge growled. "At least American's have balls, frenchie's are just pussies."
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Meanwhile Euphemia was pulled up onto the deck of the Avalon by Jeremaih and she groaned when she saw the crew.
"Not more pirates," she muttered.
"Welcome aboard Princess Euphemia." Johnson said stepping forward suprising Euphie.
"Avery Jones Johnson?" She said incredulous. "Why are you a pirate?"
"My tour of duty ran up and they wouldn't let me go for a fourth tour." Johnson said shrugging.
Suzaku and Lelouch clambered onto the deck and Ranger stepped out of the crowd frowning. His appearance confused Euphemia even more.
"Hey Kuurugi, where's Dante?" He asked.
Euphemia looked at Suzaku her face demanding answers. "Dante Sparda?"
Suzaku sighed. "He fell behind."
"Let's get underway!" Lelouch shouted to the crew who disperesed to their stations except Kaguya who jumped him.
"Oh we were all so worried! We thought they might have captured you guys and killed you or something!" She exclaimed while glomping him.
"Kaguya get off him!" Kallen snapped wrenching Kaguya off of Lelouch.
"Come on," Suzaku said to Euphie leading her bellow deck. At the same time however Ranger, Johnson, and Lady watched Kamine island with concern etched on their faces.
Ranger24: Okay thats that chapter. Can Dante worm his way out of this mess? Will Suzaku finally confess his feelings to Euphemia? Will Lelouch ever get any peace from the ladies or maybe just screw them all in a foursome? Will I get more dialouge? Will Donut stop acting like a creepy male cheerleader? Why am I asking you guys? Read and review!