Warning: Parts of the episode don't take place in KHII, but in the actual movie of 'Pirates of the Caribbean'. Just some moments I wanted to add for kicks.
Chapter 1: The Curse of the Pirates
The Gummi ship had just took flight, soaring away from Disney Castle. "Ok, Yui, any new worlds?" Sora asked the pixie, who was typing away, observing the monitor. "Two of them, actually." she answered, "But both of them are blocked by spacial gates."
"Well, which way do we go?" Donald asked. "I'd say let's go to that one." Kirito answered, pointing to the world towards the right, "I have a feeling something interesting is gonna be there." "Then that's where were heading!" Sora said answered excitedly. "Setting coordinates to the gate," Yui responded, "We should get there soon."
"How do you know there's something interesting there?" Asuna asked Kirito. "Well, its' been interesting all around," Kirito answered lazily, "I just...guessed." Asuna rolled her eyes. The fact that the worlds haven't dull them just yet did make Kirito's answer to be true. Let's hope his instincts were right as they took off towards the next world.
(Cue opening theme)
The special gateway they endured was crazy, with tons of floating islands and extreme amounts of Heartless. Still, they made it through, found the keyhole, and opened the gate to the next world.
They were finally able to see the world close up, along with on the monitor. "So what's this place's story?" Asuna asked. "Well, the only info I can get is that it's called Port Royal." Yui answered, "Other than that, it's still a mystery. There isn't enough info on this world, apparently."
"Kirito called it!" Sora proclaimed, making Kirito grin. "Gawrsh, you sure it's safe?" Goofy asked, looking at the new world, "kinda looks dark down there." "Which is why we should go!" Kirito answered, "There's bound to be Heartless there, plus, we need to find the keyhole in this world, and unlock it."
Everybody gathered to the transporter. Yui set up the coordinates, and the gang teleported down to the world. They they appeared, they found themselves in the ramparts of a tall stone fortress, with medieval cannons facing out. There was a large bell underneath a stone archway. It was dark, and there were lit torches on the side of the wall, which had locked steel gates that led into the interior.
They walked up a flight of stairs to the edge of the ramparts and looked at the scenery. "Wow!" squawked Donald. "This place is..." Sora started. "Kinda different." Goofy finished him. They saw the rocky coast, and the dark, open sea. The best words to describe the place was dark and eerie. "I like this place." smirked Kirito. "Why am I not surprised?" Asuna asked sarcastically.
The team was walking back down when they heard the sound of people screaming. They rushed to the wall nearest to where the sound came, and saw a large town down below. There was specks of light, and also some places on fire. "Something's up!" Sora stated, seeing what was happening down below. "Organization XIII?" suggested Goofy. "or the Heartless!" Donald guessed. "Maybe both." Kirito chose. "Only one way to find out." Asuna said, and she led the group down the fortress to the town.
In the harbor of the town, Pete was standing in front of a group of men, and the one leading them was large, with blond hair and a wiry beard. He had on a black hat with a feather on it. He had a black coat with buttons, a brown buttoned up undercoat, a brown belt with silver ornaments over his shoulder equipped with holster, and a golden sash around his waist. He also had dark pants, tan boots, and a brown fingerless glove. He was equipped with a sword. This man was Barbossa, and he was a pirate captain.
"Aztec treasure, eh?" Pete questioned him. "Aye!" Barbossa answered, "And thanks to the curse put on it, we are neither among the livin' nor the dead." "Really?" Pete asked suspiciously, "'Cause ya look like regular pirates to me." "Ah, but in the moonlight..." Barbossa started, then the moon shone upon them, and Pete saw them turn into something interesting.
"Whoa! Now I get what you were sayin'." Pete responded to their sudden transformation, but then he remembered something, and warned them, "Well, if you see two doofuses and a brat holdin' a Keyblade, steer clear. They got a kinda magic that don't belong in this world, see? And nobody knows what it'd do to ya. 'Specially when the moon's showing whatcha really are."
"A match for Barbossa, you say?" questioned the shadowy pirate, reverting back to normal. He did seem intrigued at this bit of news. Suddenly, the five heroes came out of the doors from the fortress, and ran towards the scene. "Hey!" shouted Sora. "Couldn't handle the butt-kicking we dealt to you before, Pete?" Kirito asked as he and the others produced their weapons. Asuna also reverted back to her Oathkeeper again.
"See there?" I knew it!" Pete told Barbossa, "Those are the punks I was tellin' ya about." "Who are you calling punks?" Sora asked angrily, "It's Sora, Donald, Goofy, Kirito, and Asuna to you! And don't you forget it!" "That we won't." replied Barbossa, "And we'll engrave it on your tombstone, to be sure."
"Whoa! I like your style." Pete complimented. Actually, me too. Kirito thought. Pete turned to his crew behind him. "Men, half of you stay here and indulge these cullies." he ordered, "The rest, bring me that medallion!" "Aye!" the men shouted, and they split up. Several men stayed there and was gonna deal with Sora, Kirito and the others. Pete also stayed behind to watch.
"Aw, we only get to stomp on a few of you?" Sora moaned. "This is gonna be easy." said Asuna, raising her Keyblade. Barbossa heard them, and chuckled slyly before walking away.
Sora led the group into attacking the pirates, and the clash started. The pirates used their swords, guns, bombs, whatever they carried to fight them. During the fight, the crew noticed something was wrong; they couldn't damage the pirates. No matter how hard they hit them, no matter what magic they used, they would get back up, undamaged.
"It's no use! We can't beat them!" Sora stated as the five of them regrouped once more. "Aye, whaddya expect?" asked one of the pirates. Suddenly, the moon started to shine again, and Sora, Kirito and the others were shocked. The pirates' bodies had suddenly become skeletal, from head to toe, and their clothes became aged with their bodies. "What in the world?!" Kirito exclaimed, seeing the cursed pirates.
"You best be sayin' your prayers!" the pirate warned them. "Hey, watch out! They can see ya!" Pete told them, "Stay away from their magic!" "What for?" asked the pirate. "Weren't you listenin' to me before?" Pete asked exasperatedly.
"Hey, Pete, thanks for the tip!" Asuna thanked the blabbering buffoon, who realized his mistake, "If that's the case, they must be vulnerable to us in this state." "Let's go!" Sora shouted, and they charged into the fray once again.
The battle certainly changed for the better of the five heroes. Their attacks were now getting to them. They kept knocking all of them down into a pile of bones, where they laid lifeless, regardless of their skeletal forms. A couple were coming at Kirito, but he got creative by swinging the net full of cargo that was hanging on the crane at them, sending them flying into the sea. The battle was finished easily.
The group turned to Pete, who didn't look to please at the result. "Hey! This ain't over!" he barked at them, then he turned and ran off. The group put away their weapons as they saw him leave. "If Pete's here, that must mean we have work to do." Sora guessed. "Yep." Goofy agreed, "And that pirate captain looked pretty mean, too." "Man, I'd hate to see him turned into a Heartless." Asuna stated, "And I'm guessing were somewhere in the pirate era of this world."
"Those pirates are pretty good." Kirito stated, "We just have to strike them into some moonlight, and it will be all over for them." "Well, we ARE here..." Donald stated. "What should we do next?" Yui asked them.
They all thought, then Sora asked, "Hey, maybe we can take a pirate ship out for a spin!" Asuna, Yui, Donald and Goofy all looked surprised. Kirito, on the other hand, looked intrigued. "Just kidding!" giggled Sora, causing the three to sigh in relief, and Kirito to frown slightly, "Weren't those guys headed to town?" "Yeah. I think they were looking for treasure." Asuna assumed. They all turned to the bridge that led into town and took off towards it.
"Hey Sora," whispered Kirito, "Are you really interested in riding a pirate ship?" "Somewhat." Sora answered, "Me, Riku and some of my friends would play pirate at times when we were young, so having a chance to really become one would be fun." Kirito nodded in agreement. After reading, watching, and playing pirate games, he found the occupation to be quite intriguing.
Chapter 2: Captain Jack Sparrow and the Aztec Gold
The gang charged through the town, dealing with pirates, old and new Heartless. There were ones called Tornado Steps, and some called Cannon Guns. Now that the crew knew how to deal with the pirates, they kept showing them into moonlight so as to defeat them.
As they rounded the corner of a street they saw a long-haired women in a yellow lace dress being carried away by one of the pirates. "Where are you taking me?! Let me go!" she shouted, struggling to get free. At the side steps facing the streets, a man also appeared, one with slicked-back hair, a white shirt and a brown vest.
He saw the woman being carried away. "Elizabeth!" he shouted, "Stop!" He rushed to save her, but was blocked by a bunch of Shadows that came out of the ground. "What are they?" he asked, taking a step back at seeing them.
"It's the Heartless!" Kirito answered, "Watch out!" The five heroes rushed in, stepping in between the man and the Heartless. "We'll deal with them!" Sora told him, "Go! Take cover!" The man nodded in acknowledgement, and ran for cover. The five heroes charged at the swarm of Heartless.
The battle was easy, and they had nothing but Shadows, Soldiers and Cannon Guns to deal with. The team quickly worked together, and struck them all down. When it was over, the man rushed back to meet them once again.
"Well done!" he congratulated them, "My own fencing skills are not to be ashamed of, but I've never faced foes such as that before." "Don't worry, we were all like that before." Asuna responded. "You really think we're that good?" Sora asked him with a cheeky grin. "Don't get a big head from this, Sora." Kirito warned him.
"Did you find your friend?" Goofy asked the man. "I was too late." he growled, "But I must rescue her! Would you help me?" "Of course!" Sora answered before anyone else, "I'm Sora. This is Donald, Goofy, Kirito and Asuna." Each of them either waved or bowed to the man at their introduction. "And I'm William Turner, but call me Will." the man greeted.
"Okay, Will. Let's go!" Sora proclaimed. "Right." Will responded, We've got to get to the docks!" Will led them down the streets to the harbor. There were places where explosives blocked their path, but with a few whacks of the Keyblade, they blew them up. There were even more Heartless do deal with on every corner, but they defeated them fairly easily.
They arrived at the harbor, where they saw pirates' ship sail away from them. "We're too late!" Will said sadly. "Huh?" Sora responded. "Those pirates kidnapped Miss Swann and took her to their ship." Will explained, "Now they've sailed, and I'll never be able to find her!"
"Then she's long gone." said a voice from behind them, "The Black Pearl is nigh uncatchable. Best find yourself another girl, mate." On the deck of a ship next to them was a man, and he looked the part of a pirate. He had a tan, and a mustache with beads hanging from it. His dark brown hair hanged in dreadlocks, decorated with more beads. He wore a red bandana on his head, with another beaded ornament ending in a silver coin. He had on a white loose shirt underneath a black jacket, and were tucked beneath a tan belt and white piece of cloth tied around his waist, which held his scabbard and sword, along with a compass and pistol. He had black pants and brown boots.
"You..." Will addressed, "What are you doing aboard the Interceptor? She's off limits to civilians." "Ah, fortunate that I'm going to commandeer her, then." the man responded, "She'll make a fine pirate ship." "A pirate?!" Sora asked excitedly. "And I presume you have a name to this ship, sir?" Kirito asked sarcastically, smirking a bit.
The man, who was tying something down, lifted his head to see them. "Captain Jack Sparrow, if you please." he corrected him, "No sirs included, savvy?" Sora and Kirito looked at each other. Another pirate captain, only this one isn't as bad as the other guy.
"Take me with you." Will said, "Help me hunt down the Black Pearl and save Miss Swann. I got you out of that jail cell, Sparrow. Do this and your debt's repaid." "You'll have to win fair lady's heart alone, mate." Sparrow replied, "I see no profit in it for me." "Are you just saying that because your a coward, or you don't care?" Asuna asked shrewdly, glaring up at the man. She didn't like his attitude. "Neither of which I will choose, my dear." Sparrow responded, waving a hand as to brush away the question.
"C'mon, captain!" said Sora, ignoring Asuna's words. "Are you sure you can sail this ship, all on your own?" Kirito questioned. Sparrow had to think about the question before hopping onto the boarding line and responding, "You've a point there." He waved them on board and the group went up one at a time.
"Thanks, Sparrow." Will said as he passed him. "CAPTAIN Sparrow." he corrected him. "I'm Sora." Sora greeted the captain, "This is Kirito, Asuna, Donald and Goofy." pointing to his friends down the line.
As Kirito and Asuna passed Sparrow, he put his hand out to Asuna. "Now, my dear, why might I ask you join this ship?" "Why shouldn't I?" Asuna asked him, frowning. "The seas are rather dangerous, and your not the kind of woman I would prefer to sail with." "And what kind of woman would you prefer?" Asuna asked, folding her arms under her chest. "Preferably...one not as young nor as innocent as you." Sparrow answered.
Kirito knew Sparrow would cross the line, but he didn't say anything just because. Asuna whipped her Keyblade out and whipped it at Sparrows face, who quickly parried with his own sword, but barely. "I am not a helpless girl, Sparrow, nor am I weak." she growled at him, "If you dare say anything like that again, I'll skewer you like rotisserie."
She lifted her Keyblade down, and slapped Sparrow across the face, whipping it to Kirito. "I believe I deserved that." he said to Kirito. "Yeah...I don't think you should mess with her." Kirito warned him as Asuna, Donald and Goofy walked passed them, "She can be quite dangerous." "And yet, you fancy her." Sparrow said, straightening himself. "I learned how to not piss her off." Kirito answered, and he walked onto the ship.
"I'm Will Turner." Will added. "That would be short for William, I imagine." Sparrow assumed, "No doubt named for your father, eh?" "Yes." Will responded, narrowing his eyes in suspicion. "Well, then, Mr. Turner." resumed Sparrow, "You get us ready to make way. I've some effects to liberate." He then turned and left as Will responded, "Aye-aye! But hurry." "Naturally." Sparrow said absentmindedly.
Sora, Donald and Goofy followed Sparrow down the docking board, while Asuna and Kirito stayed behind. "You really wanna be a pirate?" Goofy asked Sora. "Of course not." Sora lied. Donald watched Sora suspiciously.
"Kirito, I'm not sure about him." Asuna stated bluntly, "He doesn't seem to be a guy to be trusted." "But he's the only one who can guide this ship to wherever that other ship is going." Kirito told her, "Don't worry. If he goes too far, I'll make sure his mind is the only working thing on his body." He walked up to the helm as Asuna watched him, a smile shown across her face.
Meanwhile, Sparrow waved Sora over to him. "What do you make of this Will?" he whispered down to Sora. "I don't know. We just met him." Sora answered. Sparrow started to smile a bit at this news. "Hmm...I think my luck's about to change." he said to himself.
After Sparrow grabbed a few provisions, and Sora bought a few things, such as potions and new weapons for Donald and Goofy, they got onto the Interceptor, hoisted the anchor, and set sail.
Meanwhile, on the Black Pearl, Elizabeth Swann and Barbossa were sitting at the dining table in the captain's quarters, supper was placed on the table.
"You can release me." Elizabeth said sternly, "You have your trinket; I'm of no further value to you." "This is no trinket, missy." Barbossa told her, lifting a gold coin in his hand, "This is cursed Aztec gold. One of 882 identical pieces they delivered in a stone chest to Cortez himself."
"I hardly believe in ghost stories anymore, Captain Barbossa." Elizabeth stated. "That's exactly what I thought." Barbossa responded, "Buried on an Island of Dead what cannot be found 'cept for those who know where it is. Find it, we did. There be the chest. Inside be the gold. And we took 'em all! We spent 'em and traded 'em and frittered 'em away on drink and food and pleasurable company." Elizabeth shuddered to think of what pleasurable company they thought of.
"The more gave 'em away," Barbossa continued as he stood up and walked around the table, "the more we came to realize...the drink would not satisfy, and food turned to ash in our mouths. We are cursed me, Miss Turner. Compelled by greed, we were, but now...we are consumed by it."
"How very sad for you." Elizabeth snapped. Barbossa chuckled as he turned to her. "There is one way we can end our curse." he told her, "All the scattered pieces of the Aztec gold must be gathered and restored to the stone chest. And the blood of every sould who touched a piece o' the treasure must be repaid."
He turned his back to her, looking through the window as he continued, "Miss Turner! For ten years we've searched every league of these waters, every town and village-preying on sailors and settlers alike! 881 pieces we found, but despaired of ever finding the last. All those years, you been safe in your bed, readin' your pirate stories, dreamin' of adventures on the high seas. We've endured torments worse than death itself!"
He turned back to Elizabeth, who started to grow even more scared than before. "But now, thanks to ye, we have the final piece, at last." he said with a smile, "When this medallion is restored to the chest, we'll be free to roam the seas as men. No longer will we be ghosts!"
"A-And the blood that's to be repaid?" Elizabeth stammered. "That's why there's no sense to be killin' ye...yet." Barbossa answered, emphasizing the last word. Elizabeth gasped, then got up and rushed out of the room, and onto the deck of the Black Pearl. There, she was surrounded by the pirates of the ship, only they've become living skeletons. Even the monkey, who came down, hanging from a rope, became one of them.
Elizabeth screamed in fright of what she saw before her. "Ye see," Barbossa said, coming from behind her, "the moonlight shows us for what we really are." As Elizabeth backed away from him, Barbossa stepped into the moonlight, and suddenly his body became a skeleton, too. "We are not among the livin', and so we cannot die." he continued, "But neither are we dead. I've suffered too long! You'd best start believin' in ghost stories, Miss Turner. For, you see, tonight-you're in one!"
He then started to laugh, then popped open a bottle of rum and started pouring it down his mouth. But because he didn't have organs, the flowed down his skeletal body and onto the ground. Elizabeth became absolutely frightened when she saw this, and dashed back into the captain's quarters, and closed the doors just as Barbossa swung the half-empty bottle at the door, and laughed with the crew.
Chapter 3: Jack's Lesson & The Isle of the Dead
The trip on the Interceptor lasted for quite a while. During the trip, they dealt with a couple ambushes with some pirates and Heartless. Everybody did their fair share of working the ship while defending it. All the time, Sparrow kept a watchful eye on the compass, to which everyone discovered didn't point North.
"I wonder how he's gonna find the Black Pearl with a compass that doesn't point North?" Asuna wondered. Kirito and Sora thought the same question, and Kirito decided to ask Sparrow, only for him to reply, "We aren't looking for North, now are we?" This confused Kirito even more. Was there something special about that compass he didn't bother telling them?
After the second day, they found themselves still in open waters sailing on a path to which they didn't know. "How long is this gonna take?" sighed Asuna. Sora kept looking back at Sparrow, who was still eyeing the compass.
Finally, he asked, "Why are you so fixated on that compass?" Everybody turned to Sparrow, waiting for his reply. "It'll be she that leads us to the Isla de Muerta, where Barbossa's headed. Savvy?" he answered. "How do you know?" Sora asked. "Ah, lad..." sighed the pirate captain, "He and I once had our eyes on a treasure; Aztec gold. 'Twas hidden on the Isla de Muerta. But he turned traitor and stole my ship."
"So he's after that treasure, then." Kirito presumed. "Treasure's already his." Sparrow replied, "So's the curse upon it." Now they understood how come the pirates were able to become living skeletons. "I've no desire for such treacherous spoils." Sparrow continued, "But I will have back what's mine; the Black Pearl." He resumed his duties on the wheel of the ship, and the conversation ended.
For a long time, it was pretty much silent as they voyaged on. During the next evening, Sparrow was still at the wheel alone, when Kirito came up to him, holding an unopened bottle of rum. "I assume you need a refill." he asked the captain at the wheel. "Aye. That I do." Sparrow answered eagerly, taking the drink and pouring it down his throat. Kirito sat himself down on a barrel and watched the captain at the helm.
"Tell me," Kirito asked, "Just how are you still here when Barbossa took your ship? Shouldn't he have killed you during the mutiny?" "Ah, as a commoner, you would think so." Sparrow replied, "However, that's not rightful in the Pirate Code."
"Pirates have a set of rules?" Kirito questioned. "Aye." the captain responded, "Instead of killing me outright, they marooned me instead on a deserted island, with nothing but a pistol with a single shot, as the law says." Kirito looked at the pistol in his holster. In battle, he never used the pistol. He used throwing knives and bombs, but never the pistol. "Did you use it?" Kirito asked. Sparrow shook his head.
"I saved it, lad." he corrected him. "I managed to stay on that island for three weeks before my escape." "And how did you do so?" Kirito asked. "By wading me self into the waters for three days and nights, then I spotted a couple of sea turtles, roped them together, and made a raft." Kirito wondered if that was possible, but then thought of one small part of his story. "Where'd you get the rope?" Kirito asked him. "Human hair, on my back." Sparrow answered. Kirito flinched at this. He decided to finish questioning him after that.
"Now it be my turn to ask ye some questions." Sparrow told him, "Why's a quiet, soloist young man such as yourself interested in a pirate's life?" Kirito thought on how to phrase his answer before replying, "I guess it's just the idea of being free. Back home, I was adopted into the family when I was very young, and didn't know about it until I was ten. Afterwards, I spent my time playing R...I mean, wandering about everywhere." He kept himself from saying anything about his world. He didn't think MMORPGs existed in the pirate era.
"And I am to presume that at some point in your life, you would have met that young lass there along with that boy and his friends." Sparrow guessed. "Yeah." Kirito answered, seeing Asuna leaning over the side of the ship as she talked to Will, "I met Asuna over three years ago. Sora and the others I met about two weeks ago. During the times when I met Asuna, I was well known as a loner, but I was a powerful swordsman, and I thought I could do things on my own. However, through trial and error, I learned that doing solo was not gonna cut it. I was merely escaping the fact that I didn't want to see people get killed because I was unable to protect them. That did happen to me." Just like back in Olympus Coliseum, he thought of the death of the Moonlit Black Cats guild.
"There is a set of rules for which you must follow in life, Kirito." Sparrow answered, and this was the first time Sparrow addressed him by name, "The rules are a simple one; what a man can do and what a man cannot do. For example, I can drown you. But I cannot bring this ship all the way to the Isle de Muerta on my own. Learning what your rules are in life are what make you strong. Savvy?"
Kirito looked up at him. What I am capable of doing and what am I not capable of doing. Knowing that make me strong? What did that mean. While it's true he did leave his fears of that behind, but he didn't leave all of it behind.
"Land ho!" Donald shouted up at the crow's nest. Everybody looked towards the direction where Donald was pointing at. There, sure enough, was an island. Kirito absentmindedly looked at Sparrow's compass. The needle was pointing straight at it. Guess it did work after all.
They docked themselves alongside a rocky path to a cave, and got off. "You lads and lass wait here." Sparrow told the five heroes, "Young Turner and I will rescue the lady." "Hey! What about us?" barked Sora. "You're to guard the ship, o' course." Sparrow responded, "It's a task given only to the bravest pirates." "You think were suckers?" Asuna asked him, then sighed, "Still, I think we can manage. Fine then." "Guard her well!" Sparrow told them, and he turned to leave before turning to Will and asking, "You ready?" Will nodded, and they dashed along the path towards the cave.
The rest of them gathered onto the ship, and waited. "He was definitely just trying to fast-talk us before," Asuna told the others, "And you guys fell for it." "Technically, I knew what he was doing, but I decided to go with it." Kirito corrected her, "Still, I do think he knows what he's doing. After all, we made it this far thanks to him." "I guess." Sora replied, sitting on a crate, waiting.
They waited for an hour, meandering the deck and the harbor while they were waiting. "What's keeping those two?" Sora asked. "They sure are taking their time..." Goofy noticed. "If Pete's hanging around, there must be Heartless here, too." Sora assumed. "Definitely." Kirito agreed, about to walk off the ship, "Jack and Will aren't used to fighting Heartless. Wanna go check?" The others nodded, and they walked off the ship, and towards the caves.
Meanwhile, Sparrow led Will around to a spot where they had a secluded view of the scene below them. They saw an open area, with gold and trinkets scattered about the room. In the center was a pile of gold, and a large stone chest stood on top, which revealed a plentiful amount of Aztec gold, and Barbossa, who had the monkey on his shoulder, and Elizabeth stood around it. Around the pile, pirates were cheering in finding the last gold coin, along with someone to give blood to it. Pete stood in a corner, fingering through all the gold in the cavern.
"Every last piece that went astray we have returned, save for this!" Barbossa said, pointing to Elizabeth and the medallion in his hand, "And now, the blood will be repaid to free us from this curse forever!"
Chapter 4: The Attempted Escape
The five heroes ran down the stone shoreline towards the caves. There were Heartless scattered in every path they took, including Hammer Frames and new winged Heartless called Air Pirates.
As they were about to go further into the cave, the crew heard footsteps, and saw Will running towards them with Elizabeth at his side. "Quick, their after us!" Will warned them, and they turned to see some of the pirates coming at them. "We'll hold them off!" Sora told Will as the group raised their weapons, "Give us a sign when the ship's ready to sail!" "Right! We'll light the signal fire!" Will said.
"Wait, where's Jack?" Kirito asked Will as he left. "We can ask him later!" Asuna responded, "Right now, it's time to slay some pirates!" Kirito looked at Asuna, then at the pirates nearing them, and decided to focus himself on buying some time. The five of them charged in for the fight.
While there was a large space of moonlight in the spot they were in, there were also spots of shade here and there, so the problem of dealing with the pirates was to bring them out of the shady areas and into the moonlight, where they were vulnerable. Not to mention that every time they took one down, there was another one coming.
Finally, after a few minutes of fending off the pirates, Sora looked back at the ship, and noticed smoke coming from it. "The signal!" he shouted to the others, and they turned, saw it, and ran off to it. The pirates were attempting to chase after them, but as they got out of the cave, Asuna and Kirito shot Blizzard and Thunder attacks at them, striking the pirates in the moonlight, and destroying them.
As the crew got onto the Interceptor again, Kirito ran up to Will and repeated, "Where's Jack?" "Well..." Will responded slowly.
(Flashback) "And now, the blood will be repaid to free us from this curse forever!" Barbossa said as he approached Elizabeth. Back in the hiding spot, Will got impatient and was about to go in. "No, not yet." Sparrow told him, "We wait for the opportune moment."
"When it's of greatest profit to you?" Will retorted. "May I ask you something?" Sparrow asked, "Have I ever given you reason not to trust me? Stay here, and try not to do anything stupid." He walked pass Will and was about to sneak in when Will grabbed a nearby oar, and smacked it over Sparrow's head, knocking him out, then he proceeded in.
Up at the stone chest, Barbossa reached for Elizabeth's hand, and cut her palm with a knife, rubbing her blood onto the medallion. "Is that it?" she asked. "Waste not." Barbossa responded, and he tilted her hand over the chest as he chanted, "Begun by blood...by blood undone." and forced her to drop the medallion into the chest full of gold.
For a while, there was silence, and Barbossa spread his arms out, waiting to feel the change in his body, but it never came. He looked around, perplexed, then he turned to Elizabeth angrily and grabbed her arm. "You! Maid!" he snapped, "Your father. Was your father William Turner?!" "No." Elizabeth responded simply.
Barbossa looked shocked, then he smacked Elizabeth down the hill of gold, where she tumbled down, barely conscious. "I don't understand!" said one pirate. "What's going on?" asked another pirate. "Who brought this wench to us?" Barbossa questioned the crew. "She said her name was Turner!" responded a pirate.
As the pirates argued, the medallion fell out of the stone chest and down to Elizabeth, who was stirring. She had just grabbed it when Will grabbed her hand. "Hurry!" he said, lifting her up and bringing him back the way he came.
The monkey saw them escape, and pointed it out to Barbossa. "You there!" he shouted to the two escapees, then saw what they were carrying, "The medallion! After them, you ingrates!" The pirates started to pursue them out the room, and through the caves. (End flashback)
"...I had to." Will told the five heroes, "Jack's no fairytale pirate. The real ones aren't to be trusted." "You don't have to tell me twice." Asuna responded, "I didn't trust him from the start." She walked away from the others, and up to the stern of the ship and grabbed the wheel. "So, shall we be off?" she asked the rest. "Guess so." Sora answered. "Then let's make our escape!" Will shouted, and everybody got into positions as Asuna brought the ship out to sea.
They had to take down a few pirates that boarded their ship as they proceeded, but it wasn't a big deal. Down in the captain's quarters, Will was wrapping up Elizabeth's cut hand. "Is it true? You gave Barbossa my name instead of yours." Will asked her, "Why choose my name?" "I don't know." Elizabeth responded, looking down at the medallion in her hand.
"Elizabeth...where did you get that?" Will asked, seeing the medallion. "It's yours." she answered, "From that day we found you-drifting at sea." "After all this time..." Will sighed, "I thought I'd lost it. It was a gift from my father...he sent it to me."
Elizabeth handed the medallion over to Will. "I'm sorry." she said as Will looked at it. "Why did you take it?" he asked her. "Because I was afraid that you were a pirate." Elizabeth answered tearfully, "That would have been awful."
Will stood up and walked away from Elizabeth. "Of course..." he realized, "Don't you see? It wasn't your blood they needed...it was my father's blood; my blood. The blood...of a pirate."
On the Black Pearl, the Barbossa was pacing around Jack Sparrow, who upper body was tied by rope. "How the blazes did you get off that island, Jack?" he asked him. "When you sailed away in my ship and marooned me on that godforsaken spit of land, with naught but a pistol and a single shot," Sparrow started, "you forgot one very important thing, mate; I'm Captain Jack Sparrow.
Barbossa stopped pacing and looked at Sparrow. "I won't be makin' that mistake again." he responded. "Then what say you to puttin' the past behind us, untying these ropes, and letting me negotiate the return of your medallion, eh? What say you to that?"
"Seein' as how the Black Pearl's mine now, Jack, lettin' you doesn't seem to fall within my interest." Barbossa answered. "Odd," said Sparrow, his voice getting somewhat angrier, "I'm not actually concerned with your interest. Give me back the Pearl!" Barbossa laughed off Sparrow's demands and told the crew, "All right! Lock him in the brig!"
Just as one of the pirates was about to drag Sparrow off, the pirate from the stern shouted, "We're comin' up on the Interceptor. What do we do, Captain?" "Whaddya think, you idiot?" Barbossa responded sternly.
On the Interceptor, everybody was on the top deck, while Asuna was still at the wheel. Elizabeth was looking out to see when she spotted the Black Pearl coming at them. "Will, look!" she shouted, bringing everyone's attention to the incoming ship. All but Asuna gathered next to Elizabeth's side.
"What now?" Donald asked them. "I wonder what Jack would do?" Sora asked. "Something absolutely crazy." Kirito responded with a smile. "Or maybe he would just run for it." Will guessed. "Sounds good to me!" Sora agreed, but he was stopped by the sudden shaking of their ship. The Black Pearl was firing cannonballs at them. Everybody tumbled around the ship. Asuna struggled to hold on tight to the wheel. Will fell overboard. "Will!" Elizabeth shouted, looking down below. "Get down!" Kirito shouted, grabbing Elizabeth and shoving her down to the ground. "Everyone hit the deck!" Goofy cried as another cannon blast knocked the ship around again, forcing everyone, even Asuna, to fall to the ground.
Suddenly, Sora noticed the medallion on the ground, and picked it up. "We're just gonna have to fight!" he declared to the others. "Sounds good to me." Kirito responded, whipping out his Oblivion, "Asuna, take us around!" "You got it!" Asuna replied, reaching for the wheel again and turning the ship towards the Black Pearl, ready for a fight. "Everyone! Ready the cannons!" Kirito ordered to the two. "Aye, aye!" They shouted, and the group scattered to find stuff to put into the cannons.
As they got along side the Black Pearl, pirates swung from ropes onto the Interceptor. Sora, Kirito, Asuna, Donald and Goofy all brought their weapons out, and started to attack the enemy. The battle against the pirates were crazy, and they were happening around the ship.
The Black Pearl was doing its' own damage by shooting cannonballs onto the deck, nearly taking the heroes out. Kirito retaliated by firing one of the cannons, and pushing the Pearl away from the Interceptor. Just as he did so, he heard's Jack Sparrow's voice cry, "Stop blowin' holes in my ship!" "Jack?" Kirito asked, surprised, then he detected a pirate coming right behind him, and clashed swords with him.
Sora, meanwhile, was dealing with a couple of troublesome pirates, who kept getting out of the moonlight. One of them struck Sora hard, and it relinquished him of the medallion. One of the pirates grabbed it, and started to go back to the Pearl. "Guys! He's got the medallion!" Sora shouted to the others. Asuna saw him, and aimed a Blizzard attack at him, freezing him in his place.
She was about to go in when three pirates impeded her path. They stepped in closer as she backed off, looking at the three. "Guess it's time I use it." she said, then she focused so that her clothes started to glow, and shouted, "Wisdom!" Her uniform went into Wisdom form just as the pirates were about to strike. She quickly dashed away from them, and she started to see just how quick she was in this form.
She then smiled at the pirates, who looked somewhat surprised, and started firing well-aimed energy shots from her Keyblade at them, shooting them into the edge. She kept gliding from side to side as she fired, leaning and twirling as she did so.
"Now for some magic!" Asuna declared, and started firing Blizzard attacks at them, finishing with a barrage of homing ice shards, knocking them out. "Nice!" she complimented herself, then she saw the pirate she froze before started to move again. "No you don't!" she shouted, and she used Fire spell as she charged at the pirate, knocking him out and grabbing the medallion.
"Sora!" she cried, waving the medallion in the air. Sora gave her a thumbs up, and knocked out the pirate he was dealing with. Kirito was slashing down two more pirates when he saw Asuna spinning around, producing Thunder attacks on a group of pirates, sending them into the air.. "Man, that sure works for long range." he said quietly as he watched his girlfriend work. He turned to the cannons, shot them at the Pearl again, turned back at the pirates Asuna was dealing with, and dashed in. He leapt up and went into a flurry of slashes, taking out the pirates. "You know, I could have finished them!" Asuna told him as he came down. Kirito only shrugged as Asuna reverted back to normal.
Once they knocked out every pirate that came on board, the crew shot a multiple amount of cannon fire at the Black Pearl, sending it smoking. "Hooray!" shouted Donald. "We beat the pirates!" Sora said proudly. "Well, did you now, laddie?" said a voice from behind them.
They whipped around and saw Barbossa with more pirates, and Elizabeth and Jack Sparrow at their mercy. Sparrow merely chuckled in embarrassment when they saw him part of the captives. The group looked around, and saw they became surrounded. Pete was part of the crew, too. "Now then, I'll be having back that medallion." said Barbossa, pointing at the medallion in Asuna's hand. He walked forward to take it, but the group took a fighting stance. "Unless it's more important than their lives?" Barbossa questioned them.
Suddenly, the monkey came from nowhere, and stole the medallion from Asuna. He then leapt over onto Barbossa's shoulder, and gave the gold to him. "Why thank you, Jack." he thanked. "Your welcome." Sparrow answered. "Not you. We named the monkey 'Jack'." Barbossa corrected him as the monkey grinned. "Ha, ha. Very amusing." Kirito said in a sarcastic tone.
"Barbossa!" called out a familiar voice. Everyone turned to see Will standing on the opposite edge of the boat, a gun raised at Barbossa. "She goes free!" he shouted, meaning Elizabeth. "Go ahead boy-shoot! We can't die." Barbossa warned him. "Please don't do something crazy..." whispered Sparrow.
"You can't..." Will responded, redirecting the gun to his head, "but I can." Everyone looked shocked at this. "...like that." Sparrow sighed. "Who are ye?" questioned a bemused Barbossa. Sparrow was about to intrude when Will answered, "My name is Will Turner! My father was Bootstrap Bill Turner! His blood runs in my veins!" "Eh?!" said a shocked Barbossa. "On my word, do as I say," Will warned the pirates, "or I'll pull this trigger and be lost to Davy Jones' Locker." "He's as crazy as Jack." whispered Kirito.
"Name your terms...Mr. Turner." Barbossa asked. "Release Elizabeth!" ordered Will. "Yes, we got that." Barbossa replied, "Anythin' else?" "Sora, Donald, Goofy, Kirito, and Asuna, too! Set them free as well!" Will added. "Is that it then?" Barbossa asked him. Sparrow was looking desperately at Will. "Leave now!" Will ordered. Sparrow looked defeated.
"Agreed." Barbossa responded with a bow, "Leave we shall...but the Heartless stay!" Suddenly from behind, the heroes heard Pete's laugh. They turned to see him knock Will out, and carry him away. They were about to give chase when Air Pirates blocked their path to him. "No fair!" Sora shouted. Kirito was about to charg in, but he was hit from behind by an Air Pirate, and knocked out. Everything else was nothing but a blur.
Chapter 5: Trusting Pirates and Retaliation
When Kirito came around, he found his arms bound to his body by rope, and leaning next Asuna, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Sparrow and Elizabeth, who were also tied with him. He looked up the stairs and saw Pete's and Barbossa's faces looking down at them. How could he be so careless as to get himself knocked out like that? He glared up at the two enemies.
"Good work, Barbossa!" Pete told the captain, "Who knew it'd be this easy?" "Piss off!" Asuna growled. "Barbossa, you coward!" Elizabeth shouted. "That's the last time I trust a pirate!" Sora stated. Kirito looked at Sparrow, who looked calm, yet ashamed at the moment.
"The powder kegs are ready, Captain!" shouted a pirate from above. Powder kegs? Thought Kirito, then he came to the horrible realization of what they were doing. "Then I bid ye farewell!" Barbossa told the tied up crew. He and Pete walked off away from the door, and they heard footsteps from above that told them that the rest of the crew was leaving. After a while, no footsteps.
"What are we gonna do?!" cried a worried Donald. "We'll be blown to smithereens!" Goofy warned everyone. "Sorry, guys." Kirito moaned, people noticing he was awake, "I got careless, and I let myself get like this." "It's not your fault, Kirito." Asuna told him, "We were all tied up like this, so don't blame yourself." "Yeah, now we just need to find a way to free ourselves from these ropes." Sora told him, struggling to break free of the ropes.
"Why struggle, mate?" Sparrow asked them, "A pirate knows when to surrender." "Are you serious, Jack?" Sora gasped. "Your average pirate, anyway." Sparrow added. Kirito felt the unsnapping of ropes around Sparrow's body, and his restraints came off of him, and he sat up. Kirito was surprised until he saw the knife in Sparrow's hand.
"First, we've got to see to the gunpowder." Sparrow continued, "I'm not about to lose this ship!" "I still don't plan to trust pirates again." Sora told him. "I never trusted them from the start!" Asuna proclaimed. "Wise policy, lad and lass." Sparrow responded.
Suddenly, Kirito rolled away from everyone, and then he shouted, "Fire!", producing flames around him, burning the rope. He broke free, and stood up. "I'm not planning to trust pirates, either." he stated, brushing his clothes, "But I will trust Jack for the time being." "But he's a pirate!" Asuna cried, flabbergasted. "And I'm a Beater." Kirito replied, silencing Asuna, "You trust me, so why not trust Jack?" Asuna looked somewhat ashamed. He still keeps the title of a Beater in SAO, which is a Beta Tester and a cheater. Of course he had similarities to a pirate.
Kirito turned to Sparrow. "I think we should go on ahead and remove the kegs. I'm sure the others can free themselves like I did." "Then you lead the way, lad." Sparrow told him. The two rushed up the stairs and onto the deck. There were Heartless everywhere, and there were five powder kegs in total. "Jack, cover me!" Kirito told him as he went into Valor form, "I'll send those kegs flying." "Usually, I would incline to remind you that I'm the captain and that you can't order me." Sparrow said, raising his sword, "However, this is a rarest of opportunities for you." Kirito smiled at Sparrow, then went to work.
While Sparrow kept the Heartless at bay, Kirito went to work by running all around the ship, taking out all of the kegs. At one point, a couple of Air Pirates were about set one off, however Kirito ran in just in time to send it and the Heartless flying, making the keg explode in the air, destroying the Heartless. They had just got them all removed when Sora, Asuna and the gang got above deck.
"All clear!" Kirito proclaimed, reverting back to normal and putting his Keyblade away. Asuna walked up to Kirito, and hugged him. "Sorry for acting like that, Kirito." Asuna told him, "I forgot you and Sparrow are a lot alike." "It's ok, Asuna." Kirito replied, "Truth be told, I don't fully trust Sparrow either. But at least I trust him more than Barbossa." Asuna smiled at this gesture. Sora, Donald and Goofy all grinned as they watched them.
Sparrow, meanwhile, rushed to the wheel, and grabbed ahold of it. "That's the second time I've had to watch that man sail away with my ship." he growled, "But I'll be havin' her back soon enough."
"Give us our orders, Captain Jack Sparrow!" Kirito asked him. "Alright, you worthless piles of slobs!" Sparrow shouted, "Set the sails! Make wind towards Isle de Muerta! First Mate Kirito, keep the crew in check!" Kirito looked surprised at Sparrow calling him First Mate, but he made a broad grin, and turned to the crew. "Well, you heard him. Get to work!" he shouted. "Aye!" everyone shouted, and they scattered. Sparrow pulled out his compass, and turned the ship towards where the needle pointed, to the Isle de Muerta.
When they arrived, they got ashore, and Sparrow turned to Elizabeth. "You stay with the ship, lass!" he told her. "I'll do no such thing!" she responded angrily, "Will could die in there." "Dear William is fine. Trust me." assured Sparrow.
"I am not a fool, Jack." Elizabeth warned him. "Then trust me instead!" Sora said. "And me as well." added Asuna. She looked at everyone except for Sparrow. "Sora, Kirito, Asuna, Donald, Goofy-bring Will back safely!" she told them. They all nodded in response, then Sparrow led the crew to the caves. "Shall we be off then?" he asked the crew. "We shall." Kirito answered, and they charged in.
The caves were simple to get around, especially with Sparrow in the lead. The pirates that intruded their path were not so fortunate to see them. With all the moonlight throughout the caves, defeating the pirates was easy, even if they tried doing surprise attacks on them everywhere.
Meanwhile, in the room full of gold and the stone chest, the pirates gathered around the hill, witnessing Barbossa with Will next to the chest, Jack the monkey sitting along side Barbossa. Pete was leaning against the wall, witnessing their ceremony.
"Now, let's be tryin' this again!" Barbossa told the crew, "The last of the Aztec treasure has been returned." He pointed a knife to Will's throat as he continued, "And now, the blood will be repaid to free us from this curse forever! This time for sure!" The pirates cheered as Barbossa forced Will' head over the box, ready to slit his throat.
"Ahoy! Treasure, mateys!" Sora shouted as he, Kirito and Sparrow led the crew into the room. "Not possible." gasped Barbossa. "Not probable!" Donald corrected, "We're alive and we're pirates!" The group sound off.
"Captain Jack Sparrow!"
"First Mate Kirito!"
"Sora!"
"'sigh' Asuna!"
"Donald Duck!"
"Goofy, too!"
"So you want to play pirate?" Barbossa asked amusingly, "Best save the playacting for the nursery." "Who said we were playing?" Kirito asked. "After them!" Barbossa shouted to his crew, and they charged at them as the heroes were ready for a battle.
Chapter 6: Vs. Barbossa
The group split up as they took on the pirates. They were easy to fight against, especially since Asuna and Sora used their Wisdom forms, and started taking them down effortlessly. Asuna was taking down a couple of pirates when she turned and saw Jack the monkey attempting to surprise her. She flinched at its' skeletal form, then she glared back at it calmly. "Thunder!" she shouted, and she sent a bolt of lightning onto the monkey, frying it and causing it to fall unconscious. "That's for stealing from me." she told it.
While Barbossa was dealing with Sparrow, Kirito rescued Will from the hill, but was intruded by three pirates. Will picked up a large pole, and rammed it right through the three pirate's bodies, them howling in pain. Will then pulled out a grenade, lit it, and shoved it into the skeletal body of the middle pirate. As he tried to take it out, Kirito shoved the pirate out of the moonlight, so that his body turned to normal again, and the bomb was still inside him. "No fair!" he whined, then as Kirito and Will ran away, the trio blew up. "You're a pirate. Don't talk about fairness." Kirito replied to the dead pirates.
After a while, Sora had just taken down the last pirate. "No more playacting now!" he shouted. "Thank you, everyone." Will told them. Asuna gave him a thumbs up. "Uh, where's Jack?" Goofy asked. "There!" Kirito shouted, pointing at the place near the corner of the room, where Barbossa and Sparrow were clashing swords. Their duel was fierce, neither side giving an inch.
"Jack! Get him!" Sora shouted to Sparrow. "Take him out, Captain!" Kirito shouted. Sparrow looked at the boys for only a second, then he felt a sword pierce right through his chest, where it got stuck. "Jack!" Sora and Kirito shouted. "You're a fool, Jack Sparrow." cackled Barbossa.
Sparrow stumbled back a few steps, then he was bathed in the moonlight, and suddenly, he became a living skeleton like the pirates! Everyone gasped at this turn of events. "That's interesting." Sparrow said, looking at his body. "How did he..?" questioned Asuna, but then she noticed him flipping a gold coin through his fingers, and she turned to the stone chest, realizing the truth. "I couldn't resist, mate." Sparrow said to Barbossa. He had taken one of the Aztec coins. "That sly dog." muttered a grinning Kirito.
Barbossa looked angrily at the pirate before him, then turned to the room. "Show yourself, Pete!" he shouted, "The tide has changed." Pete walked into the room from the entrance, and stared at the scene. "See? I told ya you'd be needin' ol' Pete!" he said. He then put fingers in his mouth and whistled. Then from behind him, a lizard-like Heartless appeared out of nowhere, as if it camoflauged itself to the wall. It was green skinned, and its' tail ended with something that looked like a lantern.
"That's a Illuminator!" Yui shouted, poking her head out of Kirito's pocket. "What is that?" questioned Will, seeing Yui for the first time. "Yui." Asuna answered him, "Our little daughter." Before he could questioned again, Sora asked, "What can it do?" "It can't attack to my knowledge, but it can suck all light!" Yui explained, "You need to take it out so as to bring light back up again."
"In the darkness, Barbossa is invulnerable." Kirito remembered, seeing the lizard crawl on the wall next to Barbossa, it's eyes glowing. He turned to Will and ordered, "Go hide somewhere. We'll take care of this!" Will nodded, and ran off as Sparrow regrouped with the others. They were ready to take on Barbossa and the Heartless.
Just as they were prepared, the Heartless absorbed all the light, and everything turned to darkness. Barbossa leapt into the darkness, where they couldn't see him. "We need to find that Illuminator!" Sora proclaimed. Everybody was keeping on their toes, searching. Finally, Asuna saw a pair of gleaming eyes. "There!" she shouted, and she dashed for the wall where the Heartless was at, and with a few strikes, she knocked it out.
The moment the lights came back on in the room, Kirito noticed Barbossa coming from behind Sora, and he leapt up and parried his slash. "Sora, Donald, Goofy, leave him to me and Jack!" Kirito proclaimed, "Fight off Pete before he brings in more of those critters!" "You got it." Sora answered, and the trio, along with Asuna, charged at Pete, who didn't look like he learned his lesson from last time.
Kirito and Sparrow were dueling with Barbossa hard and strong, pushing him back. However, they were making sure they kept a watchful eye on where they pushed him, since he was invulnerable in the shadows. They knocked him into a pile of rocks, and he looked up at Sparrow and Kirito. "So what now, Jack Sparrow?" he asked, "Are we to be two immortals locked in an epic battle until judgement day and trumpets sound?" "Or you could surrender." Sparrow suggested.
"Well, at least there be one man among us that is sure to be dead." Barbossa said, looking at Kirito, "You really think you can defeat the great Barbossa, boy?" He raised himself and struck at Kirito, who blocked it. "You're right I can't beat you alone, Barbossa." Kirito responded, "There's a set of rules that I go by that say so." "Aye, and what would those rules be?" Barbossa asked through the clashing of their swords in their duel.
"That's there are things a man can do, and a man cannot do." Kirito responded, making a horizontal slash at Barbossa, who backed away a few steps, "For example, I can fight you. But I cannot kill you. However..." He reached his hand back, and Sparrow took ahold with both of his. He spun Kirito around as Barbossa made a leaping slash, but as Kirito came around, he struck his gut, and set him flying into the moonlight above. "...if I'm with other people, they can make up for the things I cannot do..." Kirito continued, placing both of his feet onto Sparrow's shoulders, and leaped up at Barbossa, striking his back with his Keyblade, making Barbossa gasp in pain. "...Isn't that why a pirate must have a crew to work with, so he can face any difficulty, no matter what?!" Kirito shouted. He landed back onto his feet as Barbossa hit the ground. "The same goes for me." Kirito stated, "On my own, I am limited. But that's why I have friends who will help me! We will defeat you, Barbossa, that we swear!" Asuna, Sora, Donald and Goofy all looked back at Kirito after hearing his words, surprised but not complaining.
"Jack!" Kirito shouted, turning to the pirate next to him. "That was a pleasurable speech you made there." Sparrow replied, "But let's save the talking for later, mate." "Right." Kirito nodded, and the two charged at Barbossa, who stood up. The trio became locked in combat again, Sparrow and Kirito having the upper hand. Barbossa swung his blade at them, but Kirito pinned it down with his foot. Barbossa reached for his gun. Kirito kicked it high into the air. Sparrow came around and slashed him hard, knocking him away. Then Kirito went into Valor form, and started to do a flurry of slashes onto him, finally smiting him to the ground, where Barbossa laid somewhat dazed. The battle looked in their favor.
Meanwhile, Sora, Asuna, Donald and Goofy all were backing Pete back to the exit. Will joined their side. Pete could easily tell he was outmatched, and the battle against Barbossa didn't end well. "This ain't over!" Pete shouted, and he turn and ran off.
While Barbossa was getting to his feet again, Sparrow slit his hand, placing blood on the medallion he stole and tossed it to Will, who caught it as he dashed up to the stone chest. "Right! Care to surrender, Barbossa?" Sparrow asked the worn captain. "Simply say yes, and we'll leave you alone without a worry." Kirito said amusingly. Barbossa lifted himself straight up, then he drew his sword, showing his answer. "Well, enough of this, then..." sighed Sparrow, dropping his sword as Kirito put away his Keyblade. Then, for the first time Kirito saw, Sparrow drew his pistol, and pointed it at Barbossa. "What do you say we call it-a draw?" Sparrow asked him.
Barbossa looked at Sparrow as if he was doing something stupid. "Jack, how many times do I have to tell ya...?" he asked him, but he was cut off by the sound of Sparrow firing his gun at him. It went straight through Barbossa's chest. Barbossa started to laugh. "Ten years you carry that pistol, and now you waste your shot." he said to him.
"He didn't waste it." Will called out, and Barbossa turned to see him standing next to the chest, holding a bloody knife in one hand, and he dropped the two medallions into the chest with the other.
The moment the two coins hit the chest, Barbossa felt something. He looked down and saw blood, actual blood pour from the gunshot wound, and looked at Sparrow and Kirito. "I feel...cold." he gasped, then he fell over, dropping a green apple, where it rolled down next to him. Barbossa was dead. The two men only stood there, looking at the dead man that they fought against.
Chapter 7: Set Sail to a New World
Everybody walked out of the cave, talking about how well they did in the battle against the pirates. Asuna tapped Kirito's shoulder, and he turned to her. "You know, about that thing you said to Barbossa..." she recalled, "I would have never thought something like that would come out of you, the solo swordsman." "Well, I guess I learned the rules well." Kirito said, staring straight ahead. "And who taught you those rules?" Asuna asked. "Jack told me." Kirito answered, making Asuna stop in her tracks, shocked. "Jack did?" she asked herself, staring at the pirate that walked with them, "Well, I guess that pirate is good for something." She ran to catch up with the crew again.
They got out of the cave and walked to the Interceptor and the Black Pearl, which floated in the opposite shore of them. "What now, Jack?" Will asked Sparrow. "Whatever I want, now that the Pearl is mine again." Sparrow answered. The two looked at the Pearl before Will said, "That she is. Thank you, Jack." He reached out to shake his hand, but Sparrow recoiled, putting his hands over his head. He looked up at Will, and saw he misread his gesture. "I didn't want ye hittin' me again, mate."
"Hey, Jack-good luck." Sora told him. "And remember to be good!" Donald added. Asuna walked up to him, and Sparrow looked somewhat afraid to be hit by her as well. Instead, Asuna said, "Hey Jack, thanks for telling Kirito something, and...sorry for my behavior. I still don't trust you fully, but I can trust you as a friend." Kirito and Yui, who popped out again, smiled at Asuna's change in personality towards Sparrow.
Sparrow looked as if he was being tricked by this sudden sign of kindness. "I'm off." he said to them, and he started to back away slowly. He turned to see Elizabeth come off the ship towards him, and smiled. He opened his arms, but once again he misread it again. "Will!" Elizabeth cried, rushing past Sparrow and into Will's arms, where they hugged. Sparrow looked back at them, then looked towards the Pearl, which was his true love.
The five heroes looked as Elizabeth and Will hugging, and Asuna and Kirito couldn't help but join in by hugging each other's shoulders. "Good for them." Sora said. "Uh-huh!" agreed Goofy. Kirito looked at Sora, and noticed something.
"Hey, Sora, how come your face is all red?" He asked him. "What? It is not red!" Sora retorted, trying to cover his face. "Aw, I know who you're thinking about." Donald said amusingly, and he and Goofy chuckled at Sora as his face now went red in embarrassment. Kirito, Asuna and Yui couldn't help but chuckle with them.
Suddenly, the compass in Sparrow's hand flashed, startling everyone. Sparrow opened it up, and it started to glow a bright light and float. That was the signal for the Keyblade wielders to get to work. They pointed their Keyblades downward together as they and the Cornerstone glowed brighter. Suddenly a crown mark appeared around them, and a strange energy surged around them as the surrounding changed into a bright sky with black clouds. The light from the Cornerstone suddenly bursted into the sky, and a large keyhole appeared. The trio jumped back, flipping their Keyblades around and pointing them at the keyhole. Three beams came from their Keyblades and shot themselves at the keyhole, and a sound of a lock unlocking was produced, along with a blinding light. Suddenly everything was back to normal.
As the light vanished, a new Keyblade keychain fell from the sky and into Kirito's hands. It was a red chain, with what looked like the Aztec gold medallion on the end. "That Keyblade is called 'Follow the Wind'." Yui explained. "Take it, Kirito. You deserve it." Sora said to him. Kirito smiled, and pocketed the Keychain, deciding to put it on his secondary Keyblade in his Valor form later.
Sora then looked down at Donald as he said, "You know...for a minute there, I was afraid we were gonna lose Donald to the curse of the treasure!" "Yup. Me, too." chuckled Goofy. "WHAT?!" squawked Donald, and he chased Sora and Donald off into the caves again. Asuna laughed as he ran after them.
Kirito turned to Sparrow and asked, "Permission for your first mate to go on a temporary leave of absence, Captain?" "Permission granted." Sparrow answered, "Best be on your way then." Kirito waved at Sparrow as he dashed to catch up with everyone, prepared to join with them on their next adventure.
Well, that was a good story to write. Kirito did have his spotlight in this story, and I added moments of my own choosing from the Pirates of the Caribbean movie into this story. Not bad work, don't you think?
As for the next story, it's off to Agrabah! I'm not sure how Kirito and Asuna will set in this episode, since it takes place in Aladdin: the Return of Jafar, and they don't even know Iago nor of what he's done. Still, I'll think of something, or maybe you guys could tell me what would be a good idea. Leave a comment, and wait for the next episode!