A/N: Okay, I kinda wrote these next few chapters at about 2 or 3 in the morning, so bear with me if they suck a little, okay? I'm not even sure if they really make sense or not. And to all of you who keep asking who Hikari is, you'll just have to wait and piece Riku's memories together to figure it out! That's what they're there for! Must sleep...must sleep now...

Chapter Twenty-Seven

" So, you're saying you can take me to Riku?"

Jack nodded, glancing around the corner to see if anyone was coming,

" If you help me out of this h$# hole, then I assure you most definat'ly that I'll help you to your friend."

" Friends."

" What?"

Tobi took in a deep breath and sighed,

" 'Friends'. I have two people I'm looking for on this boat."

Kae frowned, tapping Riku on the shoulder,

" Hello, Riku? Come in, Riku. Are you listening to me?"

Riku didn't respond. The girl behind her sighed,

" He's been like that ever since Jack told him about the Keybearer back in the brig--"

Kae spun around to face her, one of her lengthy, ruby, braided pigtails whipping her in the face,

" W-what did you say?"

The girl blinked in confusion,

" He's been like that since we were in the brig--"

" No, the other part. About Jack... and the Keybearer. What did Jack say?"

She straightened, Kae's eyes sparkling with interest. The girl sighed, shrugging as she stepped over toward them,

" I don't know, really. All he told Riku was that the Keybearer has been dead for 14 years and Riku just spaced out! I can't explain what would make him do that, though. It's rather strange, really..."

Kae slowly turned her gaze back to Riku and frowned,

" How... how can that be possible...?"

The girl behind her gasped, both jumping as the door suddenly swung open. Three pirates stormed in, two grabbing Kae and the girl, the other dragging Riku out by the neck, and took the three of them up to the deck.

Tobi and Jack glanced at each other, then quickly dove behind two barrels opposite each other as they heard three pirates come clambering down the hall. They each had a prisoner with them, all three dressed in odd, animal pajamas. Two were dressed as racoons, the other as a bear. Tobi raised an eyebrow as they passed, the bear kid spotting him with a happy squeal,

" Hey, your that guy from earlier! How's it goin', buddy?"

The pirates all three turned to glare at the azure 20-year-old, snarling at him viciously. Tobi gulped, lending them a sheepish smile as they each pulled out their daggers and advanced toward him,

" Hiya... nice little weapons ya got there..."

He readied himself to fight them off when they all heard a loud sneeze echo from behind the other barrel. Then a sniffle. The pirates turned their gazes to see Jack crouching behind it, wiping his nose and clearing his throat. The ex-Captain then glanced up in surprise and coughed,

" Must be catching the flu..."

The grungy pirate pushed Kae out toward the edge of the deck, smirking as he placed his hand onto her rear. Her eyebrow twitched and she immediately kicked back at him, her moccasin-ed foot butting him in the crotch. He yelped and fell sideways, groaning in pain. She then began to storm up to Hook. Two other pirates rushed quickly and grabbed either of her arms before she managed to reach their Captain, however, and she kicked her legs out trying to hit him at least once,

" Let go of me!! LET GO, I SAID!!"

Hook smirked, the tip of his hook suddenly poking at her chin. She stilled, glaring evilly into his eyes. Hook flashed her a toothy grin,

" Fiesty little girl, aren't we?"

Kae snarled at him, her eyes burning with anger and pure hatred,

" Tell your men to unhand me right now, for if they don't, I'll be sure to blow each and everyone of their heads straight off their shoulders and when I'm done shooting holes in them, I'll feed every last one of their bloody corpses to the crocodiles. Got it?"

Hook chuckled for a moment, soon breaking in to roaring fits of laughter. The crew around them did the same. This only annoyed Kae further. After a few moments, Hook wiped his eyes and shook his head,

" Why Princess... look around you! Do you think a tiny girl such as yerself can even begin to face the terrors of me own pirate crew?"

Kae narrowed her eyes at him,

" I've faced an entire army of Heartless, Mr. Hook. Do you honestly think your horde of pathetic pirates frighten me? Why, you and your lot aren't even a blip on my radar..."

Hook gulped, then growled and directed his crewman toward the end of the deck. The unruly pirate pushed her over to where his Captain had aimed him... the plank. Hook smirked, turning as the sound of the door bursting open met his ears. Three more men in his crew filed out, this time with more prisoners than he'd expected. There were the three Lost Boys they'd spotted with Tiger Lily, as well as that sorry excuse for a man, Jack Sparrow. But he frowned as soon as his eyes met the other boy there. This kid's skin was completely blue. He had crimson hair that fell just past his ears and a silver hoop dangled from his left earlobe. The boy wore an unbuttoned, plaid, overshirt with a white, muscle tank underneath and drawstring khakis hung on his waist. The strangest and most chilling thing Hook found about this boy, however, were his piercing golden eyes. Those eyes were reminiscent of those demons who boarded his ship 25 years ago... or those of their true master...

Hook coughed, shaking his head of those thoughts,

" Boy, what's your name?"

The boy grinned at him,

" What's yours?"

" No, boy... answer the question, then I'll answer yours."

" Are you sure you can answer my question?"

" What? What's that supposed to mean?"

Kae smirked, shaking her head. So that was Tobi's tactic the first time they met... to annoy her to death so he could get what he wanted. She snorted,

' So... I guess all those big words he used didn't mean he was smart after all...'

Hook growled,

" Now, boy! Tell me your name!"

" Sorry, can't. You still haven't answered my question."

Hook raised his hook to the annoying young man, then got an idea and quickly turned around,

" Smee!"

Smee stepped out from behind a larger crew man and saluted his Captain respectfully,

" Yes, Captain Hook, sir!"

" Have the girl walk the plank."

Hook then turned back to Tobi to see if his theory was correct. Yes, Hook had a theory. His theory was that the Lost Boys had dressed this girl up to look like Tiger Lily so that he would take her on his ship and make her walk the plank, thus luring the great Peter Pan out of hiding. However, the fatal flaw in the boys' plan was their ignorance of Pan's death and being that as it may, their plans would backfire and this innocent girl would, too, wind up history. So, instead of Tiger Lily, he believed that this young girl had something to do with the boy before him and quite possibly the two of them had ties with Riku. Of course, after a few moments, this theory began to give him a strong headache and he discarded all of it as nonsense. Now, he just wanted to test to see if the crocodile or octopus liked the taste of her better than him.

He turned before seeing the concerned look on the boy's face and smirked, heading back over to his crew. Kae stood on the edge of the plank, hands now tied behind her back. She tried to head back to the deck, but the several swords suddenly pointed at her chest made her back up. Hook smirked, the feather on his hat fluffling slightly in the wind,

" Any last words, my dear?"

Kae smiled,

" Yeah. How about ' burn in H---!"

Hook cut her off by stomping a foot on the wooden plank, making the other end spring up and knock her off. Jane gasped, the pirates around them all beginning to howl with laughter. Tobi grunted, struggling to be freed of his captour's grasp to no avail. Jack just sighed and shook his head. Hook smirked in triumph, turning back to his prisoners,

" Gents... I believe she'll be needing some company--"

" Not so fast, Hook!"

Hook stiffened, a flying silhouette soaring up behind him, Kae in it's arms. He turned slowly to see his smirking adversary there behind him and his eyebrow twitched,

" Smee."

" Yes, Cap'n?"

" Who be that boy floating there behind your Captain?"

" Why... it be Peter Pan, sir!"

Hook snarled, growling as he spun around,

" Peter Pan!?"

Peter grinned, smirking as the Captain's eyes began to bulge out of his head. Quickly setting Kae back down on the deck, Peter made a face at Hook and stuck out his tongue, then hastily dodged the swipe of Hook's hook toward his face. A battle cry soon sounded from the other end of the deck and three more boys ran onto the scene, each dressed like a fox, a rabbit, and a skunk. The three other oddly dressed boys cheered, kicking away from their captours as the pirates stared dumbfounded at Peter Pan's sudden return.

Tobi shrugged, knocking out his captour with a backhanded fist to the face and rushed over to Kae. They stared at each other for a moment as the chaos between the Lost Boys and the Pirates began, Tobi utterly confused about her attire,

" What're you...?"

She groaned as she nimbly caught a flying pirate sword and slammed it against his chest,

" Don't ask."

Tobi then took hold of the weapon and fought off the stupid pirate who was running over to retrieve it.

Kae soon came up behind the pirate who had pinched her butt and tapped his shoulder, smiling brightly at him as he turned around. He smiled back, but soon winced in pain as she kneed him once again. Then it was lights out as she reared her fist back and clipped him in the jaw. She shook out her fist, wishing greatly that she had her gloves on again. She straightened as soon as she felt a tug on her skirt and prepared to beat the crap out of another pirate, but was surprised when she found a small boy offering her her clothes and her pistols. The kid was cute and she smiled, patting him on the head as she walked off into Hook's chambers to change.

Jack frowned, turning to face a pirate who'd just tapped his shoulder,

" Now, friend. How do you expect a man to fight without his effects?"

The pirate just smirked, completely shocked when Jack's hand suddenly transformed into a gun and shot the sword right out of his hand. It then changed back and Jack picked up the sword. He smiled, then jumped at the coward suddenly,

" Boo!"

The pirate screamed like a little girl and ran off, leaping overboard to get away. Jack's eyebrows raised and he gazed at his hand, nodding as he headed off for another fight,

" Not bad...."

Hook growled as he chased Peter up to the crow's nest and called down to his crew,

" Smee!"

Smee popped up and scurried to stand before the mast, gazing up at his Captain,

" Yes, sir?"

" Have that fiendish Riku walk the plank, would you!?"

Smee nodded,

" Yes, sir! Right away, Captain Hook!"

He then waddled over to the ever statue-like, Riku, and began to lead him by the hand toward the plank, chatting with him like he were an old friend,

" Now, not to worry, Mr. Riku, sir, alls you're going to do is walk the plank..."

Jack frowned at this and raised an eyebrow, struggling to keep another pirate from slicing his throat,

" Well... that's interesting."

He then pushed the pirate away and turned back toward the sea, soon spotting some large disturbance in the water,

" That's very interesting...."

Kae growled, a knock on the door interrupting her as she tied her shirt back up,

" Just a minute."

They knocked again, more violently this time and she sighed, picking up her pistol and shooting through the wooden door. A girlish scream came from beyond, then the scent of stale whiskey wafted in. She shook her head,

" Pirate."

Kae finished tying up her shirt and quickly put on her trenchcoat, then headed out the door. She made sure to step over the pirate's body and frowned. A very large shadow was steadily growing over the deck. Her gaze slowly rose upward to find a large wall of water heading straight for the ship, as well as the even larger whale behind it. She nearly dropped her pistols as it's towering figure loomed overhead and gasped, glancing around in an almost frantic manner,

" Tobi!"

Tobi glanced over at her, knocking an oncoming pirate away with his tail,

" What?"

He then noted that it had become darker all of a sudden and glanced up to see exactly what Kae was talking about. He also happened to notice the lone figure standing on the plank and gasped, screaming as he quickly headed forward to him,

" Riku!!"

Riku was deaf to Tobi's calls and remained where he was, the looming water soon cascading over the edge of the ship. Tobi had just nearly reached Riku before everything on deck washed away. Kae's eyes widened, unable to move as the wall forcefully came down on her and knocked her backward.

Peter gasped, quickly trying to fly higher to escape it. Too late. If the wall of water hadn't caught him, the whale would've anyway. The whale let out a loud groan, swallowing the ship and all of it's contents whole. It then flew onward, back out into space and away from Neverland.