Authors Note: Well sorry about posting so late...but I kept to my word and I'm still posting today. [Actually...it's 12:00 midnight right now...so It's kinda the next day. Oh well. You'll live.] I'm not getting much of a response for this story...so yeah...but here you go. Please read and review! Enjoy! [Okay, it's not the same exact plot as the Pirates of the Carribean...but it's my own! I had something else to say but I can't remember...crap! Oh yeah!]

Warning: This chapter contains mild swearing, turn back if you're offended. [But I wouldn't recommend it]

----------=Changed points of views [From Sango to Miroku]

Chapter 6 [The Pirate Escape]

A calm sea breeze blew at my back and I couldn't help but feel at peace with myself. The sun was rising in the east, like always, and a light fog was hovering above the crystalline water. I had found my arms lazily draped over the side of the large wooden ship as if I had been clinging for life. With a calming breath I stood up and noticed that my chest was fairly constricted.

"Miss Sango, it is nice to see you out on the deck bright and early."

"Oh...Mr..." the man before me looked like he was a wearing a white wig under his three-cornered hat. Why would someone want to do something as ridiculous as that?

I waited for him to prompt me with my response, "Sango, please, no need to stay formal with me. Just call me William."

"Sorry William," I bowed my head slightly before looking to the front of the boat where there was suddenly a burst of a loud ruckus.

"Sango, do not fret, the prisoner needs his fresh air too and we cannot have him trying to jump out the lower deck windows trying to get it. Come, your father requests your presence for tea. We have something to discuss with you."

"Oh?" I questioned while letting him take my arm in the other direction, not before stealing a glance at the prisoner who was roughly being pushed around. He seemed...familiar. He was clad in torn and battered brown plain clothes. The hems of his outfit were all frayed and I didn't know whether you could consider his bottoms shorts or pants.

"Yes, something concerning your near future." Why the little...if there was something I hated more than Miroku's groping it was being controlled. I absolutely despise it when people tell me what I must and mustn't do.

I exhaled slowly...no need to lose my temper when I could sense that this guy just wanted to help me. I took one last look on the deck and saw something that shocked me. It was Miroku! He was the prisoner! I saw the small black ponytail and the way his earring made a shiny glint from the rising sun. I couldn't bear the thought of him being pushed around and treated so harshly! I had to save him!

With a savage thrust I made him release my arm before he looked at me, completely stunned, "No! I...uh...told you before! I will not have you controlling me! Not now! Not ever!"

"Sango! Wait!"

No, I wasn't going to wait for him. I want a place to devise a plan by my self. I needed to find the safest most efficient way to save Miroku. He surely doesn't deserve this...why does the witch have to be so cruel? I ran for the nearest alcove and pressed my back to the side wall, hiding myself from view. Soon enough William ran by, hollering my name and waving the shoes that I had shed somewhere on the deck.

"Keep it moving Mir-ok-u, you dumb ass. You don't even deserve to live."

Miroku! They were moving him. Even though it was irrational I still did it, I stepped out in front of the guards. Two well dressed men held onto the side of his arms while he himself hung his head low. He looked up at me, squinting his eyes, and then opened both of them. We stared at each other in silence before he bowed his head again, ashamed. I wasn't ashamed of him...it wasn't his fault, of course. With all the adrenaline coursing through my veins, my heart pounding in my ear, and my mind yelling at me I decided I just wanted to reach out and comfort him. My hands found his cheeks while I caressed them and finally I drew his head into a hug.

"Uh...Miss? Miss? Please don't get friendly with the prisoner."

"Miroku...Miroku...Miroku...I miss you..." I whispered to him...his name on my lips sounded odder each time, but I wanted him to know I believe in him.

"Miss Sango! Miss Sango! There you are!"

"I'll be back for you..." I said into his ear before giving him a quick promising kiss on the cheek and letting go.

"Come, we must talk to your father. Please don't run off like that. You gave me quite a scare."

All of this mans rambling faded into the background as the sound of Miroku's pain drowned everything out. I could hear them, yelling, cussing, and kicking him in the gut.

"Trying to get fresh with the captains daughter? Go to hell you piece of shit!"

"Take that!" with each one came another sound of his groaning.

William patted me on the back with a small sigh before opening a door and gesturing for me to go in the room. I took one last sorrowful look at the prisoner, my prisoner, before doing as told.

"Oh, Sango! Please, take a seat." another man with white curly hair pointed out a seat for me.

The place was small, but large for a room contained in a boat. A couch and two large chairs furnished the room along with a few end tables and hutches. The chair I sat in was puffy, large, and padded with something fluffy and comfortable. Kagome used to describe that everything was like this in her time...but to me it was only some sort of dream luxury.

"Now, please, let's discuss this without interruptions this time. I don't want you storming off anymore."

A few women rushed in with trays carrying a teapot and three teacups. I took it upon myself to take one and drink, as much as I pleased, I was rather thirsty after all.

"Well, as you may know, you are sixteen and as a grown women it is your duty to wed."

I knew where this might be going. They had some one they wanted me to marry. Caught in the moment, I spit the liquid in my mouth everywhere.

"Please! Do hear me out before you start throwing things, dear." I must have been a big brat last time and he was still smiling away cheerfully as anyone would. "Now, since you have rejected all other suitors we have one left that is willing to still take you even with all your heedless ideas and ethics."

"Yeah, who's that?" I sputtered while taking another sip.

"Why, it's me Miss Sango." William spoke up from the corner of the room while looking at me.

"You? Ha! You?! Nuh uh! I don't think so!" I was about to get up and just find Miroku without any plan whatsoever. This was just getting ridiculous.

"Now now, Sango. You will marry Mr. Smith. He is the only one who will take you now. End of question. Tonight, at sunset, you will be wed."

"But...!"

"Now don't get me angry, dear. Leave before I do anything I will regret."

I made it back outside, kicking at the floorboards the whole time. What a...I don't even want to say it! I'd rather marry the prisoner than him! Wait...of course I would...the prisoner is Miroku. What am I thinking? I'm just...nervous...I've got to think of something before I'm forced to marry William. He's not for me!

"Excuse me, kind sir, where are the dungeons located on this ship?" I sweetly asked to a person passing by.

He looked like he was pondering deep in thought before he responded," Just keep going lower and lower and you're bound to come across it, miss."

Without thinking I just ran, the old man looking at me oddly. Stairs led lower and lower and it seemed like minutes and minutes before I made it to the lowest level.

"Houshi-sama? Houshi-sama! Please! Answer me!"

"Sango...?" a weak voice called out.

"Yes Houshi-sama...it's me! It's me!" I found the place they were keeping him, a small cage only big enough for him to sit down and tuck his knees to his chest. He stood up and looked at me, "I'll save you, I'm going to get you out of here."

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I could see the pain in her eyes; worst part was I hadn't even told her yet.

"Houshi-sama...I've missed you...but...I have to tell you something...I'm supposed to marry some guy today! At sunset! I don't know what to do...I don't know what we'll do..."

"Sango listen to me!" I interrupted her," I'm going to be killed tonight! Also at sunset!"

"Killed? But...what'd you do?"

"Supposedly I was an infamous pirate...I pillaged towns, stole treasure, and killed hundreds of innocent people. I guess I really do deserve this fate."

"No you don't, Houshi-sama! You would never do that...I know you like I know the back of my hand."

"Like my cheek knows the back of your hand, too." I chuckled

"Houshi-sama! No time for jokes! What am I going to do? In a few hours I'll be married...and you'll be...dead!" I noticed her eyes were gleaming with unshed tears. That put me in a pain of my own; I can't stand watching her be tormented over worrying over me.

Once again I held her hand in mine, comforting her with my hands, "Please, Sango. Don't cry."

"I—I'm not."

"Hello? Hello! Anyone down here?! Miss! What are you doing down here!"

"I was only—"

"Oh Miss Sango, it's all right. At least he got to see your beautiful face before he's killed. Now come along, people will think you odd for hanging down here."

"Yes sir." She curtseyed slightly to him before turning back to me and quietly told me a few things," Houshi-sama, I will save you, alright? No matter what, we'll make it out of this alive...together."

"Alright."

I watched her go into the shadows and retreat up the steps. There is no away I will make it out of this one alive...even if the witch wants it so. Why else would she have me put to death? Perhaps she is getting fed up with us and us not kissing. If she would have told me I would have swept her off her feet and taken that first kiss that all couples long to have. Instead she hid the truth from me and made me feel more than unworthy.

The day was spent in my cage, nodding off, or dreaming of a perfect world until finally two burly men arrived at my door.

"Oh good evening," I gushed, more than polite.

"Stop being happy and start getting sad...the sunset is coming...and your death is soon."

Despite the situation, I smiled and chuckled a little. I've had more than I'm worth in this world and my soul would probably be more than happy to leave. I've prepared myself for death and leaving behind everything...I'm ready.

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The whole day many women were fussing around me and I finally realized why my chest was so compact. Some sort of artificial rib cage was placed around my body and then tied extremely tight. I don't see how people can stand this!

When I was prepped and ready I was escorted to the outer deck and my 'father' gave me a few quick words.

"I know you despise this idea more than I despise pirates, but it must work out. For the sake of our family and your good reputation."

"Yes father."

"Now be a good girl and smile for me. We want a blushing bride, not a frowning one."

"Yes father."

He offered his arm for me to take and I did so. I still had no idea what to do about Miroku's death sentence but I was willing to work on whim when the time came. The same melody that I had heard before sounded before I was walking down the aisle. More people I didn't know stared at me; the scene was just like the one in Kagome's time except I was on boat deck watching the sun go down.

A small wind blew my hair around my face as I reached the alter and William looked at me with endearment.

"We are gathered here today..."

After that I couldn't hear one thing he said...but for some reason with my trained senses I could make out a few words being yelled all the way on the other side of the boat.

"Bring 'im up 'ere."

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A man with a scroll stood on a box and unrolled it, letting his eyes drift over the contents.

"Miroku shall be put to death by treason, murder, stealing from higher ranks, and involvement with piracy."

The two men pushed me forward on onto my knees and lowered my head.

"No, we aren't going to chop his head off you idiots! That's a pirate thing to do! We're going to shoot him...straight through the heart."

The first thing that ran through my mind was what were they going to shoot me with? A bow and arrow?  Like Inuyasha? Then he pulled out something silver with a hole in it and pointed it at my head, then moved it to my heart.

"Bye bye, Miroku."

"NO! STOP! WAIT!"

The sunlight that kept me squinting was suddenly blocked and I looked up. It was her...the sun was shining around her like a heavenly angel.

"You can't kill this man!"

"Why should I listen to a girl? This man is a murderer!"

"No...he's not! He's not...he's a man like every other normal man. Leave him alone!"

"Move aside miss, he's got a death sentence hanging over his head."

"Hey! Look over there!"

All of us looked to the horizon and there lay an outline of another ship, gliding closer by the second.

"It's the pirates! They've got the pirate flag!"

"You're off the hook for now Miroku, but as soon as this blows over you're done for. And if you think of getting in the way...you are too."

Every single one of the men scurried about yelling, "Load the cannons!" and other sailor lingo. Sango grabbed my hand and looked at me desperately.

"Come on Houshi-sama! We have to get out of here!"

"Where are we going to go? May I remind you we are on a boat in the middle of the ocean!" I snapped.

"Well sooorry for wanting to save both our hides!"

"Let's not fight, okay? We need to work together to escape here."

She yanked at me before I got up and we both were running to anywhere but there. The small boat soon turned out to be a humongous one that was almost ten times the size of our own.

"Ahoy matees! Miroku! We've come to save 'ya!"

"Um...thanks?"

"'Ere! Come across! Bring your wench too!"

They threw a rope across while laughing about their own jokes. What was I supposed to do? Swing across? Oh well! I had to give it a try. I ran across the deck, retrieving the rope in the process and running back to get Sango. Many of my 'comrades' were already coming across and killing all of the soldiers lined up on our current craft. I slipped my hand around her waist while crushing her close to my body.

"Hold tight."

I lifted up my feet and pushed off the edge so that we were momentarily soaring in mid-air before touching down on the pirate's wooden planks. I still didn't let go.

"Don't you think you should let go now?" she blushed.

I intently looked at her, letting her know after all this I still like her the way I always have.

"You saved me...and I wanted to let you know..." I took her hand and guided it to my heart," this is what you do to me." I could even feel my own heart racing from her closeness.

"Are you sure that's not from running around the deck?"

I shook my head 'no' before waiting for her answer.

"In that case," this time she took my hand and placed it on her chest...not even minding how exposed she was. I didn't even notice until now either," this is what you do to me."

She leaned in closer and for the second time that day pecked me on the cheek.

"Woo hoo! Missy likes Captain Miroku!"

"Yes...yes I do." She smiled genuinely before we were about to kiss and you can just guess what happened next. Yes, we were flung into the black world.

"You'd do anything for each other,

That much is true.

Now you can see what it's like,

To live with out the other you."

I have a feeling we're in for at least one last long one. I'm ready for it with Sango by my side.

Authors Note: Once again I'm going on vacation on Friday...so yeah...I know...I'm horrible with the updating. Okay, well, I am only going to be gone for four days this time. All right...I gotta thank my reviewers.

Thanks to my reviewers:

Soli- You're the best! You know I was just saying that to bug you...but you arrrreee...you know it. Yes, I'm horrible...I lied again! Because you won't even be able to read this until the day after every other day. Bwahahaha! I'm evil! Truly evil! And then I can't update all weekend because I'll be gone! Bwahahaha! Well, anyway, thank you very much Soli-sama!

KaT aka Mistress Shinigami-Yeah I know! Wasn't it so cute! Miroku couldn't get away with anything perverted without Sango hearing it too...oh well...then she could keep him in line. Okay, I'd like to thank you for all of your reviews and support! Thank you!

Zephor-I know, wasn't that movie so good?! I loved it so much! Well...it's not exactly the same story...but close? Not really? Okay I tried. He was still a pirate...and he escaped...like the title says. So yeah. Thank you!

Next Chapter: Miroku and Sango see what life is like without a significant other. Next time in The Lovely Curse..."The Life Without You"