Authors Note: Um...not much to say here. Next week I don't think there will be an updates at all, cuz I'm gonna be gone from 8 in the morning to 8 at night. So, I'm trying to get as much as I can now.

Just a reminder, I don't own Kingdom Hearts. I don't own Sora, Kairi, Ansem, or any of those characters coming up that you've at one time seen in a game. The ones you've never heard of before, those are mine. This kinda goes without saying, doesn't it? On with the chapter!

A Pirates Tale

Chapter 3: Killed From the Inside

Sora stared at his subordinate, who was in the middle of setting a fruit stand on fire when he burst on to the streets. He waved his sword at him, deeply wanting to run the man through.

"Mister Phips! What in the HELL do you think you're doing?" He roared surprisingly loud for a teenager, startling a few already severely startled people near by. The toothless, dirty man grinned fiendishly at him.

"Well, yer firs' mate tol' us you said to have sum fun! Tanks, cap'n!" Mr. Phips gave a drunken salute, and was promptly knocked out cold by a fist, attached to a very angry, murderous Sora.

"I'm gonna KILL that traitorous bastard..." He muttered in exasperation. Kairi appeared at the door behind Sora, fear and worry painted on her pretty face.

"Sora? What's going on?" She asked over the noises of destruction. Sora waved his free hand away.

"I'll take care of this! You get home and stay there!" Kairi opened her mouth to protest, but the look in the young man's eyes made her shut her mouth tightly. Nodding, she took off down the road, dodging between burning wreckage, shouting space pirates and screaming people. Swearing, the brown-haired captain set off in the opposite direction, determined to beat the living shit out of his first mate.

But doing so proved more difficult than he first thought. The chaos that his crew wrought on the peaceful village was tremendous, and Sora had never seen something quite like it. Odd for a pirate captain, yes, but Sora was never one for excessive violence. Take what was needed, then get out, that was his philosophy on piracy.

Bashing in the head of one of his mates, Sora pushed the limp body away from a burning cart. At the very most, he wanted them to wake up with a splitting headache. He didn't really want to kill them. Sora wasn't a big fan of death.

"Ansem!" He called above the din, and a voice, surprisingly close, answered his call.

"I was beginning to wonder when you would come looking for me..."

Sora spun to face Ansem, who was perched on top of a hay pile, a beer bottle in one hand and his blade in the other.

"Ansem, what have you done?" He asked, teeth bared. He slowly assumed a fighting stance. Ansem glanced down at him, clearly unimpressed. Taking a swig from his bottle, he leapt down from his seat.

"I let the crew loose, what does it look like?"

"But WHY?"

"That answer, little boy," He put a disgusted emphasis on the title 'little boy'. "Is quite simple: I'm so goddamn sick of your bullshit...captain. I'm sick of being pushed around by a child. You don't have the balls for this job, Sora, so I'm relieving you of your duty." His words were suddenly followed by a quick slash towards Sora's waist, which he hurriedly blocked. Ansem tossed the empty bottle against the wall behind him, and advanced on Sora.

"Don't be a fool, boy. You can't fight me. I'm the best fighter in the crew."

"That may be true, but it doesn't stop me from trying!" Sora shouted, and lunged at Ansem's mid-section. The blow was easily dodged by the white- haired man, who came back with a slice to Sora's shoulder. He rolled away, leaving just a gash mark in his hooded jacket. He swore to himself. That was my favorite jacket...Sora aimed a kick directly at Ansem's chest, and it sent him reeling back, dazed.

Just as he was going to bring his sword crashing down on the man's head, a scream, unlike the others, rang out though the air.

"SORA!!"

Temporarily distracted, Sora turned his head to see Kairi, slung over someone's shoulder, kicking and screaming with all of her might. Completely forgetting Ansem, Sora began running towards her.

"Kairi! Hold on!" He shouted, just as a kick to the back of his legs sent him sprawling forward, his sword flying from his hands. Flipping over, he faced Ansem, who towered over him. Ansem sneered, the flames reflecting eerily in his eyes.

"You've been relieved of your duties, captain." He said in a low, menacing voice, and sent a heavy boot crashing in to the side of Sora's head.

As darkness overtook Sora's world, the last thing he saw was Ansem, stalking away, and Kairi, pleading for help.

Authors Note: Not much to say here, except one thing: IMPORTAINT! LOOK HERE! READ! I need a good name for an OC that I can't seem to think of a name for. All I can say, without spoiling anything, is that he's a...well, dude. HELP IS WANTEED!