Author's note: Woot! I finally golt this uploaded! You see... the computer that i use to type and uploade normally was taken so i wrote up in my room, having to save the document to a floppy disk...so it took FOREVER to get this uploaded. But, luckily (and thanks everyone for the great support!) i have decided to continue on with this

Story Notes: I've changed the plot a little bit. It might roughly follow the lines of POTC, so please don't murder me. I had to alter the story ein biBen (a little bit) to make sure that everyone was includes.

Another Story Note: The ships in these stories are like that of Treasure Planet (which i also don't own...sigh...Don't ask me how i came up with the radnom thought...it just came to me. Alright? Besides it was the only way to make space battles. Pirates in this era are called Space pirates. Anyhow... thanks CrystalGundam for the support! Love y'all, .

-Red Tail

Pilots of the Caribbean (its baaack!)

Everything was going perfectly wonderful; he had gotten into the port wonderfully, made a grand entrance, sunk his only mode of transportation—okay, so maybe it wasn't so peachy wonderful.

Jack sighed, heavily trudging through the slightly crowded streets. For some reason, despite how his spirits should be, he had an odd gut feeling that this wasn't as bad as it could be.

Then, the next bad thing to add to his checklist of 'the crappiest day of all' happened…

It was going wonderful; meeting a very chatty soldier of the Governor or kings, Queens whatever—he met a military officer that like to chat, almost like him minus the charcoal rimmed eyes, odd personality, and some what drunken behavior.

"Duo Maxwell's the name; I may run and hide but I never tell a lie!" He proclaimed merrily as he jabbed a thumb into his chest as he gloated somewhat.

Then there was a Chinese looking man with a scowl written all over his face; eyes slanted at the man trying to get past them on guard duty; the nerve! "Shut up Maxwell." He said in a chipped and rough tone.

"Aw Wuffers!" Duo merrily patted the man by the name of 'Wuffer's' on the back. Jack raised an eyebrow, wondering what kind of person, other than a pirate, had such an—erhm—odd name. "Give the guy a break!" Duo said, referring to the stranger who Jack noticed as himself.

"The name is Wufei! I was talking to you not him!" He shouted, her face slightly flushed from the tirade as he glared at the still merry soldier next to him.

"I'm sorry," Jack said, bowing his head as he referred to when he tried to get on the boat—er—sip. "Ahem," He cleared his throat, now getting both of their attention at this time. "It was just such a pretty boat—er—ship!" He corrected quickly.

Wufei scowled. "Whatever." He mumbled, crossing his arms as Duo Maxwell rolled his eyes at Wufei's actions.

"Well," Wufei boasted, "The Nataku is nigh unstoppable." He declared with a sharp nod of his head. "My ship is the best."

"Your ship…" Jack drawled nodding his head, "Wait a minute, then why are you dressed up—" Wufei flushed red for a minute, being reminded of the soldier uniform he was wearing.

Duo, however, laughed his head off, getting glares from Wufei at the same time. "It was a bet," He giggled, Wufei looking like he was ready to kill Maxwell at the time. "You see—"

"Maxwell!" Wufei cried, unsheathing a katana, "Do you want to loose your braid!"

Duo snorted but stopped speaking about the incident, crossing his arms and pouting. "Whatever."

"Nataku is still the best." Wufei declared once again.

"I've heard of one, it's supposed to be unmatchable to any other." Jack grinned, some gold teeth sparkling when he obviously caught their attention. " The Shinigami."

"Why does that sound familiar…" Duo thought to himself silently.

Wufei snorted, "No real ship can match Nataku." He crossed his arms once again.

"But it is real!" Duo declared, turning on his friend. "I've seen it."

"You must have been drunk or sugar high." Wufei shot back quickly, refusing to believe in a silly myth.

"Tch, yeah right." Duo said sarcastically, muttering under his breath 'I wasn't drunk' and something about not being legal… "It has black sails and a black hull to boot!"

"Why does this sound familiar?" Wufei mocked, "Oh, that's right…" He drawled. "Deathscythe."

"What about Deathscythe?"

"Shinigami sounds a lot like Deathscythe." Wuife sighed, rubbing his temple. How could he put up with this…how did Heero even manage it? "So, this Shinigami has a crew of the damned and undead, black sails with holes in it, and is captained by a man so evil that hell itself didn't let him in?"

Jack blinked in surprise; it was the most he had heard the man speak yet! Well, something that wasn't of an insulting manner. He would make a good pirate Jack thought.

"No." Duo said with the cheery nod of his head.

"See?" Wufei ground out between clenched teeth. "Nothing can match Nataku."

"But I have seen a ship with black sails." Wufei opened his mouth before being interrupted by Duo, "That's not Deathsycthe." He added.

"Oh?" Wufei questioned as he clenched his teeth once again, somewhat irate now. "And no ship that doesn't have a crew of the damned and undead, black sails with holes in it, and is captained by a man so evil that hell itself didn't let him in can't possibly be Shinigami."

"Right." Duo grinned like a cat, nodding his head.

Letting out a heavy sigh, Wufei turned back to their 'guest'. "Nataku is—" He stopped when he realized something; there was no one in front of him!

Turning, he saw Jack holding the steering wheel to his ship! He growled and raced towards the plank leading to the ship, hopping on it and drawing his sword.

Jack blinked suddenly when he felt the cold metal of a sword against his throat, gulped, and looked at a furious Wufei. Slowly, he drew his hands away from the ship's wheel.

"You dare touch Nataku!" Wufei seethed, katana slowly edging more into Jack's neck.

"Uh…" He muttered, "No?" He said with a forced smile to try and lighten up the situation.

"What's your name?" Duo questioned with wonder, remembering he didn't even know the stranger's name.

"Yes, and what's your purpose here?" Wufei added. "No lies."

"Smith, or Smithy if you must." Jack said, slouching slightly in his somewhat tense position, knife at a more safe and farther away position than right next to his throat.

"The truth is… I've come here to rob, plunder, and pillage while find me a scurvy crew that is as insane as me while commandeering a lovely ship here."

"I said no lies!" Wufei hissed and growled at the same time, mouth slightly agape. This man tested him more than the braided baka next to him!

"I think he was telling the truth." Wufei glared at Duo.

"And that's telling the truth knowing that you wouldn't believe it." Jack added as he smiled at them, hiding mirth in his onyx eyes.

TBC

Author's note:

Well, the last line obviously isn't mine. There are certain lines of Jack's that will stay the same since…well…there isn't really any other way to describe it.

Also, I have decided that this isn't going to follow POTC exactly, there will be some differences to add all the character and such. I'm sorry for the long wait in the updating; I have decided though to keep this story (yeah!) and will try my best to complete it.

Also, be warned that there may be some long breaks on updating like 'on hold' status's to keep all my other work up to date (and hopefully finished soon as well).

Thank you everyone for the support! glomps everyone the support really helped. I'm glad everyone has liked the story so far!

Love, Red Tail