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Authors note: Well, here it is, the Inu/Rogue chapter. I'm not gonna even try her accent because it looked kinda stupid before, so just pretend with me here ok. And now, sit back and grab a snack cause its gonna be long. Remember to review and let me know what ya thought! Onward!

Chapter Seventeen: Rogue and the Silver Sea Dog

Inuyasha stormed into the town, scattering the people in his way. He didn't care that they were all staring at him. He didn't care that he was being eyed by some less than savory characters. He didn't care about much at all, except following the scent of the bastards that had pissed him off and taken Rogue. Not that he cared much about what happened to the wench, but Kagome would probably kill him if he let anything happen to her. Dammnit.

Stopping in front of a run-down tavern that smelled strongly of a lot of things he'd rather not think about, he growled low and his ears flattened of their own accord. 'Gottcha.'

He leaned down, leg muscles bunched, then leaped through the entrance. "ALL RIGHT YOU BASTARDS, NOW YOUR GONNA..Eh!"

He blinked a few times in shock, the sight before him taking a few minutes to register on his stunned brain.

"What took you so long?" Rogue asked in a rather bored fashion.

Inuyasha stared first at Rogue, who was calmly buffing her nails.

Then to the pile of unconscious men she was sitting on.

The thought that she had done all of that on her own caused a brief moment of admiration, before he quickly squelched it.

Instead of showing his surprise, he crossed his arms over his chest and scoffed.

Rogue just smiled sweetly at him and batted her eyelashes exaggeratedly.

For some unexplained reason that action caused him to blush, turning his head quickly before she caught it.

Shaking off whatever had possessed him he turned back to face Rogue. "Do you have any idea where the hell we are?"

Rogue nodded, jumping lightly off of the pile. "Yeah, I accidentally absorbed one of these guys memories." She shuddered lightly, then shook it off. "The nearest I can figure is that where in the Caribbean, some time in the 1600's. And this charming place." She swung her arms out to encompass their surroundings. "Is known as Ile de la Tortue or Tortuga."

Inuyasha's ears twitched around on the top of his head as he tried to assimilate all of the information that Rogue was throwing at him. A groan from the pile directed his attention back to his original purpose, revenge.

Walking over, he reached down and yanked up a large and hairy man about twice his size, the rest of the men just waking up all stared at him in amazement. Inuyasha paid them no attention, instead he jerked the smelly man close to his face and snarled at him.

"That would be the captain, one Roche Basiliano." Rogue had seated herself at a fairly clean table, at least in comparison to the other tables in the tavern.

Inuyasha's snarl turned into a loud growl, fangs bared. The large man started stuttering and Inuyasha shook him violently to jog his speech centers back into place.

"D-d-don't k-k-kill me! I'll g-g-give ya anythin' ya ask fer! I swear!" the man blubbered.

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes. "Anything."

The large and normally intimidating man nodded his head rapidly.

Inuyasha grinned, although it was more of a baring of fangs than anything. "Alright." His eyes light up with a child like enthusiasm. "Then I want your ship."

The man, Roche, looked about to argue. At least he did, until Inuyasha lifted him another few inches into the air, still one handed and without any apparent effort.

"D-deal."

Inuyasha nodded, then tossed the man out of the tavern. Turning back around and glaring at the mans crew. "You heard what he said. It's my ship now, anyone who don't like it can go to hell." He shrugged carelessly. "Anybody who want's to stay with me will have to speak to me directly."

With that said, he turned his back on them and walked over to where Rogue was sitting.

"What tha hell do you think your doin'?" She asked the minute he sat down. Inuyasha just shrugged, then grinned sheepishly. "I always did want to sail my own ship."

Rogue hung her head. "This ain't no time to be playin' out boy-hood fantasies! We need to find a way of gettin' home!"

Inuyasha scoffed and crossed his arms. "If the others are here then we'd need a ship anyway in order to find them. Most of this place is surrounded by water, I can smell it."

Rogue conceded that point to him, it would be easier to find the others with a ship. Then a new problem occurred to her.

"Do you even know which ship is yours?"

Inuyasha blinked. "Well, um.I can figure it out!" He went back to sulking.

"It's called the Galliot, Captain."

They both turned to see a young man about their age. Long brown hair pulled back with a strip of leather, a small, well trimmed goatee and amber eyes that shinned with amusement. He swept them both a grand bow. "I am known as Gilder, helmsman extrordinair."

Inuyasha looked at him through narrowed eyes. "You one of that bastards crew?"

Gilder nodded. "Aye Captain, but most of us wheredispleased with Roche and am not sad to see him go."

Inuyasha studied the other man for several minutes before nodding. Then something occurred to him. "Captain?"

Gilder smiled. "Aye, you be our Captain, non?"

Inuyasha looked at Rogue. She leaned over and whispered into his twitching ear. "It's means you're their leader."

"Oh." Inuyasha's eyes lit up again. He could do that. He turned his head away so that she wouldn't see the new blush he was currently sporting. 'Note to self: never let her breath in my ears again, makes me feel weird.'

The sound of someone clearing their throat dragged his attention away from his body's weird reactions to Rogue's presence and back to his new helmsman.

Gilder pointed to a group of people standing behind him. "These others would also like to join with you Captain."

Inuyasha assessed the group. Judging them and their characters.

Gilder pointed to each and said their name and what they did.

"This be one of the best buccaneers that ever sailed, he goes by the name Duncan." Gilder pointed to an older man with gray hair and a beard. He was a big man, with large arms and a friendly smile, he carried a pistol at his hip and two swords strapped across his back.

"This one er' be your lookout, finest pair of eyes in the Caribbean. Goes by the name of Domingo." A tall man of about twenty-five gave them a short salute. He was a good looking fellow with long black hair, no bead and blue eyes. He also oozed charm from every pore. Most of it seemed directed at Rogue, which really pissed Inuyasha off for some reason, although Rogue seemed unaffected.

" This be the carpenter, he fixes the ship when it gets broke. His names Galan." He pointed to a large man with short red hair and brown eyes. This man carried a large hammer strapped to his back, and smelled strongly of tar.

Looking around, Gilder walked over and dragged out a rather small, rounded man. "And this be the ships cook. He don't got a name, only goes by Cook." The small man sniffled and blew his nose on his sleeve. Inuyasha grimaced and Rogue made a promise to herself that she was going to teach that man how to handle food properly at the nearest opportunity.

Gilder then walked over to the largest man in the group. "This is the ships gunner. He don't speak much, but I know his name be Nazir." The large, Arabian looking man named Nazir didn't say anything, just stood with his arms crossed and studied Inuyasha, who held the other mans gaze until he looked away.

Gilder glanced around as if confused for a second then jumped as two Asian looking boys suddenly appeared at his side. "I hate when they do that." He muttered, then turned to face Inuyasha. "These be the ones what handle the sails and rigs. Can't tell one from the other but one's name Ling and the other is Ming." The twins walked over to Rogue and spoke in an eerie dual voice. "We are pleased to serve you Lady Rogue." One of them, 'Ming? Ling?' produced a flower from nothing and handed it to her, then they both bowed and backflipped into the group.

Gilder sighed. "Right then, and this is your deck hand, his names Tyberius, but most just call him Ty." A small boy with blond hair peeked out at Inuyasha from behind Duncan's legs, seemingly fascinated with the Hanyou.

Gilder turned back to Inuyasha. "And that be your crew Captain, what say you?"

Inuyasha looked thoughtful for a while then looked up at the group, gold eyes shinning. "I say, LETS SAIL!"

A cheer rose through the group and Rogue smiled at Inuyasha's excitement.

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Sailing with the crew was a little weird at first, Inuyasha was terribly sea sick, but rode it out valiantly so as not to loose face before his crew. A few new rules where set in place. No killing being the first. It confused the crew a first but it never became a problem since most of the ships they plundered gave up the minute they saw them coming.

As Rogue had promised, her first order of business was to fix the cook. giving him tips and lessons on safety and germs and for the love of god, the importance of using clean dishes! Cook had been under the misguided notion that cooking with dirty pots gave the food more flavor. Ugh.

At first, Inuyasha was like a fish out of water, Gilder and Duncan helped him out though, with anything he didn't know. Quickly developing a strong bond between the three.

Ming, Ling and Ty had thought it was funny to paint a pair of dog ears on the flag one day, and although Inuyasha raged for a bit, most of the crew laughed and thought it very appropriate. And that was how Inuyasha became known as the Silver Sea Dog.

After many successful raids they settled in a small cove outside of Port Royal. For some reason the thought of burying their treasure appealed to Inuyasha immensely and he had much fun with it. Rogue tried not to snicker at how much of a dog he was being.

Rogue herself had developed a bond with Ming and Ling and was probably the only person besides them who could tell the two apart. She also became very close to Duncan, seeing him as a grandfather figure. He taught her how to fire a pistol and the basics of sword play.

The crew was made aware of her mutation early on and respected the fact that the only one who could touch her was Inuyasha. Ming and Ling had solved that problem among themselves and now would cover their hands with their sleeves in order to touch her.

Their first trip into Port Royal a few months later was when things got interesting though.

Of course it depends on who you ask.

The crew had docked and gone ashore for the day. Inuyasha, Rogue, Gilder, and Duncan all went out to get the two time travelers 'Proper clothes'.

Inuyasha was first. Gilder bought him a set of tan breaches and a white shirt that unlaced in the front, tying his hair back with a leather cord and weaving beads and a few coins into the hair that hung in the front. A red bandanna was wrapped across his forehead and a set of boots where laced onto his feet, even though he protested the need for them. Tetsusaiga still hung at his side.

"There, now you look like a pirate!" Gilder had proclaimed, then dragged him off to see how Duncan had done with Rogue.

Upon seeing her Inuyasha had stopped dead in his tracks and gaped.

Rogue was dressed in tight fitting breaches and a lace-up top that hugged her curves. Dark boots that laced all the way up to her knees and a pistol strapped to her thigh.

She held her arms out to her sides. "Well, how do I look?"

Inuyasha's speech centers where temporarily disabled.

Gilder grabbed her hand with his gloved one. "My Lady, truly there is no one more beautiful in all of the Caribbean than thee." And kissed the air just above her knuckles.

Inuyasha cuffed his friend in the back of the head.

Gilder grinned and rubbed at the spot. "Is something the matter Captain? Don't you think Lady Rogue looks lovely?"

Rogue turned a curious look on Inuyasha.

He panicked and reverted back to the best method of dealing with a situation he couldn't handle.

He blushed, crossed his arms and muttered "Feh!"

Duncan slapped him on the back. "Come boy, let us have a few drinks at the tavern to celebrate!"

Inuyasha nodded, and together they made their way to the nearest bar.

Once inside though things became a little stressed.

Inuyasha didn't like the looks that the men where giving Rogue and, getting one of his dumber ideas, decided to lock her in a room.

Of course, that didn't sit well with her at all.

While the boys where sitting downstairs, drinking themselves stupid, she was upstairs picking a lock. Another useful things Duncan had taught her.

With a small cry of triumph the door swung free and she made her way out and down the stairs.

Only to be cornered by tall, dark, and ugly.

The man grabbed her covered arm, squeezing hard enough to leave a bruise. "Wha's a pretty little thing like you doin' here?" he slurred.

Rogue narrowed her eyes. "Let go. I'm only warnin' you once."

The large man laughed as if she'd just said the funniest thing, and pulled her closer.

She fought him, but he was a lot stronger than she was. Watching his face come closer and his disgusting black teeth and fowl breath inch toward her face she resigned herself to absorbing him.

At least until the furious growl from behind her stopped the man cold. It even sent a shiver through her.

"What do you think your doing?" She could hear Inuyasha's voice from directly behind her. In fact, she could feel him breathing on her neck. It sent a tingle of a different sort down her spin.

The big man looked at Inuyasha. "How much fer' your wench?"

Rogue froze in shock.

Inuyasha's voice came out as a low growl. "What?"

Before the big man could ask again, or Inuyasha could gut him, Duncan came walking up carrying a mug of something with a lot of foam. "What's all this now?"

The big man turned to Duncan. "I was just askin' how much he wanted for a night with his wench."

Inuyasha's growl exploded out of his chest again, causing Rogue to jump.

Duncan looked at the mans hand on her arm and casually leaned over and removed it from her person. "I'm sorry to say sir that this fine lass ain't fer sale."

The man got mad. "Why not?" He thundered.

Duncan grinned and placed Rogue's hand into Inuyasha's. "Why, because she is this mans betrothed of course."

Stunned silence.

"WHAT!! " They both cried at the same time.

Duncan turned to them with a sympathetic look. "Now I know ya wanted to be keepin' it a secret for a while longer, but I believe in this case it needs to be known."

Inuyasha shot a fierce look at his 'friend'.

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"I am not marrying you." Inuyasha rumbled behind a flawless smile.

"I didn't ask you to." Rogue hissed back.

With brittle displays of teeth, they glared at each other, while excepting congratulations from the various men in the tavern, most included their crew. Each time they had a moment of near privacy, or their mouths and ears where pressed close together, one of them hissed at the other. To the room at large, it looked like they where a happily whispering couple.

"Milady." Galan swept a bow. "I am pleased that the Captain is to wed with you." The large red-head winked. "It'll keep him humble."

Rogue smiled brightly at Galan. 'Humble indeed.', She thought. There wasn't a humble bone in Inuyasha's body. Although, she looked at him sideways, she wouldn't have minded searching for one. At least, if he wasn't such a jerk.

"Where did he go?" Inuyasha growled, the moment Galan melted into the crowd.

"Galan?" Rogue asked blankly. "He's right there." She pointed to his retreating back.

"Duncan. That traitorous bastard!" His growl was so low that the whole sentence came out as no more than a rumble.

"How should I know where he went?" Rogue rolled her eyes. "I'm the last person who ever knows what's goin' on."

"This entire thing is your fault for leaving your room! Didn't I tell you to stay in your room? How many times did I tell you to stay in your room? Didn't I tell you at least a dozen times to stay in your room?"

"Repeatin' the same question three times, in slightly different ways, doesn't make me more inclined to answer you. Don't talk to me as if I'm a child. An don't even think you're going to blame this one on me." Rogue sniffed and averted her face. "I certainly would never have told anyone I was marryin' you. Leavin' my room didn't get us engaged. Duncan did that all by himself."

Inuyasha studied her through narrowed eyes, then lowered his silver head menacingly near hers. "Maybe I should marry you. You do know that a wife must obey her husband in all things." He purred against her ear.

He stopped scowling abruptly. "Domingo." He clapped another member of the crew on the shoulder and smiled painfully.

Rogue spoke just loud enough for him to hear her. "Maybe where you come from a wife obeys their husband in all things, but not in America."

Inuyasha glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, still holing his fake smile. "Maybe in America, but this is the Caribbean."

Rogue's smile slipped right off her face. 'Damn, we need to get back home right now!'

Inuyasha smiled at the group before them. "If you will excuse me, my betrothed." He said with some difficulty. "Is feeling a bit tired and whishes to return to her room." He turned a fierce look on her. "Don't you." It was not a question.

Without giving her time to answer he grabbed her arm, although not as hard as the big man had she noticed. He was obviously furious, but he was also oddly gentle with her. That didn't mean she was going to let him have the last word though.

"I am not tired. I am the picture of calm, considering all we've been through." She growled back at him. "And I'm not marrying you." She said defiantly, almost as an after thought.

He barely glanced at her as they ascended the stairs. "Unless we can get out of here soon, that crew will see to it that we get married."

Rogue gulped. Opening the door to her room before turning back to the Hanyou. "What are you going to do?"

Inuyasha's eyes narrowed. "I think I need to have a little talk with Duncan."

And with that he turned and stomped down the stairs.

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Galan found Gilder lying on the floor of the kitchens clutching his sides.

Every few seconds he drew a deep, wheezing breath, stuttered, then lost himself again in waves of laughter.

Galan watched him repeat the ridiculous sequence several times before nudging him with the toe of his boot.

"Would you stop that." He said annoyed.

Gilder gasped and pounded his chest with his fist, then collapsed again into guffaws. "D-did-ah-hahaha-did you see his f-face?" Gilder roared, holding his stomach.

Galan's lips twitched, and he bit the bottom one to remain serious. "This is a problem Gilder." Galan chastised. "Now he's nearly hand-fasted to lady Rogue."

Gilder's only response was another roar of laughter. "N-nearly? H-he is!"

"I don't know what you think is so amusing about this. Inuyasha is going to be furious."

"But he's st-stuck!" Gilder gasped between near-sobs of laughter. Then he rose to his feet, took several great breaths, and finally managed to subdue his laughter for the moment, yet the corners of his mouth twitched furiously.

"Don't you see what must have happened, Galan? Duncan must have thought that it was what the two of them wanted. So he used the moment to betroth them, thinking it was what the Captain wanted, but didn't know how to ask fer." Gilder explained.

"Oh, really?" a cool voice said.

Gilder and Galan both sobered to immediate attention, relaxing only when they saw who it was in the door.

"Duncan! Don't scare me like that." Gilder grabbed at his heart dramatically.

"You two underestimate me." Duncan said softly.

"Where is Inuyasha?" Galan asked, glancing warily behind the large pirate.

"I left Inuyasha in the tavern, accepting congratulations with his new lady on his arm." Duncan said smugly. "Think you I hadn't noticed that the man seemed to have sworn off all women?"

Gilder gazed at Duncan admiringly. "You clever bastard."

"Gilder!" Galan hissed, trying to get the other man to lower his voice.

Gilder waved him off. "I get it, we marry the Captain to Lady Rogue." He trailed off.

"But, what if they don't like each other?" Galan questioned.

"Then they'll learn to like each other, won't they." Duncan smiled. "Besides, I can see the spark between them, it'll just take a little shove to get em movin' in the right direction."

Galan shook his head. "Inuyasha would kill us all if he suspected this wasn't a vast misunderstanding."

"But he'll never know, will he?" Duncan said calmly.

Gilder burst into laughter again, and after a brief, startled look, Galan joined him.

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Inuyasha never did manage to corner Duncan. And after some serious thought, he decided to let it go for now. After all, they wouldn't be here forever. 'I hope.'

Things changed between Inuyasha and Rogue as well. He started acting more territorial and gruff.

And Rogue?

"Oh Inuyasha?"

Gulping, he turned to see her wearing that sultry expression again, walking towards him while swaying her hips.

He froze up.

She glided up to him and placed a hand on his chest. He tried to swallow the lump that had suddenly appeared in his throat.

She looked up at him, inching her face closer, and closer to his.

She watched as his ears twitched around madly on his head. Smiling sweetly at him as she leaned even closer

Then her eyes narrowed abruptly. "Don't you ever try to lock me in the cabin again!"

And she casually pushed him over the side.

Inuyasha sputtered at he came to the surface, cursing all women in general.

Rogue sniffed and turned her back to him, only glancing out of the corner of her eye as he pulled himself aboard. She really liked him in white shirts. Especially when they got wet.

Gilder snickered from his post at the wheel, sobering immediately when Inuyasha shot him a look.

Inuyasha heaved a massive sigh. "Lets go back to the cove for now." He took off his shirt and tried to ring it out, watching Rogue out of the corner of his eye as she stood at the front of the boat, looking out at the waves. 'She's beautiful.' He growled at himself immediately for thinking that. 'I can't think that about her, I've got enough problems with woman as it is. Besides, I still have to keep my promise to Kikyo.' At the thought of the dead priestess his mood became surly.

Rogue looked back and saw Inuyasha standing on the deck with a half rung-out shirt in his hands, and a look on his face that she was quickly coming to hate. Walking over, she grabbed the shirt and finished wringing it out, then shoved it over his started head. Yanking it on him like he was a toddler who couldn't dress himself.

Once his mouth was free he opened it to blast her but paused at the look on her face, she looked..sad.

His ears lowered and he turned away.

Gilder, Duncan and Galan all sighed in disappointment.

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Back at the cove they had made a little fort, of sorts. It was where they planned and rested when not on the sea or in a town. Rogue had her own hut that the guys had built so she could have some privacy.

"Well, now what do we do?" Galan asked as he ate a bowl of Cook's stew. The man had become a really good chef thanks to Lady Rogue's tutelage.

Inuyasha shrugged and grunted, obviously distracted, while he ate his stew slowly. That alone was a big indicator to his friend that something was wrong. Before he could figure out a way to bring up the subject that he wanted to talk about without being clawed or growled at, Gilder came bouncing in and plopped himself at the table.

"Guess what?" He was practically vibrating with energy. Galan wondered if he'd been into the whisky again. When it became clear that Inuyasha wasn't going to ask, Galan decided to humor his friend. "What Gilder?"

Gilder turned to face him. "There's a big hullabaloo going on down town, seems there's a large ship sailin' in from England tonight. The Concord."

That got Inuyasha's attention, his ears perked up and he turned his attention away from murdering his soup. "What's it carrying?"

Gilder grinned. "Guns, spices, whisky, silk, you name it." He started bouncing in his seat. "So, are we gonna do it?"

Inuyasha looked thoughtful. "Yeah, I think we will." Then he grinned. "Assemble the men!" He watched as Gilder ran off, then turned to Galan. "Go get Rogue and Duncan for me, I want to talk to them alone." Galan nodded and got up to do his Captains bidding.

Because of the risks involved in fighting such a large ship Inuyasha had decided to leave Rogue at the fort, and just for good measure, he had Duncan watch her.

Before they'd left Duncan had slapped him on the shoulder. "Don't worry lad, I'll keep your Lady safe." Then the big man had laughed as Inuyasha growled and grumbled his way onto his ship.

But things did not turn out as they had hoped.

Inuyasha knew something was wrong when no large ship appeared. Gilder was just as confused. When the sun crested the yard arm they decided to head back, all of them worried and anxious.

It was Domingo who called out their worst fears. "Smoke! I see smoke coming from the fort!" He yelled down from the crows nest.

Inuyasha tensed, waiting for the ship to get closer to land before leaping clear of the railing and to the dock, racing up it to Rogue's hut.

He slowed to a stop at the sight before him. "No."

Rogue's hut was a charred ruin. Smoke and small flames still eating at the wood.

But it wasn't that, which caused Inuyasha's heart to feel painfully tight in his chest.

He walked slowly over to the body on the ground, falling to his knees next to his friend.

"Duncan?" He whispered, fighting off tears as the rest of the crew came up behind him.

The large man opened his eyes and looked at Inuyasha, blood leaking out of his mouth as he tried to talk.

"No, don't talk. You'll be fine, you'll see." He turned to the others. "SOMEONE GO GET HELP! NOW!!" He didn't pay any attention to who had obeyed his orders, instead turning back to Duncan.

"No lad, My time is come." Duncan smiled up at his dog-eared Captain.

Inuyasha shook his head violently, sending his hair flying.

Duncan brought his hand up "I was honored to serve under you. I know that you will do great things in life." He breathed painfully for a moment.

Inuyasha continued to watch him through glazed eyes.

Duncan coughed up blood and, wheezing, continued. "It was Roche, he surprised us," He coughed some more. "Said.he'd set up the whole thing." Duncan's breathing was getting more labored, he grabbed at Inuyasha's hand. "They took Lady Rogue.. I'm sorry I couldn't keep her safe like I promised you."

Inuyasha shook his head. "Stop talking like this, your gonna be fine!" He choked on the tears building in his throat.

Duncan just smiled. Reaching over and grabbing one of his cutlasses he wrapped Inuyasha's fingers around it. "Fight on in my place lad." His breathing began to slow. "I will always be with youmy Captain."

Inuyasha watched in numb shock as his friends body went still and he breathed his last breath.

Clutching Duncan's sword to his chest he threw back his head and howled his grief to the bright morning sky.

After several long minutes if the heart-wrenching sound he lowered his head, his long hair hiding his face from view.

Carefully, he reached over and closed his friends eyes, picking up Duncan's other cutlass and wrapping his friends fingers around it, then placing it on his chest. Inuyasha bowed in silence for a few moments, then stood up slowly.

Turning calmly and facing his crew, his eyes snapped gold-fire. "Roche dies tonight!" He snarled.

His men called their agreement. Roche Basiliano would pay for what he'd done, and for taking Lady Rogue!

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Rogue sat at a lavishly decorated table, loaded with food.

"Eat, eat." Roche gestured at the food in front of her.

Rogue raised an eyebrow and spit on her plate.

Roche looked like he would hit her and she raised her chin as if in invitation.

Slowly he calmed down, chuckling lightly under his breath. "I know about your powers witch. Don't be thinkin' you can fool me."

Rogue glared.

"We're just havin' a friendly dinner until your betrothed arrives." He smiled nastily at her.

Rogue decided not to speak her usual vehement denials right at the moment.

The door opening drew Roche's attention to one of his crew. "What is it?!"

"The ship you's had us lookin' fer, it arrives. Starboard side."

Roche smiled in a very creepy way. "Thank you mister Skeel. Would you please escort the Lady to more.proper accommodations." He laughed as the Man grabbed a struggling Rogue. "Oh and remember! Don't let her touch you or you'll fall under her witches spell." The large man nodded as Rogue screamed in frustration and anger and, truth be told, a little fear.

She fought all the way down to the brig, where she was shoved into a metal cage. "Have a nice trip luv." The ugly man grinned and revealed his lack of proper oral hygiene.

Sighing and kicking the cage she resigned herself to playing the role of damsel-in-distress. Pouting, she leaned against the wall and crossed her arms. 'I hope Duncan is ok.'

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Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at the eerily quiet ship. This was way to easy. Might as well put up big neon lights that say 'Trap!'

'Well if he want's us to come aboard so badly might as well not disappoint the bastard.'

He signaled to his men, as one they began to board the other ship as silent as ghosts. Once on deck he motioned for them to seek out the crew, while he took Roche.

Walking on silent feet to the captains hold he eased open the door.

"Ah, Inuyasha! So glad you could join me." Roche turned and looked at him, as if he didn't have a care in the world.

'He's crazy!' "Where is Rogue?" Inuyasha growled.

Roche affected a confused look. "Rogue?" Then he smiled in a very demented way. "Ah, yes, your lovely betrothed is currently my guest."

Inuyasha snarled, both at the betrothed comment and the way he spoke. Leaping across the distance separating them he grabbed up the other man and held him above the ground, much like he had upon their first meeting, and held Duncan's cutlass to his throat.

"Where the fuck is Rogue you piece of shit?!" He shook him violently. "Tell me or you're a dead man!"

Roche laughed. A very demented laugh. The laugh of someone who's lost their mind.

"I am already dead!"

Inuyasha was confused for a second until Roche continued, smiling insanely and looking into Inuyasha's gold eyes.

"Boom."

Inuyasha looked at him for a minute then glanced down and saw a black burn mark, snaking its way outside. 'Gunpowder.'

"Shit!"

He raced outside, still clutching Roche by the throat. "GET OFF THE SHIP! THE ASSHOLE RIGGED IT TO EXPLODE!!"

His men immediately obeyed, but as they ran by Gilder stopped and looked at him, "What about you?"

Inuyasha didn't turn as he headed down into the hold. "I have to find Rogue!"

The explosion rocked Inuyasha off his feet and sent him tumbling down the stairs. He shook Roche again. "Where the fuck is Rogue!"

Roche smiled. "Oh, she's dead too."

Disgusted, Inuyasha tossed the man against the wall, knocking him out, and instead resorted to tracking Rogue by scent.

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The explosion had stunned Rogue and knocked her off her feet. Once she regained her footing though, she was alarmed to see water rushing in through a large hole in the side of the ship.

"Oh fuck me." She whispered, then began frantically trying to unlock her prison.

Nothing was working, and the water was already up to her waist.

'Shit, shit, shit! Think of something!' She looked around at the various things floating on the water around her waist, none of which she could use. "God dammnit! It's not like they train us for this kind of thing in the danger room!'

The water was up to her neck. With a gasp she breathed in the last of the aid as the water covered her head. 'Oh Fuck!'

She banged against the bars, but underwater, you don't' get much momentum. She was starting to get dizzy.

A strange calm was beginning to come over her, when she saw a white form flying towards her. 'An angel?'

Inuyasha ripped the bars off and reached in, dragging Rogue out, alarmed at her lax body movements. Tilting her face up he saw her eyes roll to look at him. 'Shit! She needs air!'

Rogue looked up at the good looking white haired angel holding her. 'I didn't know angels had dog-ears, I always thought they had wings.'

Inuyasha leaned down and sealed his mouth over hers.

'Cool, I'm being kissed by an angel.' Rogues fuzzy logic supplied, until she felt air enter her lungs. With the air came a bit of lucid thought. 'Wait I know him, that's Inuyasha.' Something in her brain was yelling at her, but she shrugged it off and kissed him with all she had.

Inuyasha's eyes flew wide open and he tried to pull back, but Rogue's grip of the back of his head held him in place. Shrugging it off, he continued to supply her with air trying to ignore how much he liked her kiss.

After he pulled away, she blinked at him. He motioned for her to follow and together they swam out of the hole made by the explosion.

Rogue needed several more transfers of air on the way up, since the ship had sunk so far, and Inuyasha gave them too her, since he was a Hanyou and could hold his breath a lot longer than she could.

She also took ever single chance to kiss him, figuring she could claim that she had bumped her head when the explosion happened and wasn't quite aware of what she was doing, later.

Once they broke the surface, gasping for breath. The crew pulled them aboard, cheering.

Soaking wet, Inuyasha grabbed up Rogue and began to check her over. "You ok?"

She blinked up at him as he ran his hands all over her head and face, checking for injuries. "I'm fine."

Satisfied, he turned to Gilder. "What about Roche?"

Gilder shook his head. "He never came back up after you went down.

Inuyasha and Rogue both looked over at the debris left from Roche's ship.

Rogue sighed and glanced around. "Where's Duncan?"

Inuyasha turned his face away.

Rogue looked up at him. "Inuyasha, where's Duncan?"

Sighing he looked down at her. "Duncan.didn't make it."

Rogue went stock still, her eyes misting over as tears spilled down her cheeks.

With a sob she launched herself into Inuyasha's arms, and for once he didn't complain.

The crew lowered their heads, bowing in respect for a once great buccaneer.

After several minutes Galan sidled up to the pair, clearing his throat. "Lady Rogue." Rogue turned red eyes and tear streaked cheeks to him. Galan shuffled a bit, then pulled something out of his jacket. "Duncan..told me to give this to you, if.he wasn't here to do it himself."

Rogue held out her hand and Galan placed a beautiful revolver into her palm. She sniffed and turned the black gun over, reading the inscription.

'May the wind always be at your back, and your life full of much joy beautiful Marie'

She choked on a sob and clutched the pistol to her chest. He was the only one that she'd ever told her real name too. It was like loosing a favorite grandfather, this hole in her chest.

Inuyasha reached over and placed his arms back around her. After a few minutes of letting her cry on him he spoke up.

"Marie?" He asked with a slight twitch of his lips.

She glared at him. "Say anything about my name dog-breath and I swear I'll use this gift on you."

Inuyasha put his hands up in a gesture of surrender.

A bright light startled them all, every single one of the crew pulled out swords and guns.

"Geez, I should have guessed, you always did kinda remind me of a pirate Inuyasha."

Inuyasha and Rogue blinked at the group that had suddenly appeared before them. "Kagome?"

A blue-demon like creature stepped forward, dressed in armor and an open monks robe. "Hallo sis! Did you miss me?"

Rogue blinked. "Kurt?"

Kurt frowned. "Have you been crying?"

Rogue shook with happiness at the sight of them, with a shout she lunged at the blue teen.

Kurt was so startled by her display of emotion that he teleported over to Kagome and hid.

Rogue pulled herself back up and glared at the laughing hanyou.

Inuyasha waved to her, then turned and faced his crew.

"We have to go now." He looked at Gilder. "Gilder, the ship is yours, take good care of her."

Gilder nodded. "Aye Captain." Then he walked over and placed his hand on Inuyasha's shoulder. "We will meet again, I'll always have your back."

Inuyasha placed his hand on Gilder's shoulder tying to drown out the sound of Cook's wailing. "And I yours."

With a smile he turned and walked over to stand next to Rogue, who already had Duncan's pistol strapped to her thigh. He had Tetsusaiga tied to his waist and Duncan's sword strapped across his back.

They both looked back at the crew that they'd spent so many months with. Gilder and Galan grinned at them. Ming, Ling, and Ty all waving cheerfully. Domingo saluting them and Nazir was as silent as ever, but if you looked close enough you could see a slight tilt to his lips, almost like he was smiling. Cook wailed into the hanky that Rogue had bought him so that he'd stop using his sleeves. All of them where there, except Duncan.

Inuyasha closed his eyes and turned his face up to the sun, feeling the breeze blowing through his hair. 'I will fight on in your place Duncan, I promise.'

As the two groups stood opposite of each other, and Kagome prepared to send them home, Gilder suddenly called out.

"We'll see each other again! After all, we have to come to your wedding!'

Kagome blinked and turned to the two dressed as pirates. "What wedding?"

"Nothing!!" They both yelled as the pink and white light engulfed them, sending them back where they belonged.

At least, they hoped so.

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Authors note: Well there ya have it! The end of the Time trip saga! What'd ya think? The next chapter will be kinda a goof chapter but will have a surprise at the end. Hope ta see ya then! Later. Sayin_girl.