Well, now that it has been revealed that 'he' is actually a 'she', let's see where this goes…

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Jack screamed.

Juno squinted at Jack; his relatively quiet yell was disturbing her kittens.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Jack kept screaming.

"What's wrong!" Ana Maria rushed in with a few others.

"He's a she!" Jack sobbed.

Silence.

"What?" Ana Maria asked.

"All this time, you deceived me!" Jack cried at Juno.

No I didn't. You kept thinkin' I was a guy.

"What!" Ana Maria asked again, this time more shocked.

"Juno is a girl! She just had kittens!" Jack whined.

Immediately everyone rushed over to coo at the little kittens.

"Look at that 'un! Black from nose to tip!"

"I like that one with the white paws and gray back."

"The smokey one with blue eyes is so fuzzy!"

"I have dibs on the one with the white splotch on his nose!"

Jack finally stood up.

"YE CAN'T HAVE ANY OF 'EM, THEY'LL ALL MINE!" he roared.

Everyone stared up in wonder. After a long silence, someone said, "Let's name 'em!"

"The smokey one's uh…Smokey!"

"Okay…I'm gonna name that black one Charcoal!"

"Ooh, ooh! I'm calling the white and gray one Bob!"

"That white-splotched one is Rose, after me old girlfriend!"

"GET OUT OF HERE, ALL OF YOU! CAN'T YOU SEE JUNO WANTS PEACE AND QUIET!" Jack screamed.

You aren't being quiet much yourself, Jack.

The pirates shuffled out of his cabin, talking excitedly about how convenient it will be to have cats around to eat the rats and mice and sit while they work to keep them company.

So…you're quite surprised, aren't you?

"Juno, it's like you hit me with a rock. A big rock." Jack sighed.

I'm sorry. After all you've done for me.

Jack sat up. "So what's he like, your fellow?"

Oh. Nice. Very. I'm sorry he couldn't stick around, Jack. You would've liked him a lot.

Jack sighed and pet Juno gently on the head, then left her to nurse her kittens.

And Yet Another Three Weeks Pass By

"Mew!"

Jack stirred.

"Mew!"

"Eh, go away. Five more minutes, Mummy, please," he said groggily.

"Mew!"

Jack opened his eyes and saw Smokey on his chest.

"WHOA!" he cried, almost jumping up and squashing Smokey.

The kitten purred and climbed onto Jack's lap once he sat up.

"Hey, I ain't no loveseat. Get off me!"

At that moment Juno walked in with three kittens trailing behind her. Once Smokey saw the four, he jumped down and lined up behind his sister and brothers. Jack smiled at his cat, then got up and put his boots on.

"What'd ya catch t'day, Juno?"

Taught them how to tease a rat into coming over and then suffocate it.

Right then Jack saw Charcoal with a dead rat leg in his mouth, and he pet the small kitten gingerly, then went on deck.

"How are the kittens, Jack?" he would be asked.

"Fine, fine," he muttered.

I'm sorry I implied Juno as a he during the first few chapters, but I wanted it to be a real SURPRISE! That's all.

In case you're wondering, in these six weeks that have passed (Three before revealing the kittens and three before Smokey is on top of Jack) the Black Pearl has raided other ships, sailed to a bunch of places, and blah. I was just trying to stick to the cats. It's not like Jack wouldn't go anywhere.

Okay, here I don't know if I should end it at the next chapter and move on. The thing is, I don't have a good idea for anything else, so please give me your ideas in your reviews, and I will look them all over and decide. You WILL get credit, of course, I'm not that greedy.