Kyoko: Hey! We finally wrote more…

Kabira: I think I should be angrier in this one…

Kyoko: No, you're scary when you're angry.

Kabira: Can't I just beat up Kuwabara once?

Kyoko: No, cuz I have to fix it.

Kabira: Bastard

Kyoko: Anyways…..THANK YOU REVIEWERS! We're really sorry that it took so long to get another chapter up but school has been really bad for us.

Kabira: Points at Kyoko and whispers. It's all her fault.

Kyoko: Yeah….it is…..

Kabira: Told ya.

Kyoko:…..anyway….ON TO THE CHAPTER!

Chapter: 5 A Trio Saved is a Trio Sold

Cho was now once again standing at her post in the crows nest. She sighed before turning around. That's when she saw a burst of light. She looked harder at it contemplating what it was when she suddenly realized it was heading right for her.

"Sairi! We're being shot at!" shouted Cho down to the deck. Sairi looked off to the starboard and the blast of light hit strait through the sail ripping a good hole into the fabric. A slam came from the Captain's cabin.

"Who the hell is blowin holes in me ship?" shouted Kabira not looking to happy. Sairi looked desperately around the ocean then her eyes fell on the small raft in the distance, barely noticeable on the horizon.

"You think they noticed?" Kuwabara asked looking towards the ship.

"Ummm…perhaps…" Yusuke said rubbing the back of his head. Botan smacked her forehead.

"Uhhhg…." She groaned.

Hiei came on deck when he heard the commotion of the incoherent captain of the grog nest ship. The trouble seemed to be coming from somewhere from the sea on the right side of the boat. Rolling his eyes he walked over to the side. That's when he felt the familiar auras.

"What?" he said looking right at the raft in the distance. In his mind he sighed in relief and thanked the gods they were okay. Then he quickly switched to annoyance. The stupid Cat demon was right.

Yugachi watched as Hiei suddenly became so interested in the raft. He surveyed for a while observing and coming down to a conclusion.

"Where did that shot come from?" demanded Kabira up to Holly. Holly pointed off to the distance. Pulling a seeing glass from her belt Kabira looked off at the raft. With a sneer she put it away again. Sairi looked at her questionably.

"Blow 'em out 'o the water." she said coldly and she began to walk back to her cabin.

"Captain, a reque-" Sairi started.

"No! There will be no requests. Blow them out of the water." Kabira interrupted. Walking back to the cabin she spoke into the metal pipe that led to the cannons.

"Teen, we got us a target on Starboard side. Fire at will." She ordered to the head of the cannons, Tina.

"Ay, Captain." Tina responded sounding excited. Kabira went back to her desk where she had been going over the map with Yugachi not too long before the shot was made. Yugachi wasn't there.

Sairi looked off at the boat feeling sad that the people of the raft were going to die with no chance. She heard down below the cannons being loaded and brought forth.

"Yugachi?' Yugachi?" came the calling of a worried sounding Kyoko. She came up on deck and looked around desperately. She ran over to Sairi.

"Sairi-sama, have you seen Yugachi?" she asked. Sairi looked at her for a moment.

"He was up here only a couple minutes ago." Sairi said. Kyoko looked very shocked as she looked over Sairi's shoulder at the sea. Confused Sairi turned around and saw what she was gawking at. There going towards the raft was Yugachi in the emergency lifeboat.

"YUGACHI!" shouted Kyoko sounding like the worried mother that she was. Hiei looked over the side at the boy and raised an eyebrow.

"Hn, fool." He said in response to Yugachi's efforts. Kyoko ran down to beneath deck.

"HOLD FIRE!" she shouted reaching the cannon room. There was a thundering boom as a large sphere of pure iron was shot off into the distance. It was too late.

Yugachi continued to row his arms beginning to feel like they were burning from the amount of effort he was putting into it. The people on the raft all suddenly began to shout as if trying to warn him of something. Yugachi looked back at the ship and saw a large ball of iron heading right towards him. He shouted a silent scream as he closed his eyes in anticipation of the blow.

"SPIRIT GUN!" came a shout. When Yugachi opened his eyes there was a sudden shock wave from something falling in the water that caught his boat. It pushed it to the side a bit and he held on. When the water settled back down Yugachi looked at the people on the raft. The man with black hair was holding his fingers up like he was holding a pretend gun.

"You alright kid?" Yusuke asked. Yugachi looked at him his eyes going from surprise to the calculating thought filled eyes he usually had. Nodding his head slowly he began to row again.

Kyoko cried in relief that Yugachi was okay. Sairi held her up so that she wouldn't collapse. A shadow was cast over her and she looked up. Kabira stood there looking off at Yugachi. Her expression couldn't be distinguished.

"Did I not say that they were to be sunk?" she asked in a warning voice. Everyone was silent afraid to answer.

"…All well…the cell's goin to be a bit more crowded tonite." She said turning and walking back towards her cabin. Everyone circled around and looked at the newest additions to the ship. Yusuke raised an eyebrow at their looks.

"What?" he said. Sairi stepped forward.

"Excuse their looks. They're not used to seeing…men." She explained before turning around. "Alright, everyone back to work. This ship doesn't sail itself, you know." Yusuke raised his eyebrow again and looked around at the crew.

"She's right, Yusuke. I don't see any males on this ship except for the little boy." Botan added. Kuwabara looked at each of them in wonderment.

"Fools." Came a voice behind them. They all suddenly jumped in surprise and turned around. There stood Hiei. All three of them stared at him for a moment.

"Hey! You survived!" Yusuke said pleased.

"You stupid shrimp! Don't sneak up on us like that! You practically gave me a heart attack!" complained Kuwabara holding his chest.

"Ohhhhhhh! So that's Kuwabara!" Holly said from above. Botan immediately hugged Hiei and squeed.

"Oh I'm so glad you made it!" she said happily. Hiei had a glaring reaction to the hug.

"Yeah, I was curious on how you would take the water. Obviously it was a pain in the butt for us. I don't think I'll be able to take a bath because I'm so sick of the moisture." Yusuke laughed with his hands behind his head. He looked at Kuwabara and noticed he was looking at something behind him. He looked behind him and saw Stephy holding a measuring tape up to him. She began measuring him at different angles humming as she did so.

"Well you best hope you'll sell well in the slave markets or you'll be going back to the moisture!" she said happily. She suddenly switched to measuring Kuwabara and she grabbed his face forcing his mouth open and checking his teeth. She suddenly leered back.

"Eww…what have you been eating? Crypt Pikes?" she gagged.

"Excuse me, slave markets?" Yusuke said defensively.

"Yep!" Stephy said perkily.

"I don't think so." Yusuke said.

"Well…….It's not my choice…..you could always take it up with the captain." Stephy offered. Yusuke looked down at something grabbing his pant leg. Yugachi looked up at him with his thought filled eyes. He shook his head slowly. Yusuke looked at the kid in curiosity but he didn't ask him anything.

"Who can I talk to besides the captain?" he asked looking up.

"Ummm……nobody…." Stephy said.

"Shouldn't you be doing something right now, Stephy?" Sairi said walking up behind her.

"Meep!" Stephy said before running off. Sairi looked at them with authority in her eyes. She sighed.

"Well…I expect that you all are most likely hungry and would like to catch up a bit. Come, I'm sure that Shingi will be glad to cook something up for you." She said turning.

"Oh boy! Food!" Kuwabara said excited. They began to follow Sairi. Before going down the stairs Hiei looked back at Yugachi who stood there not moving. He gave him a small nod before turning and following. Yugachi watched him go down and he slowly looked out to the sea the wind beginning to pick up and blowing his hair.

"CHI! WHERE THE BLOODY HELL ARE WE?" shouted Kabira.

Botan looked at all that had gathered around the table. She felt worried. There were several others missing. Most importantly the other girls were missing.

"So…" Yusuke started. "…you're the only one on this ship?" Hiei nodded his head. There was a silence among them.

"Then that means that Yukina isn't found yet." Kuwabara said sadly. Hiei was silent his expression angry.

"Along with Kurama, Shizuru, and Keiko." Botan added sadly. There was another sad silence.

"Well…sitting here and sulking isn't going to bring them any closer to us." Yusuke said standing up. "Guess all that we can do is try to stay on this ship until we reach an island. Then we'll keep searching for them."

There was a burst of laughter from the door way.

"An island?" Ross laughed. "Good luck with that!" They all looked at him in irritation.

"What do you mean by that?" Kuwabara asked. Ross looked at them with a mischievous look.

"Take one look at a map of this world and you'll find out." Ross said walking off. Shingi walked into the room with a tray full of food. She looked at the new people in curiosity as she put the tray down.

"Wow….you really are males…and you're not dead." She said looking at Yusuke and Kuwabara fascinated. Sairi cleared her throat and Shingi looked up and sighed walking back to the kitchen. Sairi looked at them as they began to eat.

"Finish up quickly. You'll be going into the cells pretty soon." Sairi warned. Yusuke stopped eating and Kuwabara practically spit his soup out.

"What? The cells? We didn't do anything!" Kuwabara exclaimed. Sairi looked at them with a cold expression.

"You're male, that's enough for most of the members of this crew. Especially the captain." She said. Kuwabara didn't seem to know what to say to this.

"We're among a bunch of overly feminist pirates." Muttered Yusuke. He suddenly turned around bringing his arm up in a block. A metal fist was halted and Yusuke looked up into the eyes of an angry Kabira.

"With an attitude like that you'll get more than the cells…" she said in a warning voice. Yusuke looked up at her not discouraged and this annoyed her more. Kabira brought her hand down and looked at Sairi.

"We be south of the southeastern side of the Ocean of the Miasma Eels. We're goin straight through to Hankura." Kabira informed. "Now get these men into the cells now before I throw 'em in meself." She said before walking off. Sairi looked at the empty doorway that she left through. She turned to the refugees with a look that seemed to almost beg.

"Follow me." She said walking through the door. They both looked at Hiei hoping that he would have a suggestion. He just looked at them with a glaring look like usual. Groaning Yusuke stood up and began to follow. Kuwabara went after them.

"She wouldn't really do that would she?" Botan asked Hiei referring to Kabira. Hiei looked at her with a shrug.

"I wouldn't test it." He said before standing up and walking off.

The gate clanged shut as Sairi closed the cell door behind them and left the room. Kuwabara grabbed the bars.

"Hey, wait! Why doesn't Hiei and the kid have to go in the cell?" he asked.

"That's because we're crew members." Ross said popping up out of nowhere in front of the bars. Kuwabara jumped back.

"What the heck? Why is it that everyone has to be so sneaky all the time! I'm going to get white hair before I even turn 20 at this rate!" Kuwabara said.

"Just shut up Kuwabara." Yusuke said sitting in the corner. Kuwabara looked back at Yusuke.

"What the heck has gotten you so moody?" he asked. Yusuke didn't answer his head bowed. Kuwabara was quiet. Something was getting to him, and he had a big feeling that it was the fact that Keiko was missing. Then again Yukina was getting him really worried as well. He sat down on the opposite wall.

"…Hey Yusuke…we're going to find them, you know." He said out loud. Yusuke didn't look up.

"…I know."

Sairi walked up to Kabira's cabin. She hesitated before knocking on the door.

"Come in." Kabira's voice came softly from inside. She entered in and walked up to Kabira's desk.

"I'm surprised." Sairi said.

"Well…that sounds like a personal problem to me." Kabira said not looking up from her desk. Sairi put her hand on the desk.

"Excuse me for my forwardness but…are you mad?" she asked her. Kabira looked up slowly.

"Whatever would make you think that?" she said simply.

"The Ocean of the Miasma Eels, out of all of us I would think you of all people would know the dangers of those waters, especially this time of year."

"I'm aware of it, Sairi." Kabira said looking back down at the maps on her desk. Sairi looked at her and sighed.

"There is no avoiding this is there…" she said mostly to herself.

"Yes, that would be correct." Kabira said still looking at her maps. Sairi got angry then and turned around. She walked to the door but looked back before leaving.

"You know…whether you're aware of it or not…this crew is your family…I'd think twice before putting their lives in such jeopardy." She said before leaving. Kabira looked up and sighed and looked at her gauntlet hand.

"….damned if I'm going to be lettin this happen to any of em…" she muttered to herself.

Kyoko: Dun dun dun! Well that's all for this chapter. We'll be getting the next one up soon we promise!

Kabira: See? I really do care….a little…..not really….

Kyoko:…..yeah….thank you again to our reviewers! As a matter of fact I think that we'll reward them! Those that review this chapter will be written into the story as pirate crew members of one of the ships we go into battle with.

Kabira: Beating up Kuwabara Punching bag. Yes, you get to be killed.

Kyoko:……not exactly…..but there is a chance of it….it will be a nice kill…..

Kabira: Yes…I'll rip out your entrails and play jump rope with them.

Kyoko: Not when my son is watching.

Kabira: Fine I'll rip out his eyeballs.

Kyoko: You'll be fixing your own damn limb next time you lose another one then.

Kabira: hmm…that could be a set back…

Kyoko: Yeah…anywho! Review please!

Kabira: Yes review and I'll kill you…nicely…