YYF14: First things first, I am sorry because I wanted to get this out yesterday, but my brothers got obessed with their new CPU game and didn't let me on the computer. Anyway, thanks to Paksennarion, who reviewed. Now, making a note or two on the story. I don't think that Will and Elizabeth would stay on the ship in the movie, but I have them here so I can have people to write with. I know almost NONE of the pirates' names. Second, this chapter is a little weird, it's just here to explain about Koenma, mostly. I was going to put in some more, but Iwanted to get this chunk out of the way, and then get more into everything else. So, I'll stop my rambling, and you can read.

It was around one in the morning when Jack started to head back to his ship. He'd had plenty of rum that night, and he was getting tired.

As he boarded the boat, he looked around and saw Koenma lying in the corner, asleep. Jack rolled his eyes. That boy was weird. He went over to the boy and shook his shoulder.

"C'mon, mate, it's going to rain. You should get below deck if you're going to sleep."

Koenma winced and pulled away. Jack's curiosity got the better of him, and he lowered the boy's sleeve so he could see his shoulder.

There was a nasty burn mark on the boy's shoulder. It looked like it had been made by a brand. Lowering the sleeve lower showed the same kind of mark all the way down his arm. Jack suspected this was done by the pirates on that other ship. They certainly hated the boy enough to do it, judging from what he'd seen.

"Well, if you're not going to wake up, might's well fix those up."

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Koenma was jolted awake by a tight pull on his arm.

"Oh, you're awake now? Sorry 'bout that, mate, but this one's pretty bad."

Koenma stared at him for a moment, then looked down at himself. His eyes widened when he saw almost all of his torso covered in bandages. He looked back up at Jack in disbelief.

"You did this?"

"I did."

"But… why?"

Jack shrugged. "Dunno. You got hurt pretty bad."

His expression turned serious. "Did those other pirates do it to you?"

Koenma hesitated. He didn't know why Jack cared, and he didn't know what would happen if he told what had happened on that ship. Many pirates knew who he was, and if Jack had already heard of him, he might be in trouble.

However, he didn't want to make Jack angry at him for not answering, so he nodded. Hopefully Jack wouldn't know. But Koenma knew what the next question would be, and it would be more dangerous.

"What exactly did they do to you, mate?"

"…You know who I am, don't you?"

"I might. Now answer my question."

Koenma hesitated. If Jack knew who he was, he might do what the rest of the pirates did… But he had to tell.

"…The burn marks? They'd heat up the end of a sword or something metal in the fire, then they'd hold it against my skin. And they'd laugh…"

He stopped, fingering the burn on his shoulder that Jack had bandaged.

"They'd hit me, and do any kind of punishment they could think of… You saw, when you got me."

Jack nodded. "But what about the cuts on your back?"

"…They… they had a whip, and sometimes they used their knives…"

Well, that settled it.

"You are who I thought you were, but why would they give you away?"

Koenma shrugged. "I guess they got bored of me." He looked at Jack nervously.

"You're not going to do anything to me, are you?"

"Of course not." Jack didn't approve of this little game that a lot of other pirates seemed to enjoy immensely. They would find a weak person, kidnap them and keep them on their ship, and torture them in various ways until they became bored, then pass the person on. This would continue until the person died or became too old. ("Too old" meant when the person became 20, they would be killed, and then another person would be found.)

Torture was never a hobby of Jack's.

Koenma stared at Jack in disbelief. No one had ever done this to him before. No one had bothered to bandage his wounds, talk to him nicely, and refuse to hurt him.

He was also confused because, in all the stories about Jack Sparrow, they told of him as being a man who would do anything to get what he wanted. He wasn't a nice person. Why wouldn't he want to do what the rest of the pirates did?

Jack smiled slightly. He knew he was confusing the boy, but confusing people was something he liked to do.

"We'll work out the rest of this later, mate," he said. "We're both tired. Now go find yourself a place in the crew's quarters to sleep. We'll find something on the ship for you to do when we've set sail."

Koenma nodded. "Yes, sir."

YYF14: Okay, that explains one thing.I'll try to get the next chapter up ASAP, and review if you wish!