Chapter 6 of Anchors Away!

wow. cheesy title, eh? sorry for the late update, writers block sucks and so does my life...so...yeah. here it is, and I'm bored and stuff...yeah. this chapter is a little long, and might have some strong drama in it, so get ready. and because I put this in script format at school in my notebooks, I read it to my friend, Hiei098 for approval with accents, and now I'm startin' ta get an accent... I talked to my teacher today and used a lot of slang and he was just like: what the hell...? this story is really takin' a big effect on me. (...is that grammer right?)

disclaimer: dont own inuyasha, even if i paid all my money for it...but...i do own someone else...and you'll probably figure who it is at the end of the chapter.--

--and i might put a drawing of this person on deviantart, but not yet cause the scanner at my house isn't working and i need to uptate my subscription there...so...yeah. i'll alert ya guys when I have it! and today I also drew a picture of this person in my math notebook... I got a 74 for an average in math! thats a C! yay! (hey...it's an improvement.)


Thanks for Reviews:

Cold Kikyo: Thanks, glad you think so. I actually think its starting to get pretty bad so far as my bad writers block and writing another story...eh... (did that make sense?) but, it might get better...ever since I watched Sahara and Junior, I've beem starting to get some ideas...(not THOSE types of ideas!) this isn't one of my..."special" fictions...thank god.

bishieboy69: thanks for loving it! um... those last two numbers in your penname are creepy. i just figured out what's special about them...eeeeeeww.

reki-sama: okay, pairing is: Kagome/Inuyasha, Sango/Miroku, and a bit of Kikyo/Naraku and a pie slice of Bankotsu/Jakotsu. nothing really out of the ordinary...I like pie...

SesshouMaru-sama's Rin: I'm trying to make it different than the movie, I dont want itto be too predictable. I'm not like that...anymore.

silver starlight kitsune: may not be that much humor in here, but I'm tryin! kinda hard to think of humorous things this week...


"Supplies: more guns...check, more bandanges...check, another sword for the wench...che-- OW!" Jakotsu whined as the younger woman had just punched him in the arm, where another bruise already began to grow over his tanned skin. Sango glared playfully at her friend, and stuck her tongue out.

Bankotsu came up behind the two pirates and wrapped an arm around each of their shoulders.

"Children, children. Play nice." He cooed, like a mother which he had just passed by in the busy streets of the market. Jakotsu rolled his eyes and Sango just smirked.

"Really, Bankotsu. We're gettin' along jus' like brother and sister...with a exception of that we're not related." The taller man stated, slinging his arm around Bankotsu, joining the tangle of arms.

Bankotsu was silent for about a few minutes as they passed by some children playing with little wooden toys on the dirt road. Then, he spoke up, staring at the dark green bandana which was woven around his first mate's forhead and tied in the back, along with beads. He swore it was yellow yesterday.

"Jakotsu, everytime I see ya...ya have a new bandana, 'r hat. But, each time, ya have a diff'rent personality. Who ya now? Ya look annoyed by somethin' or someone."

"Yeah, you."

Bankotsu looked sadly up at his friend, whose frown turned upside down. "'M just kiddin', 'm jus' a bit...tired."

Sango broke into the conversation, deciding to wake her friend up. "Oh, an' I thought you were just bitching again."

"Hey..." Jakotsu warned with a growl, releasing his arms from the two. Sango winked at him slyly and then blew a kiss...right to Bankotsu. "Hey, don't you dare!"

Sango yelped as the taller pirate took a strike at her, and she jerked to the right, away from his flying fist.

KONG!

The large aluminum pole that supplied the light for the streets vibrated from the force which had just crashed into it. Jakotsu had aimed for Sango's face, but she moved quickly out of the way, and he had struck the pole. He now stood hunched over, holding his fists. "Ah...!" His voice was higher than usual as he shreiked from the pain. "Pinky's broke now."

Sango and Bankotsu stared down at their friend and laughed. "Jakotsu, you deserved it!" Sango shook her head, grinning widely. He glared up at the two who just loved to tug at his last thread.

One child, who was playing in dirt in the middle of the dirt road, heard the pirate's name called, and his head shot up. The dark haired child turned to his right where he saw three older people: They all wore dark, rotting clothing, and had swords: Pirates? The shortest one had a long, black braid that lead all the way down to his waist, and there was a woman too.

Her dark brown hair was pulled back by a thin piece of fabric and she had the softest brown eyes the boy had ever seen. She wore a vest all the way down to her ankles and had two swords tucked away in her large, thick belt. She was hunched over another figure, which seemed very angry.

The child's dark orbs widened as he recognized the third pirate. No...it couldn't be! He was killed in the fire along with all the other villagers in town...right?The boy thought, looking at the suspicious one.

Then, Jakotsu found a strong gaze upon him and looked to his left where he saw a kid in fading, tannish, overalls and a ripped off white button down shirt that looked worse than the one the pirate wore. The kid's black, dirty hair stuck out from every end in his head, making Jakotsu think. Whoa... that kid even makes Renkotsu look good!

"Y...your name is Jakotsu?" The child asked, pointing to the pirate. His voice was soft, and shaking. He hadn't spoke since his mother had died, and it was a little strange to take his first words again, and of course he was timid. Jakotsu raised an eyebrow, but nodded as he also pushed himself up from the dirt street.

"Yeah, whose askin'?"

"Jakotsu, be nice to the little kid. Can ya not see that he's poor?" Sango asked, stepping out infront of her pirate friends. She leaned down infront of the kid, smiling at the dirty face. "Dont mind him, or Bankotsu. They're big meanies... They just don' really see how cute you are."

"Keh." Jakotsu turned away from the boy, facing Bankotsu.

"Now...would you mind tellin' me what your name is?" Sango asked politely, brushing a smudge of dark ink away from the younger boy's right cheek. Over the past few seconds, her personality had gone from playful, to cunning, and then to motherhood. He looked shyly at the older woman and then almost whispered his name.

"It's Brandi."

That name... Jakotsu narrowed his black lined eyes, and turned around back to face the child and Sango.

"Well, that's a cute name for someone like you...How old are you?"

The boy presented both of his scabbed, blistered hands and held up nine fingers, with an exception of his right thumb which was tucked away next to his index. Suddenly, the child backed away from the looming figure of the man he had questioned minutes ago. He recognized the man's face...but, nothing but that.

"B..." the boy began, and looked past Sango and to the pirate. "brother...?" The woman and Bankotsu looked to their friend...he was speechless. Brandi could see that this man did look different, and he smelled of alcohol and sweat. He had a growing stubble upon his cheeks, chin, and some patches of it over the top of his lip, and below his nose. His eyes had a black tink above them, probably tattooed when he was a bit younger; The color was almost fading. The boy then saw the pirate brand hiding behind the ruffled sleeve upon the tanned skin of the man's right arm. He's a pirate. But there was one thing which Brandi recognized... it was the man's eyes.

"What did you call me...?" Jakotsu's voice was softer now, and his grammar was was more accurate than before. The little boy took a step forward.

"Brother?"

"N...no...I've never seen you before! I...!"

"Brother! Jakotsu, it is you, isn't it?" The boy ran forward and grabbed the pirate around the waist, burying his face in the man's stomach. "It's me...Brandi!" Jakotsu stared down at the boy in question and disbelief. Sango quickly stood up, ready to take action on the pirate if he were to do anything to hurt the boy. She knew he was uncomfortable. Evena blind man could see it!

"B-Brandi..." Jakotsu recognized the name...but from where?

"Brandi!" The boy repeated his name, and tightened his grasp around the pirate's waist. "Jakotsu! Remember you and me playing by the sea on the beach? Remember Uncle Ronin, how he used to tell stories about pirates before we went to bed? Remember the stories about the Ring of Fire and Mommy telling Uncle to stop telling us them? Remember what he said to us?"

"Uncle...Ronin...?"

The boy cried. "Not all treasure is silver and gold, Jakotsu!"

It just hit him like a cannonball sent at full blast from an enemy ship. "It is you, isn't it, Brother?" Tears streamed down the boy's dirty face, collecting some of the tint from his skin. He looked up to the pirate's soft expression. If Brandi knew what his reflection looked like, he would of guessed Jakotsu had the same expression.

"B...Brandi, I'm..."

Suddenly, his legs buckled under his body and he fell on his knees to the dirt ground. Bankotsu and Sango watched silently as they saw thier companion wrap his arms around the younger boy and embrace the nine year old. "I'm so sorry, Brandi! I-I didn't mean to run off like that, I just wanted t-to help protect you an-and Mother!" It was the first time he had ever confessed to anyone and he cried. As a child, he had always tricked his younger brother, he wouldn't believe any of the stories his uncle used to tell them...and he was always perfect at hiding his feelings from anyone, no matter how hard anything could be. He would show no fear; He would show no pain; He was one of those people which were always on the positive side of the street, encouraging everything and always enthusiastic. Buthewas different this time... He had broken.


sad, isnt it? please tell me how you thought it was! pleas R&R!

-Ididntdoit07