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Ch 11: Palulay...palu-li-la-la-lulu, parlili...

Sesshoumaru paused as two pirates came running out in front of him. His hand flexed, and Sesshoumaru summoned his whip, smirking slightly. At last, some stress relief! He cut through both startled corsairs in one flick, but kept battle ready. He could hear many more pirates, most headed straight for him.

Further down the tunnel, he heard a distant " claws of blood!".

Inuyasha must have encountered a few pirates too.

Five more pirates emerged from side passages, and Sesshoumaru focused on fighting. Even facing these puny humans, one had to pay attention. It was when one grew overconfident, and lax, that mistakes were made. Often fatal ones. It would be most embarrassing to get ones blood on a human's sword because of overconfidence.

More pirates joined the fray, and Sesshoumaru cut through them, each flash of the whip hacking through pirates, cutting them in half, or removing arms, or heads.

Several shots rang out, and Sesshoumaru silently cursed guns again as a bullet rammed into the stump of his other arm from behind. He spun, dealing harshly with the pistol wielding nuisances, ruthlessly shearing through torsos, muscles and bone with frightening ease.

One dismembered pirate staggered away, hands to his belly, which had been slashed oven to expose his steaming insides. He started calling for reinforcements, before Sesshoumaru's whip reversed back and loped off his head.

Sesshoumaru came to a stop as the limp form of Jack came into view. In the brief space when no more pirates were attacking, Seshoumaru nudged Jack hard with his foot. Jack rolled over, groaning. He landed on an oar, and carefully stood up, using the oar as a cane.

"Damn that Will. I told 'im not to do anything...stupid..." panted Jack, bleary eyed. He looked at Sesshoumaru, and at the twitching pieces of pirate decorating the walls, and floor. "You...did that?!" he asked, incredulous.

"Yes. Now hurry." Sesshoumaru turned, and set out at a good pace, Jack staggering along behind.

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"After them!" shouted the Bo 'sun, ignoring the sound of metal ringing off cave wall's and gunshots behind and in front of him.

No oars here. Where's the oars?" complained a pirate.

"The oars have gone missing. Find them!" shouted the Bo'sun, fuming.

He turned to the cave entrance, eyes widening as he saw Sesshoumaru emerge, apparently defenseless He wasn't holding onto either of the two swords he had, at any rate.

Six pirates circled, coming at him from every direction. Sesshoumaru twisted his arm, whip of light meeting them as they jumped towards decapitation.

Ragetti, who stood beside the Bo 'sun, was first to notice Jack "You."

Pintel looked at where Ragetti was pointing "You're supposed to be dead!"

The Bo' sum looked at Jack in the few seconds it had taken Sesshoumaru to deal with the pirates. "Hold your fire! Back off you pack of ingrates!" The pirates looking warily at Sesshoumaru retreated, eyes on their fallen crewmembers. The decapitated bodies of the pirates who had gone after Sesshoumaru twitched, and tried looking for their missing heads. Sesshoumaru stopped, tense. The boat, Inuyasha, Kagome, Will and the other girl were gone.

He could smell the scent of Inuyasha's blood in the air, and see a few red marks on the cave's floor. He also noted the broken arrow, and the thick scent of gunpowder. Apparently there had been a fight of some sort, and the others had pulled out. If they had lost, they would still be here, or there would be more of their blood.

Sesshoumaru frowned slightly. Obviously they had assumed he and Jack would be fine on their own, but it was most unlike Inuyasha to back down from a fight. Unless...perhaps he had feared for Kagome's safety? It was clear to Sesshoumaru how protective of the girl he was, similarly with Will. That might have convinced them to pull out.

Sesshoumaru briefly considered flying to the ship, but put it aside. It was foggy, and he might not find the ship if it had already left. Besides, he'd gone to get Jack, and if he came back empty handed he was fairly sure he'd get downed a few times. It wouldn't really hurt him, but Sesshoumaru wasn't about to give Kagome the opportunity to humiliate him anytime soon.

He, and the human, was on their own. Sesshoumaru turned his attention to looking coldly at the undead pirates. So they weren't dead, even after he had gotten through with them. Obviously, next time he faced them he'd have to do a better job.

Jack looked at the Bo' sun. "Am I not" He looked at himself, not quite sure. With the headache he had, after Will bashed him on the head, he didn't feel too alive. He looked at all the pistols pointed at him, and at the somewhat larger number pointed at Sesshoumaru "Palulay...palu-li-la-la-lulu, parlili... parsnip, pasley, par - partner, partner..." Jack searched his memory for the right word

"Parley?" suggested Ragetti

Jack smiled "Parley! That's the one. Parley! Parley!" Sesshoumaru lowered his hand slightly. If they were going to negotiate, there should be no attacks for the time being. He didn't relax in the slightest though. After all, it was pirates they were dealing with.

Pintel grimaced "Parley? Down to the depths whatever man that thought up "parley!"" He glared at Jack

Jack leaned forwards unsteadily "That would be the French."

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On the boat, Inuyasha pulled up alongside the interceptor. A rope ladder was thrown over the side, and Inuyasha shoved it at Will

"After you." He turned, and looked at Kagome, slightly worried. He wanted to make sure she was fine after the confrontation in the cave.

Above them, Miroku peered over the side as Elizabeth came up the ladder first. Sango was hurrying over from the stern, Anamaria close behind.

He extended a hand to Elizabeth, and she took it, hauling herself over the side. Miroku smiled, and reached over to 'help' her, before he caught sight of Sango. She wasn't looking at him, and hadn't anticipated his move, yet. But...

He looked at her, then at Elizabeth, and very carefully, with a grimace, let his other hand with its now-unneeded seal drop to his side. (note: he keeps the seal on even though Naraku's gone, just like movie 2)

Elizabeth looked around as she straightened up, unaware of her close escape from "Not more pirates."

Gibbs smiled "Welcome aboard, Miss Elizabeth."

"Mr. Gibbs?" asked Elizabeth, surprised. She hadn't expected him to be here.

Gibbs turned as Will climbed aboard, Kagome and Inuyasha close behind "Hey, boy, where be Jack? And....where be Sesshoumaru?" Gibbs fumbled over the unfamiliar word, looking over the side.

"Feh. Sesshoumaru can rot there forever for all I care" snorted Inuyasha.

Kagome looked at him, and sighed, then back at Gibbs. "I sent Sesshoumaru to get Jack, after he fell behind. We were ambushed in the cave, and ended up leaving before either one of them could get back" She blinked, then looked at Miroku, and Sango, who'd come up behind him.

"When did you get here?" she asked, eyes wide.

"Ah yes...we were sitting on the well, and somehow Sango ended up pushing me in..."

"It was your own fault Houshi Sama." Miroku carefully ignored that, and kept on, while Kagome sighed. She could guess why he'd ended up being pushed into the well.

"...and then, Sango decided that since it had been a long time, and I wasn't coming out, that she'd better see if I was alright." Miroku smiled.

"They joined us just before we put in at Tourtuga " said Will. "Elizabeth, this is Sango, and Miroku." He glared at Miroku meaningfully. He wasn't going to let the man anywhere near Elizabeth if he could help it. "Does anyone know where they keep the medical supplies around here?"

Kagome swung her knapsack around "I've got some in here. Inuyasha, come on. I want to look at those bullet wounds"

Inuyasha followed, grumbling, as Sango showed her the way below deck, Will and Elizabeth following.

Above deck, Anamaria took over directing the ship. There would be time for introductions and such later, but for now they had to get away "Weigh anchor! Hoist the sails! Make quickly, divvies."

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In the cave, Barbossa came to the front of the group of pirates, stopping beside the Bo 'sun. He blinked at the pirates trying to put themselves together again and then at Sesshoumaru, before focusing on Jack. At least he knew how to deal with him!

How the blazes did you get off that island?" he asked, surprised.

Jack smiled crookedly "When you marooned me on that godforsaken spit of land, you forgot one very important thing, mate. I'm Captain Jack Sparrow."

Barbossa looked at him, considering. "Ah, well, I won't be making that mistake again. Gents, you all remember Captain Jack Sparrow? Kill him, and his companion."

Sesshoumaru shifted in place. Short negotiations. Beside him, Jack kept his smile in place, bringing out his trump card "The girl's blood didn't work, did it?"

Sesshoumaru briefly wondered what that was about. He LOOKED at one of the pirates who stepped closer, and the man wilted back

Barbossa paused, back straight, before turning sharply and walking back towards Jack. "Hold your fire!" The pirate uneasily lowered their weapons, keeping a sharp eye on Sesshoumaru "You know whose blood we need?"

Jack smiled "I know whose blood ye need."

Barbossa looked at Sesshoumaru. "And he's not going to do any more damage?"

"You aren't attacking me anymore." Pointed out Sesshoumaru reasonably. Why would he waste time killing them when they hadn't attacked him, and were not going to, at least for the time being?

"There is that. True." Barbossa shifted uneasily, before directing pirates towards the cutters and the Black Pearl. He still didn't like having someone who could do...whatever...that whip was...in the same boat as him. Like any sailor, Barbossa was superstitious. He'd lived with the curse long enough that it was known, but this was outside his experience entirely.

As Jack sauntered into one of the boats, Sesshoumaru following with a bored expression, Barbossa whispered to Jack "What on earth IS that...whip?"

"You know what? I don't really know." Laughed Jack, enjoying Barbossa's lapse of confidence.

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Alright....I've been very lax. I've not updated in....a long time. There were a few reasons. Painting, plus moving back into my room... and then a plane trip out to my grandparents for a funeral. (I didn't really feel like writing for a while after.....unless you count the proliferous poems...) no computer access....and now school. I think I just might die of overwork.....I'm attempting to do bio 30 AP, math 20 AP, chem 20 AP hypermedia, cross country mon wed thurs, swim mon tues wed fri, and attempt to have a life....so far, I'm not succeeding at the whole 'life' thing.I know you probably got tired of all the excuses long ago...but they're all I've got. Very sorry about all that, and I know this ch isn't as long, but its up neways.

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