Disclaimer: I own nothing. Not Jack, not Sess, and not any copyrights. All I own are various doodles featuring aforementioned persons. And a crappy computer that now has a spotty Internet connection . And the good computer is being wasted on games…

Chapter 19: Storm

Jack sighed. This was going to be long, long wait. He didn't know exactly what was happening outside the cave. Had the pirates already attacked, or not? Had they already attacked and failed? Where were all the key players, and what were they doing? He hoped he'd made the right toss of the dice.

Whatever the dice showed, he was stuck with what they landed on, be it glory or death. Hopefully, it would be glory, and gold as well, since glory alone didn't pay too well he'd noticed. He ambled over to the treasure, and looked at some of the treasures Barbossa had managed to accumulate over the years.

He picked up a few uncursed coins, and ran them through his fingers. He was all too aware of the raised skull pattern on the coin burning a hole in his pocket. Correction. He might not die just yet because of the curse, but he was fairly sure that if this went wrong he'd wish he had. He might end up like his longtime friend Bootstrap. He turned around, and fingered a filigree crown.

Barbossa watched him closely. Did he still have something he was hiding, or had he truly laid most of his cards on the table? He knew for a fact Jack never laid all his cards down. He always tried to have a fail-safe ready. But what kind of fail-safe? And could it be to Barbossa's benefit?

Well. He wouldn't let him back out now. "I must admit, Jack, I thought I had ye figured. But it turns out that you're a hard man to predict." That was the true, not mistake. It would be easier to predict the future than what Jack would do. But hopefully, this time he had him pinned down.

Jack grinned. Oh yes, he was hard to figure out. He should hope so, since he'd spent a great deal of time making himself the enigma of the seas. He straightened, and answered glibly "Me? I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest." He grinned and held up a finger. Time to get this party stared. He hoped the rest of the people on the guest list made an appearance. Soon. "Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly… stupid." Jack reached across, and unsheathed a pirates sword in the time it took Barbossa to blink, and figure out he'd been had.

Jack flashed the sword, sweeping it through the pirates middle cleanly. He was out for now. He tossed the sword to Will, and hurled himself towards Barbossa, revenge suddenly blazing in his eyes. Time to settle this.

Barbossa whipped out his own sword with a smirk. He'd been half expecting this. So Jack hadn't been able to forget the loss of his ship at his hands after all.

Their swords tangled with the ringing of steel on steel. Barbossa smirked into Jacks face. "You're off the edge of the map, mate" Here there be monsters." He grinned like a feral dog. There was no contest, in a duel between them. He could not die!

Jack smirked right back at him "I think I know the monsters, mate. And they hate your guts."

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Inuyasha sat at the oars, trying his best to move silently. The damn things were not being nearly as silent as the poles he had once used on the rivers or lakes of Japan. Of course, that was measuring with his own hearing. A normal human might not know they were there. He hoped.

He could scarcely see where he was going by now, the fog was so thick. It was a very good thing that the Black Pearl smelled so strongly of tar and sweat. He could point right to it at midnight in a rainstorm.

He hoped Elisabeth had the sense not to try whispering, this close to the boat. Fog carried sound beautifully, especially over water. A good thing in some ways, but not good when you were planning an ambush. At least his Kagome had the sense not to start talking.

They would climb up over the side, go down to the hold where the prisoners were, and free them. Any of the skeleton crew left on watch to guard the ship would be dealt with as they appeared.

The side of the ship suddenly loomed out of the mist, made taller by its immediateness. Inuyasha tried to be as quiet as he could be about getting to the side of the ship. He would go up first, and make sure there was no welcome committee. Or at least none by the time the other two got there.

He glanced upwards and then looked back at Kagome. He knew it was silly, wanting to make sure she was alright before they'd even begun to get to work, but…

She caught his gaze, and nodded. Elisabeth smiled determinedly behind her. He turned back to the boat, and surveyed the side for any convenient handholds. A rather large knothole looked like it would do. The ropes wound around the belly of the ship helped too.

He hooked his hands into the side, and went at it. He passed an open port on the way up, where two pirates were sitting and arguing noisily. He wanted to call out a warning to those below him, but didn't dare. This close, they'd hear him. And it wasn't a good idea to pick a fight on the side of a boat. Inuyasha wasn't exactly bright sometimes, but he wasn't quite that stupid. He passed the porthole without incident, and reached the deck just as Elisabeth climbed up to beside the porthole.

A skeletal monkey watched Inuyasha as he surveyed the deck. There was no one on guard up above. Stupid humans. It was probably the guards he'd passed on the way up, arguing amongst themselves instead of watching. This close to a battle, it was a good idea to be on the lookout. Even if you weren't in the line of fire.

Elisabeth came up beside him, and he absently helped her over the rail. At least she'd shown some good sense thinking wearing something other than that dress. It would have been hell to fight in, no doubt. He watched as Kagome reached the porthole, and then the rail.

Snippets of conversation drifted upwards, and he listened absently, wanting to make sure they were unnoticed.

"Right. What would you pick to eat first?"

"I think we should decide now. Just so we're ready when the time comes."

'When what time comes?' Inuyasha had no idea what they were discussing, but it didn't appear they'd been noticed at all. Come to think of it, the pirates might have even been into the run keg he'd smelt. Beat him why they'd drink the dishwater, but if they had, easier on them.

Elisabeth leaned over the side, then stiffened and jumped as Jack the monkey took a flying leap onto her shoulder, chattering ferociously and making a horrific face. She nearly cried out from the shock, but then she steadied herself.

This was just a monkey. True, it was a pretty ugly monkey, but it was just that. An ugly monkey.

And it was between her and Will.

Down below, the pirates half rose out of their sears as something clanged outside. They watched in astonishment as a very stunned looking monkey stared at them from the cannon barrel before slowly toppling over into the ocean. They glanced upwards, but saw nothing.

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Inuyasha was mildly impressed. He'd been sure the game was up when the monkey had landed on Elisabeth, but apparently she was tougher than she looked. Just like Kagome. He helped Kagome over the side as well, then all three snuck over to where a hole opened in the deck. The way down to the hold, and the captives.

They rushed down the stairs, quiet on bare feet and soft shoes. Coming down, they nearly met a pair of pirates racing up to investigate the deck. Inuyasha gripped his sword, loosening it in its sheath. He let go as he abruptly realized there was a) no space to draw it in, and b) these pirates were still human, even if they were slightly undead humans. His sword wasn't the best answer just then. He sighed, and let them go.

He peered down into the hold to make sure there were no guards, and then went in followed by the two girls. He crossed his arms and stood guard by the stairs as Elisabeth and went forwards.

Gibbs heard the stairs creak slightly, and glanced upwards. He motioned the rest of the crew to shush. They had been trying to plot an escape, while most of the Pearls crew were on the island. Who was coming for them, and why? He squinted at the three shapes, then grinned widely "Kagome! Elizabeth!" He waved his arms at the crew behind them as they stared murmuring. "Shut it, back there! No use being rescued if they find out about it because you idiots would keep your flaming mouths shut!"

He turned back to the others as the former crew of the interceptor collectively shut their mouths to watch. "Keys over there." He pointed out helpfully. Kagome passed the keys to Elisabeth, and in a few seconds Elisabeth had the door to the wooden cell wide open.

The newly freed pirates grinned as they left the hold behind and formed a silent procession up towards the deck, Inuyasha in the lead.

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Norrington watched in horror as the two former helpless damsels headed off to help attack the ship. He nearly swore again as canons from their own ship that had been captured stared firing on them. He wondered what the occasional flash of yellow on deck was. He knew what gunfire looked and sounded like, and that was not gunfire. He had never seen it before in his life. It looked long, and snaky, and he'd swear he'd seen an arm fly off the side of the boat when it last appeared.

Was that good, or bad?

It meant there had to fighting on the deck, and he nearly swore again as he heard the warning bell sound across the water. It was more than high time they returned. "Make for the ship! Move!" he hoped, he prayed, that Elisabeth had not been caught out on deck, that she had the good fortune of being below deck and out of the main fighting. He had to get there in time to save her!

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Sango and Miroku whiled in place, fighting back to back. Pirates who had taken one look at the whirling death to the right had decided they might be easier prey, and had come after them instead of Sesshoumaru.

Of course, they were not easy targets and they proved themselves again and again. Sango struck out silently and efficiently with her katana, while Miroku used his staff to great effect.

So far, the three foreigners had been given a wide berth by the British. She didn't know if they regarded them as friend or foe, but so far, they hadn't attacked. Perhaps they were waiting till after the pirates had been dealt with before moving in.

Whatever they thought, they weren't going to let themselves be captured. Last time had been more a matter of convenience than anything else. If they had needed to, they could have fought their way free, but since they were headed in the same direction they'd tagged along for the ride.

They, at least, wouldn't attack first. Miroku wasn't so sure that the same could be said for Sesshoumaru. He didn't know if the youkai saw much difference between one human and the next. He wasn't after them anymore, but the navy might be in trouble if they happened to get caught between him and the pirate he was after.

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Sesshoumaru ignored the bell going off, no doubt summoning the shiploads of humans back from their little boats. He didn't particularly care if they came or not. He narrowed his eyes slightly as another pirate was impaled on his glowing whip. Apart from the fact that these pirates were undead, and wielded guns, they were no different than most other humans. Now that he knew exactly what he was up against, they were going down like straw.

Of course, there was one particular pirate who stood out. The one he'd smelled just before the world exploded on him. He was going to return the favor, and explode that pirate, once he found him. He had caught his scent amidst the swarm of attackers before.

Perhaps he'd do the same to Barbossa, exploding him. Sesshoumaru hated being made a fool above a great many things, and they had made a laughingstock out of him. Not only had he been brought down by a pack of petty sea faring bandits, but he had afterwards been reduced to swimming for an island with the much needed help of Sango.

After that, he had been turned into taxi service extraordinair, and further humiliated when he'd been forced to crash land on this second ship. Since Kagome wasn't available to vent his anger on, and he'd probably be both 'downed' and then pulped while he was unable to hit back by Inuyasha, he was willing to not take it out on her. It wouldn't be worth it. But the rest of this scum…oh yes.

Sesshoumaru was going to make sure that his 'bad day' tuned into their little version of hell on a platter, a la poison whip.

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Barbossa laughed as Jack nearly managed to skewer him. He had dodged, and landed in a patch of moonlight on his dragons hoard of swag. "You can't beat me, Jack." He grinned, and swung at Jack viciously.

Jack dodged, and chased him up the stairs. Barbossa smirked, and purposely left himself open. Jack was kind enough to take the bait, and impaled him. He let go of the sword, panting slightly. Was that it?

Barbossa sighed theatrically, as though he'd simply said something annoying or tiresome instead of just running him through, then whipped the sword out of his bony chest and impaled Jack in turn.

Jacks face went pale, and he gasped with the shock. Normally, one expects to die when impaled like a stuck pig, even when he knew intellectually he should be fine because of his stolen coin. It was different when he'd thought of it, instead of living though it.

Nonetheless, even if he wasn't dead, it still hurt! Not physically, but mentally…he wasn't prepared for being impaled like it was nothing. His mind kept thinking it ought to be in pain, only it wasn't. It was rather disconcerting. It didn't really hurt, but still….he wasn't going to let that sword stick in there all day for fun! He nearly smiled as he made a great show of staggering over to the next patch of moonlight. Time to let Barbossa in on his little secret bit of fun.

Not without suitable theatrics though! He wobbled away from his attacker, pretending to be on the verge of death and making a low hoarse sound. It was surprisingly fun.

He kept his eyes on Barbossa's face as he stepped back into the wash of moonlit floor, and nearly laughed aloud at the indignation and disbelief written there. He casually held up an arm, wondering what Will and Inuyasha would make of his new look.

"That's interesting." He pulled out the medallion. He nearly snickered as he imagined Sesshoumaru as a skeleton. Would demons, or half demons, fare as well with the coins? Maybe they'd turn blue or something…he nearly laughed again as he imagined Inuyasha with blue hair and face, or Sesshoumaru with blue….fluffy thing.

He flipped the coin between his fingers, marveling at the way he could still move without any muscles, and therefore without any apparent means of doing so. Magic was beautiful. Though personally, he preferred the sort that let you fly, as opposed to turning you into an undead thing. "I couldn't resist, mate." He grinned cockily.

Barbossa glared death at him, and lunged after him. Jack decided that he had better move. Fast. He ran out f the way of Barbossa's sword, knocking over a golden urn in his hurry. He winced as it crashed. Probably get dents in it…

He turned ounce he had the better position, and faced Barbossa once more. Barbossa raised his sword. After getting over his indignation at Jacks thievery, he found the whole situation rather darkly amusing.

Both of them trying to repay what they owed in a proper duel after all these years, and neither could do anything to even harm the other, let alone kill. Both were wasting their time. It didn't stop him from fighting though, even knowing he was doing nothing. Far from it. He swung around again, and overbalanced. Jack helped send him flying onto the dragons treasure heap.

He took a deep breath, ribs rising without any lungs, and looked up at Jack. "What now, Jack Sparrow? Will it be it two immortals locked in an epic battle until Judgment Day and trumpets sound? Hmm?" He grinned. He had forgotten about all the things to worry about beyond the cave entirely. He was enjoying this .

Jack smiled carefully. "Or you could surrender." He lashed out again with his sword, trying to get the advantage. This was difficult. Barbossa was nearly as skilled as he was.

Barbossa grinned "Arr" he growled deeply, and came after Jack once again, battlelight in his eyes.

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Inuyasha smirked as the last of the skeleton crew on guard duty tumbled into the sea. In pieces. He walked over to where Kagome was standing by the rail, and looked back at the cheering, freed pirates.

Elisabeth's face was flushed, and she marched up to the lifeboat which had been cut free. She looked in her element, as though nothing would stop her now.

She was scary. Just like Kagome could be sometimes.

Elisabeth waved her hands at the free crew. "All of you with me! Will is in that cave and we must save him!" She turned around and placed her hands against the boat. Kagome moved to help her.

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes as none of the crew moved to help. Ungrateful lot. And after he'd taken time away from getting to that cave to help them too.

Elisabeth kept on going, oblivious to their lack of enthusiasm "Ready? And heave!" The boat hardly budged. She turned around, and looked at the crew. They were just standing there!

How could they not help her? After she'd gone and saved them, too! Wouldn't they help her at all? She looked at Kagome, who shrugged. "We're coming, at least. You can't blame them. They already lost once." She knew Elisabeth probably wouldn't understand right now, but she did. She'd seen it before, and while she felt they should at least try to help, she doubted they would. There was nothing in it for them but risk. And coming back from a defeat like theirs might be more than they wanted to chance. They knew they were fighting against the undead, after all.

Elisabeth's voice took on a pleading note "Please, I need your help! Come on!"

Inuyasha walked over. "I doubt they'll come."

He was right. Muttering broke out as the former crew of the interceptor discussed options, coming to a consensus quickly. No one wanted to go. The parrot said it perfectly

"Any port in the storm."

Inuyasha really hated that parrot. It always said the worst possible thing at the wrong time. And it smelled.

Gibbs nodded at the parrot. "Cotton 's right, we've got the Pearl." He shrugged a bit. He at least felt slightly guilty about abandoning the three, though not enough to join them in the pointless endeavor they were starting on.

Inuyasha got fed up, and pushed the lifeboat into to ocean. "Come on. No use arguing with the numbskulls. I want to get going!" He held out a hand to Kagome. "Come on!"

Kagome paused. Elisabeth was still arguing.

Elizabeth put her hands on her hips "And what about Jack, you're just going to leave him?"

"Jack owes us a ship."

"And there's the code to consider."

"Elisabeth…you're not going to change things. They won't listen." Kagome paused. Elisabeth had to be feeling let down. She might be wondering if they would succeed or not, even. They would. She was sure of it. "You have our help, don't you? We're pretty good in a fight."

Elizabeth ignored Kagome's hand on her arm. She narrowed her eyes at the pirates across the deck "The code? You're pirates. Hang the code, and hang the rules! They're more like guidelines anyway."

Nobody looked convinced. She sighed, and glared at them once more. "I give up! Keep your bloody ship, for all I care!" She followed Kagome and Inuyasha down to the boat.

She smoldered all the way out to the cave. Stupid pirates. Hadn't she just saved them? Didn't they care?

"Bloody pirates." She muttered. Kagome smiled slightly.

"Even without them, you can still get Will back. We're still here, right?"

"Yes…but…"

Inuyasha snorted, pulling evenly on the oars. He'd gotten the hang of it pretty well by now. "Like we need them getting in the way anyways. Better off without them." He said gruffly, trying to help in his own way.

Elisabeth smiled. Exactly like Inuyasha. Charge right in, and who cares about the odds. She had seen some incredible things on this journey, some impossible things, and she knew she wouldn't be quite the same on returning home. She was also halfway convinced that they might be able to pull this off. She'd seen what Inuyasha and Kagome could do, not to mention what the other members of their interesting little group were capable of. No doubt the pirates headed for the Dauntless would find a warm reception when they met Sango and Miroku.

She watched as the cave mouth swallowed their little ship, and then as the echoes of fighting traveled towards them.

Time to get to work.

She desperately hoped Will was alright.

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Ragetti paused as he ran from the crackling, poisonous yellow whip the guy in white was swinging around. He wanted to make sure that Jack was keelhauled as soon as they got back to the cave. If they made it back alive! That sneak had lied to them! He'd said that this guy was out for the count!

Maybe he hadn't been lying about the rest of them, since the one in red hadn't appeared, but still! He'd been lying! And that had nearly cost him his arm and his head, just now. He ran towards the railing.

That guy meant business. He had no idea what that snaky thing was, but it was dangerous. They'd tried to jump him all at once, and he's just spun around in place and taken them all out at once.

Ragetti giggled slightly as a thought occurred to him. Maybe he was wizard. Or something. Or a demon, come from hell to drag them back to Hades! He glanced longingly at the pearl. He wanted to…. "Hey!"

Pintel looked at him, breathing hard from fighting "What?"

Ragetti pointed at the pearl "Is it supposed to be doing that?" Pintel looked at where he was pointing, and stared as the pearl vanished.

"They're stealing our ship!"

Ragetti shook his fist after the now vanished boat "Bloody pirates!" he yelled as a British soldier backed into him, sending his eye rolling away across the deck.

He ran after the wooden ball, not caring that it had gone in the direction of the dreaded yellow whip. That was his eye!

The soldier who'd knocked his eye out gulped, and stared at Pintel before looking back at the crackling air the way he had come.

Death on all sides.

What had he ever done to deserve this? Really? It wasn't his fault some one had press ganged him in London…he had never, ever thought he'd be fighting undead pirates, with lightning wielding fiend apparently as ally.

…Or perhaps not allies. Maybe it was simply that their three former prisoners hadn't gotten around to killing them yet…

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Sango paused, back to back with Miroku. The Pearl was sailing away. That was not a good sign. They'd be left with either this ship, or the cave, neither of which was a good prospect. They had to get on that ship before it vanished completely!

It was already too far away to swim to. She wished Kirara had been here, but she hadn't followed her down the well when she went to get Miroku.

She would have to see if she could get Sesshoumaru to fly after it then.

Oh fun. But if that's what it took…she had dealt with cranky demons before, and Sesshoumaru was no exception. She would get him to help.

She nudged Miroku in the side, and pointed at the retreating ship. He sighed. "Where's it going?"

"I don't know, but we need to get on it. Would you rather stay on this ship?"

"There is that" Miroku sighed again. "Too far to get there by ourselves though."

Both looked over at where Sesshoumaru was standing in a circle devoid of any moving pirates.

They started cutting their way across to where he was. Sango used her sword, ducking as a pirate went for her forehead. She sent him on his way minus an arm.

These pirates were not professional swordsmen. They were not trained. They were good, she'd admit that, but they were nowhere near her in skill level. They obviously hadn't grown up fighting alongside other exterminators, or learning how to use a staff to fight the way Miroku had.

The rings on the end of Miroku's staff jingled merrily as he thwacked a skeletal head sharply, bringing them alongside Sesshoumaru.

Sesshoumaru flicked his hand in a satisfied way, and his whip vanished. He had caught up to that pirate at last, and had managed to spread him around the deck and the sea easily. The pirate formally known as Twigg twitched slightly. The part that was supposed to be half his brain was still in shock.

Jack had said he was blind….he would never have come out here if he'd known what was waiting! He was undead, but even an undead pirates have trouble recovering if their limbs are spread across an entire ship and their shredded torso dropped into the ocean.

Twigg wanted to go back to that cave and kill Jack. Then get as far away from the madman who'd dismembered him as possible. He twitched indignantly.

If only his legs were both still attached….

Sango paid not attention to the small heap of pirate on the deck, and moved around it. She knew he was still alive, and possibly dangerous.

"Sesshoumaru, did you see the ship leaving?"

He looked where Sango was pointing, and sighed softly in annoyance. If the ship they had planned on leaving with left without them, the humans would be stuck on this ship.

He wasn't, of course. The Pearl was by now too far away to jump across to, and he was not going to swim under any circumstances. But he could just fly across.

Of course…the two other humans couldn't.

He looked at them consideringly. He might need them to get home, further on. Just like he might need Kagome, and, perhaps, his half brother. Which meant he'd have to haul them along with him.

Life was unfair. He was not supposed to be a taxi. But…

"I see. Then we must go after"

Mist appeared around his feet, and he waited impatiently for the two humans to climb on. He was a little disappointed that the ship had left this early. He'd wanted to make sure that the pirate who'd dared to injure him was at the least killed again. Perhaps permanently, this time. Jack had said that their curse should be ended tonight.

He'd just have to be content leaving him on the deck. Ah well. It was probably overkill to make sure he was dead, considering what sort of state he was being left in.

The soldiers from the boats had just arrived. They swarmed over the side to join in the battle, then paused and gaped at the destruction, and then gaped further as the three people standing in the center of the destruction simply…took off.

The pirates stared too, but in relief. They were just glad to see the white devil go. At least they had a chance of winning now…

Murtogg and Mullroy blinked as a misty cloud bearing three people disappeared into the mist after the pirate vessel

"So that's why they looked like they fell out of the sky that one time…they actually did!" Murtogg frowned "But….people can't fly, can they?"

"Apparently they can" Mullroy stared after the cloud. Wonders never ceased…

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Inuyasha rushed silently towards the cave central chamber, Kagome right behind him. Elisabeth kept pace with Kagome. He could hear fighting, and smell the rotten pirates long before he saw them.

Elisabeth gasped as a pirate faced off against Will. She had to help him. She was relived when she saw him unharmed, yet. But that pirate…she grabbed a thick staff, and dashed off to help.

Inuyasha and Kagome turned, and faced another two pirates. Inuyasha cracked his knuckles, and Kagome raised her bow. She did not like using arrows against people, even pirates. But, if it was necessary…

Inuyasha, however, had no such qualms. He barreled into the two, knocking them off their feet. One collapsed immediately, while the other staggered towards Kagome, knife in hand.

Kagome raised her bow, and shot him though the chest. The arrow passed though his ribs cleanly, but he stiffened, eyes wide in shock. Purple flared, and he twitched slightly before going down under Inuyasha's fists. He didn't make a move to get up, skull face looking stunned.

"You alright Kagome?" Inuyasha asked anxiously. He had thought she'd be fine….and she had been. But he was the one supposed to be protecting her…

"Yes. What about everyone else?"

They glanced across the cave, to where Elisabeth had appeared behind the pirate menacing Will

The pirate raised his saber, smiling nastily "I'm gonna teach you the meaning of pain!" He drew his saber back further. Kagome moved as if to help, but before anyone could do anything, Elisabeth spoke up.

"Do you like pain?" She raised the gold bar she'd been holding, and hit him solidly across the back, knocking him out of the way for a few seconds "Try wearing a corset." She glared at his fallen form, then tuned to Will and helped him up. Kagome laughed.

Her eyes searched him for any sign of injury, but all they were able to see was a bruise on one cheek. And that could even be dirt. She wanted to cry, to hug him, to kiss him….but she did nothing. Now was not the time. She caught a glimpse of two skeletons fighting each other in a puddle of moonlight, and her eyes widened slightly as she recognized one of them. Jack.

Inuyasha and Kagome came of beside them, and they saw Jack as well. "Whose side is Jack on?" Elisabeth asked.

Will gave a short laugh "At the moment?"

"I'm sure he's working in our interest. I trust him" Kagome smiled, then turned around and held out her bow, ready to hit any pirate that dared come close.

She wasn't sure exactly what had happened when she'd shot the pirate, but she seemed to recall it happening before. She didn't really want to kill them by accident, so she held up the bow to use as a staff instead. Let the British deal with them, after that curse was lifted. Will and Elisabeth grabbed the staff and ran it though three pirates, while Kagome and Inuyasha beat off the other two pirates trying to get to them.

Inuyasha tossed them both into the water minus a few bones, and then watched as the remaining three were dealt with via a grenade in the chest and a shove out of the moonlight.

"No fair!" One of them complained, but by then it was too late. They exploded, and Inuyasha winced as the cave echoed. He shook his head to clear it, glad his bandanna was still in place. Sounds weren't nearly as heard to work though when you couldn't hear anything. Even though his head felt like wool. He left their side of the cavern and dashed over to where Jack and Barbossa were still fighting.

Jack looked up and finally saw that the rest of his conspirators had arrived. With Elisabeth in tow. "Inuyasha!" He leaned out of the moonlight, and cut into his palm, throwing it at him. "To Will!"

Will nodded, and grabbed the medallion out of the air. He knew what he had to do. End this once and for all.

Well, I'll bet you all thought I died, or something. Nope. Still around. (although I bet my readers aren't) Still intend to finish this story. To prove this, there is another chapter being posted tomorrow, (Promise. Already done ch20 except for final edit) and the chapter after is nearly done. After that….no promises. Sorry. I disappeared off the face of the earth because I had Calm by correspondence, English thru night school, three diplomas and an AP test to study for. This does not include the personal distractions I encountered. (Someone once told me I have the attention span of a Squirrel with ADD. True enough)

Anyways….I know it's summer, and you most likely expect an update or two, but I won't have internet after Aug 12 and I got a full time job. So….eh. Just so you know…

Anyways…..I can hardly believe some of you put up with my lack of updating, but some did! Thanks so much guys! Means a lot to me.

Naomi-Starcloud: Lol. I know crazy people, and personally I think they tend to be more interesting than 'sane' ones. Thanks for the long review!

TrisakAminawn: As always, you left me much to think on. I really do appreciate the critiquing. I think….the fact that I wrote more in that style is more because I'd just finished chapter 3 of another story I'm still working on. And the first ch is basically 7 pages inner monologue. Lol. Anyways….thanks a bunch, for that. I wonder what you'd think of that other story, actually. I have a feeling you'd make an awesome editor/beta person. Problem with reviews is that their after the fact. And yes. One does have to wonder how long it took Inu papa to admit it. And as for evolutionary issues…do you know about the long nosed flythink that's what its called in south Africa? 6 inches plus of nose to drink nectar with on a fly. Completely natural and utterly ridiculous. Thanks!

Froggiesrcool: That's why I put thoughts in. Think how dull it would be if all you had was dialogue. Inner feelings are much more important than spoken word….sometimes there's not even any dialogue in a story. And Inu bunch can't hog the spotlight, though I'll admit they succeed at that more often than not.

KhaosFire-Katana: Really? Thank you.

DogEarFetish: I doubt Jaken will make much of an appearance.

Soul of Insanity: I still think you're a lot better about updates than I. Plus, you write some of my fav. stories, so I am willing to wait! Good ones are worth the wait. coughharrypottercough And really….I don't mind if you don't review every single chapter even though my over inflated ego gets more hot air added :P thanks!

Zanamra Adokiam: I did work on the explanation. 'Cause that's important. Lol. Thanks!

Carmen: I hope I finish too. I ought to. I think I'm close to finishing, actually.

Lady-Seoh-Phoenix: Don't know about updates, other than the promised one tomorrow and another soon. I didn't forget, precisely. I wanted to work on it after exams were done. I am vague on when I'll have time in future, since I don't know. Stupid university paperwork….

Klepto Maniac Girl: lol. Compared to what I've written in other unposted story, and heard from friends, that comment is perfectly innocent.

CelestialOrison: Oh, I'll keep writing. Nearly done, anyways. I do want to finish.

Auxana: Lol. So do I.

Shavaineth: Notice the 'yet' in that statement. Besides, Sess is my fav character too. I just happened to think it would make for a more entertaining and plotted out story. The story was intended to use the movie quite a bit. It jumps away from it nearer the end, but I always intended to use the potc plot. Call me unoriginal, but I thought I would be better.

Jewelle2: lol. The only part of him that's been damaged much is his ego. Which I loved tweaking.

The Dream Whisperer: Please don't whine. It's not encouraging. :P lol. I'm afraid I update when I update. I just have the schedual from hell, most of the time lately.

inuzrule: I did think of that, but it didn't quite fit. For starters, they're human, although slightly undead ones. And when I'd figured that out, I'd already posted a chapter or two with her not purifying it, so I left it. More logical if she only stuns or damages, not kills. in my warped mind

RubyRoseoftheBlackBlood: I know it was. I hope you keep reading. It will be done. Eventually.

Emily. Not giving up. I said I'd finish, and barring unforeseen catastrophe, I tend to keep my word. Just watch and you'll see the next chapter go up as promised.

Bomhammer: Oh yes. I had one glorious post exam week before work for happier pursuits. Wonderful….and then work started. Bummer.

Shadow Fox777: I will. Thank you. You've always been there to say that since early on. One of the first reviewers too, I think. Thanks:P

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To all those people who let me know they wanted to see another chapter or two….thank you. I would, most likely, have put up the rest of the story, but it's nice to know that others read and feel they like (or dislike) my story enough to comment. Thank you. I'll finish this. And then, I'm going to start posting another story you might like, and seriously editing the first couple chapters of this one. It needs it….badly.