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Chapter 20: Together
Barbossa glared, and whipped out his pistol. He was torn whether to aim it at Elisabeth instead of Kagome, but Kagome was closer. Inuyasha stiffened as he saw what was happening. He started to run towards Barbossa, hoping to take him out before he could shoot, but before he was even halfway there a shot rang out.
His eyes widened, and he turned to Kagome anxiously. She was unhurt, and didn't seem to have even noticed the gun pointed at her. He was relieved, and angry. At Barbossa. How dare he threaten….
Barbossa turned to look at Jack, smirk on his face "Ten years you carry that pistol, and now you waste your shot?"
Inuyasha went on edge, waiting to see what would happen. Would Barbossa try to shoot Kagome again. "Watch out!" he shouted back. "His guns loaded!"
Barbossa grimaced at him as Kagome moved out of range with Elisabeth. He couldn't shoot through walls. Damn him.
"He didn't waste it." Will spoke out clearly, dropping both medallions into the chest.
Barbossa opened his mouth in surprise as pain flooded his system. He….this was….he was free!
He dropped his sword and reached for his shirt, wanting to see the blood he knew would be there for himself. He knew he was a dead man. One that would finally be able to stay dead.
All this time, waiting to be free, and when he finally was it was just to die. It was slightly ridiculous. But he couldn't find it in him to be sorry he was free, even if it meant his death. He reached for the apple in his pocket. He had never had a chance to eat it after all. He brought it out, and just held it. Never had a chance to eat it…
"I feel…cold." He slowly toppled backwards, onto the hoard he'd amassed over the years. The apple rolled from his hand. His eyes went out.
Jack sighed, and put down his gun. Barbossa wouldn't give him any more trouble, now he was dead. "What about the other pirates?"
Inuyasha glanced at where they had left a few bones behind them, and a few knocked out pirates. They had returned to a more normal, fleshy state. They'd probably smell in a bit, too. He hated the stench of dead human. "Dead or unconscious"
Jack smiled. "Barbossa….I finally did it! Ten years of waiting…"
Elisabeth wanted to go to Will, but was suddenly afraid. To rescue him, she had promised herself to Norrington. What…what would he think?
She wished she hadn't, now. If there had been another way to get here…
Like fly. She had been an idiot.
Would he forgive her…?
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Kagome caught up to Inuyasha, and they both stood in front of the treasure heap. In all the excitement, the Shikon had been at the back of her mind the whole time.
She brought it out, and glanced at the pile. The remaining shard was somewhere in this dragons hoard of gold. She looked u at Inuyasha. "That shard…it's here. I can look for it now there's time."
She bent down to try and lift an enormous statue of gold. Inuyasha leaned over and helped her. "It's just…behind…here. Somewhere" Inuyasha put the statue out of the way, leaving her room to get at what was behind.
A pile of coins, and a box were revealed. Kagome reached out to the box, and gently traced the design on the lid. It was in here.
After all this time…they had come such a long way to finish this. She had traveled time and space to find the rest of the jewel, and she had managed to find all the pieces but this one.
"Do you remember…the day I broke it?"
Inuyasha smiled lopsidedly. "Yeah. I sulked the rest of the day, didn't I? Even though it was an accident, and you didn't even know how you'd managed to break it."
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Norrington stopped, as the pirates on board the Dauntless suddenly stopped dead. They weren't skeletons anymore. Some of them stared at themselves and at the moon riding high in the sky, confused.
A few simply dropped dead where they stood. They were suddenly no more than ordinary men who couldn't sustain the wounds they'd paid no mind to a minute before. They were now ordinary men at the mercy of the British navy.
Weapons clattered as they rained to the deck en mass, and arms rose into the air in surrender.
"The ship is ours, gentlemen." Norrington grinned on the outside as his men cheered, but privately he wondered how much of a victory it had been.
The Pearl had gotten away, as had the three flying people.
He shivered. There was something unnatural at work this night, and the pirates were not all of it. He didn't like what he didn't understand, and he did not understand that one armed man.
He marshaled the soldiers over the cheering, directing them to tie up the captives for trial in Port Royal.
Murtogg grinned. "We did it! We won! Captured a few, and sent the rest down to old Hob!" He grinned.
The pirate he was tying up shivered. "Not Old Hob." He muttered darkly "Devils name is Sesshoumaru…and I don't want to see him again!"
Murtogg shrugged, and kept tying up the ropes. Heh. Who was Sesshoumaru? Superstitious, crazy old coot.
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Inuyasha smiled again. "Go on and open it! I want to see that thing whole again."
Kagome looked up at him. "Inuyasha…are you still trying to get the jewel?" She asked softly, nervously. He didn't need to take it. Not after this.
"I…I'll give it to you." She knew he'd wanted it for decades before meeting her. She knew Kikyou had wanted him to use it to free both of them from the lives they led. Kagome thought that that was silly, on Kikyou's part. Shikon no Tama or not Shikon no Tama, Kikyou would still have been a miko, and that was something that wouldn't have changed. She'd not have been free.
She wasn't sure what to feel. She would give the jewel to him, if he wanted. But…she wished he could stop trying to be something he wasn't. She didn't think he would be completely happy as a human or as a pure demon.
But who was she to know? She just wanted him to be happy. If this was what he wanted…
She held out the box, fishing one handedly for the rest of the jewel.
Inuyasha looked carefully at the box. She…would give it to him? But…didn't she know he didn't want it anymore? He didn't need it, now. She'd shown him that.
He knew he would not be happy as a human. He had been human on the night of the full moon, and he remembered how miserable he had been. The only reason he had considered it before was because Kikyou seemed to want it, and had offered him a place. Somewhere to belong. It had been worth the price she'd named, at the time. Not anymore.
He saw now that it wouldn't have worked. He wouldn't have quite fit in, however hard he tried. He knew that future was dead. The place she'd offered was gone, along with the real Kikyou
His other dream of becoming a full blooded demon was no good either. If something went wrong, and he lost his heart and mind, he would not be Inuyasha anymore. He would be a killing machine.
Heaven help him…he might kill the people he loved. He might go after Kagome, or Sango, Miroku Shippo, Kirara….he couldn't bear it. He would not go down that path.
He couldn't risk that. Not when he was happy as things now. In fact…the only thing he really regretted now was that Kagome might disappear. She had done what she set out to do, and now…would she leave him behind? He didn't think he could stand it.
He put out his hands, and slowly, gently, closed Kagome's hands around the Shikon. "No, Kagome…it's yours. I could never take it from you. You certainly earned it, after all this time. But…it still needs protecting, doesn't it? Would…..would….." he trailed off, red as his clothing.
"….wouldyouletmehelpyoulookafterit?" He whispered, all in a rush. His face burned. Had he really said that? Had he finally said…..? The tips of his ears started burning.
What would she say? What…
Kagome blinked as he whispered very fast. Was he really saying what she thought he was saying? He wanted to help her…look after it?
She hadn't thought that far ahead. All her energy till now had been on finishing the jewel, not on what happened afterwards.
But this….this was a perfect ending to their quest. She could hardly believe it...
She smiled at him. He looked so nervous. So very…Inuyasha. Was he afraid she would sit him or something? "Would you…? Really? That….that's as much as I could want. I don't want to ever forget my stay in the past. I'm not going to disappear from there, ever. It's…home." She paused, looking down at the box, pink cheeks glowing beneath concealing bangs.
"Home is where the people you love are. I want to know you won't just disappear on me." She said softly, earnestly. She would never have sat him at a time like this. He should know that. She would never do that to him.
Kagome let go of the Shikon, letting it fall towards her neck. She reached out slowly, until he suddenly closed the gap between them in a rush to crush her in a bear hug.
She gasped, and hugged him back just as tightly. She didn't want to let go…she knew he didn't want to let go either. Not till forever and a day had come and gone…
But, eventually she did. They both let go, and smiled. She trailed her hand down his arm, reaching for his hand.
She had felt safe. Together. Like she could simply sit side by side with him on a meadow, not saying anything. They didn't need words. Not now, not for this.
Inuyasha hated to say anything, but the real world was coming in like it or not. (He didn't like it). He gestured towards the box. "Are you going to open that, sometime?" He had a sudden thought "What if it's not there?"
"Oh, it's in there. I can tell." Kagome laughed and opened the box. Inside was a disorganized mass of loose gems, cut and uncut.
She delicately picked out one of the smaller ones, and held it up for him to see. "I told you. It's this one…" She frowned with concentration, and laid both fragments of the whole in her hand.
They just needed to be…together.
She covered them with her other hand, brow wrinkled in fierce concentration. A soft glow illuminated the bones of her hand from below before fading away. When she drew it back, there was only one whole, pure crystal.
The Shikon no Tama, complete at last.
She let the jewel fall against her skin, and tucked it under her shirt. She looked at the large chest of stones, and suddenly grinned. "You know…I think I could keep these…"
Inuyasha laughed. "Yeah…if Miroku was here now, he'd be trying to cart the lot off to pawn somewhere."
Kagome laughed with him "Yes, he would. But no ones going to claim this if I don't. I bet it stays here till someone else picks it up. I'd rather keep these as a memento. Or I'll give them to Eri. She's always looking for unset stones for her silversmithing projects."
They turned around, and walked towards where Jack was muttering and going though the treasure, tossing the brass over his shoulder. Kagome reached for Inuyasha's hand, and he held on tightly. They would have that much, at least for now.
Jack turned around. "Ah! How do you think this one looks?" He pointed at the rakishly tilted crown on his head. "Too much here to take it all with me though…" he sighed softly. "Ah well. We can always come back once I get to the Pearl. Speaking of which…"
He moved over to where Will was standing in front of Will, before stopping and holding out his arm. "Perhaps we shouldn't interrupt just yet…"
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Will stood silently, not knowing quite what to say. He knew what Elisabeth had promised on their return to port Royal, and he had a sudden urge to invite her to take off together on the Black Pearl and sail the seas forever. They could travel the globe hand in hand…
He knew it was impossible.
Elizabeth stood just as awkwardly, feeling uncomfortable in the forced silence. She didn't know what to say either. What did will think of her now? Did…could they find a way past this? She fervently hoped so. "We should return to the Dauntless." She suggested, not sure if those were the right words.
Will's face flickered. "Your fiancé will be wanting to know you're safe." He paused. No…that was the wrong thing to say...he hadn't meant that! He hadn't meant it!
Too late.
Elisabeth didn't say anything, but her lip trembled slightly and she turned away. 'Will…'
She left for the boat.
Jack shook his head. Kagome watched Elisabeth go. She knew what it felt like, saying the wrong things to someone who meant that much.
And now, she knew what saying the right things, the right promises felt like. Like a million suns inside her skin, glowing…
She'd have to say something to Elisabeth, say something to make her feel a bit better. She knew very well what she was going through. But…she couldn't bring herself to let go of Inuyasha and go over to her. Not just yet…
She held Inuyasha's hand even tighter, watching Jack stagger over to Will "If you were waiting for the opportune moment…that was it. Now, if you'll be so kind, I'd be much obliged if you'd drop me off at my ship." He said. Will stared at him for a moment before what he'd said really dawned on him.
"Ah…of course…"
They all headed to the boat, catching up with Elisabeth. Jack and Will took the two oars. Elisabeth settled herself in the midsection, and Inuyasha and Kagome squeezed together at the end.
Kagome leaned into Inuyasha as they pulled out into the open sea. That wind was cold…and he was warm and solid. Which was making her drowsy…
She snapped awake as Inuyasha cursed softly. "It's not there!"
"What's not there?"
"The Black Pearl! They left without us!" Inuyasha fumed. Jack sighed.
"I'm sorry, everyone" Elisabeth said quietly. "I guess….it's to the Dauntless"
Jack nodded sadly. Hew knew what that meant as well as anyone there. Back to the British and their wonderful hospitality. "They done what's right by them. Can't expect more than that." He stared gloomily at the gold in his hands. No doubt he wouldn't be able to keep it, once they boarded ship. Straight back to Port Royal and a noose it was, minus a few articles of treasure.
Of course, he doubted he'd be hung this time round. Inuyasha and Kagome wouldn't stay in prison long, and hopefully, neither would he.
They set course for the Dauntless glumly.
"Wonder what happened while we were busy" Inuyasha said aloud.
"I don't know. But we'll have to wait till we get to land before we get away from the British. Unless Sesshoumaru kindly consents to ferrying us around again."
"Feh. Who needs him? We can wait till we hit land, can't we?" Inuyasha didn't like having to be dependent on anyone for anything. Especially not Sesshoumaru.
They reached the Dauntless, and someone hailed them from the side of the boat. Elisabeth shouted back, and there was an instant uproar as sailors scurried around to let her come aboard.
Finally they all stood on deck, and Elisabeth's father nearly cried with relief at seeing her safe after she'd "Willfully charged off into a nest of pirates! Elisabeth, how could you?" Oddly enough, Elisabeth didn't seem to care
"Might have been killed or worse, or…or…" The governor fluttered his hands, looking horrified at the mere suggestion before pausing in his tirade and turning around to look at the shabby group behind Elisabeth, after she'd been whisked away to be stuffed into 'decent attire'.
"William…I am glad to see you safe and unharmed." The governor sighed. "I am willing to pardon you your crimes, this once. Provided you do not seek to take up piracy again." He did not mention that it had been Elisabeth's whispered idea, and that he wouldn't have done it otherwise.
Will nodded, slightly relived. He'd known he would be labeled a pirate for commandeering a ship to rescue Elisabeth. He wasn't sorry he'd done it, either. He'd do it again, in fact. But the pardon was a nice touch.
He looked back at the three people behind him. He doubted they would be granted the same privilege. He was right.
The governor looked at the rest of the 'pirates' "You, however, will all hang."
Norrington came up behind the governor "Put them in the hold with the rest of the lot." He paused, looking at Inuyasha. It was fairly obvious that these pirates and the formerly skeletal ones did not get along. They were feuding. "A different cell, mind. And when we get to Port Royal, put them all in separate cells. I don't trust this bunch, not after what the one armed one pulled."
Kagome frowned. "Oh dear…what has Sesshoumaru been up to now?" He hadn't done anything to the crew of the Dauntless or something had he?
"I don't care. I'd like to see they try to hang him, though."" Inuyasha snorted. That would be the day…
Norrington frowned. Some of the more superstitious of his men had been laughing over the pirates new dubbing of the devil as 'Sesshoumaru'. Or nodding their heads in agreement, where they thought they were unseen.
Interesting thought. The man certainly fought like a devil. And the crackling snake of lighting, and the flying was…very odd. He could hardly believe what he'd seen with his own eyes.
Normal people simply did not fly. It was impossible. And they didn't cut down twenty men with one sweep of lightning either, even if the men happened to be skeletons (why were they skeletons? Ye god…)
Maybe the men were right…
Kagome laughed as she thought of the British trying to hang him. It would never happen in a million years. "What about Sango and Miroku? Where are they?" she asked Norrington.
He looked at her coldly, before deciding what answer he'd give. "Flew off with the devil. I don't know where. Hell, for all I know." He stared down his nose at her imposingly.
Kagome stared back at him and then started laughing.
Here they'd been all clever with disguises, and they still ended up found out in a backwards sort of way. With the slight problem that the Christian demons the west believed in and the Japanese version were completely different…
Really. The ideas they came up with, these people! Youkai, demons and the devil were all very different!
Inuyasha looked puzzled. He didn't seem to get the joke at all.
Norington simply looked irritated. He didn't know what she was laughing so hard about, but it probably wasn't to his benefit.
He gestured for a few sailors to take them below, and washed his hands of the matter. He didn't need to think about it till they returned home, did he? So he wasn't going to. The night had been long enough already…
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Sesshoumaru landed on the deck gracefully, clearing his flying cloud away as soon as his feet touched the ground.
Sango and Miroku piled off and grinned at him. "Thank you for helping us get here."
Sesshoumaru wasn't sure if he should be pleased or not. On one hand, they were simply being polite. On the other…they might not be. He wasn't sure what he would do in either case, so he remained silent.
The crew of the interceptor stared at them as though they'd all grown extra heads.
Gibbs scurried over, puffing. He glared at the rest of the crew. "Back ta work, riffraff! Get on with it!"
He turned back towards the three new arrivals and looked hard at them. "Don't see many people fly in." he sighed. "Makes as much sense as undead pirates with curses, I guess. I suppose I should be thankful your on our side." He stared at them carefully. After this little trip, anything was possible. Curses, flying, and god knew what else….
Sango looked around distractedly. "Kagome and Inuyasha aren't here yet, are they? Or Jack?"
Gibbs shook his head. "I'm afraid not. Probably still in that cave, or on the Dauntless by now."
Miroku glared at him accusingly. "You mean you left them behind?"
Gibbs shifted uncomfortably. "Well…yes. Pirates code" he said, as though that explained everything.
Sango and Miroku looked at him. Hard. He seemed to wilt slightly under their accusing stares. "But…we had to get out of there!"
"You could have waited a little longer, or circled back towards the cave, couldn't you? That's the second time you've left Jack behind." Sango said angrily.
She straightened, disgusted. No one left their friends behind. No one. Unless they weren't you're friends.
"Either you turn around, or we go back ourselves. Right Sango?" Miroku said firmly. He glanced over at Sesshoumaru "Right?"
Sesshoumaru declined to comment. He wasn't likely to make a second trip back just to get Inuyasha and his wench. Unless he could take a one way trip home as soon as he got there.
Miroku took his silence as a yes, but turned back to Gibbs instead. Flying around on Sesshoumaru's little cloud was nowhere near as comfortable as flying on Kirara. You couldn't see the empty air you were standing on, for one. And you also didn't have to worry about the person plying you around deciding that he hated humans after all and dropping you a couple hundred feet. Or something equally pleasant.
He would much rather persuade Gibbs to turn around. He leaned forwards with his best bargaining smile on. "See, the thing is, flying around is tiring. And he" Miroku nodded towards the Taiyoukai of the west "Gets irritated when he's tired. You wouldn't want him mad with you, would you? When you could have been cooperative so easily too…" Miroku smiled pleasantly. Sango sighed.
The monk never changed, did he? He would always be the same smooth talking, lecherous…Miroku.
Oh well. She'd forgive him this once, since she had no desire to ask Sesshoumaru to fly them back either.
Gibbs gulped slightly, and looked over at Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru didn't look like he was paying any attention to the conversation at all, but one never knew.
He did not want to get on the fellows bad side. And…he had been feeling guilty over leaving Jack behind. They could have waited just a bit, on the off chance that he survived…maybe.
He straightened up. They would go back. Now. He did not want the flying wonder to get mad at him. Oh no. He'd cooperate. It wouldn't take long, then they could all go home. Maybe with Jack and friends on board. That would be good. Very good.
He put his hands to his mouth and yelled towards Anna Maria at the helm "Turn back! We're going to go get them!"
Slowly, the ship turned around, timbers creaking.
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Sango looked at the heap of gold in the cavern, wrinkling her nose at the smell. They'd so far found two whole pirates, what looked like another two and a half, and Barbossa, shot in the chest.
They had not, however, found any sign of their friends. They must have already left, and, since Gibbs had not been around, been forced to get on the Dauntless.
Miroku twirled his staff, looking at the heap of treasure consideringly.
"You know, now that we're here…" He smiled widely "I don't think anyone would object if we brought a few things back with us. Do you?"
Gibbs smiled. "I don't believe they would. The Pearls sailing on an empty hold. I should know, since they left us down there long enough."
The fife other pirates who'd come ashore in the longboat all grinned identically.
Not only did they have a ship, they now had a loaded ship…
Sango sighed as the pirates raced to load the booty. "None of this is getting us any closer to our friends, Miroku."
Miroku watched the frantic, greedily scurrying around the cave as the pirates stripped the room down to the rocky floor. "Perhaps, but do you think they're going to leave without this? This is what they sail around in those huge ships looking for. I don't think you'd have much luck getting them to move before this cave is empty as it was before Barbossa arrived."
Sango frowned. "Right. They don't need to be taking the cursed gold, do they?"
It was pretty obvious to Miroku that it was the stone chest in the center of the room that was the source of the curse. He frowned as Gibbs headed towards it with tow others "Do they that its that chest that's cursed?"
Sango blinked "Maybe not."
Miroku hurried off to stop them before the whole mess started over again. He'd seal that chest away fro good while he was at it too. He had a few good ofudas tucked away in his robes that would be perfect.
"Gibbs! Not that one! That's the cursed one." Gibbs looked at him questioningly. "How do you know?"
"My good man, I am a monk. I can tell." Miroku whipped out his ofudas. "I'll take care of that chest. Don't take it with us."
Gibbs shrugged. "Fine. Plenty here without that" He didn't know this was the chest. He ought to have guessed, though. All those weird Aztec looking carvings looked like they might be the outside of a cursed chest of coins. No way would that come with them!
He lat it lie, and the new crew of the Pearl kept right on with the important job of stripping the place of everything else valuable.
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Kagome and Inuyasha sat in a tiny cell, facing Jack. The Pearls crew were just down the hold a ways, and they were all terrified of Inuyasha, Jack, Inuyasha, being hung at Port Royal, and Inuyasha.
Kagome stretched as much as the cell would allow, and the looked at the Shikon again. It was hard to believe it was whole, after all their struggling to get it that way.
Of course, now that they'd done what needed doing, there was till the little issue of getting home. She shifted slightly to face Jack. "You know, now that we've put the Jewel together…"
Jack sighed "There goes my lucky crystal…"
Kagome giggled. "Oh, come on. I know they took most of the treasure you had on you, except the coins in your boots…"
Jack smiled. He'd thought that was pretty clever, and the Navy must not had thought to look there once they took back the crown and the rest
"…But they didn't search me. Why don't you have one of these?" Kagome pulled a small box out from her pocket, and showed him the heap of gems. She frowned at them. They might search her pockets, later. She'd have to do what Yuka had done, once to hold onto someone's key. Put inside in her blouse…
Jack smiled "That's very kind of you." He picked out an egg shaped opal, with a hole drilled in one end. It could go where the crystal had been, in his hair…
Kagome put away the box in it's new hiding place. "Now….what I was saying was that we need to get back where we belong."
"How are we supposed to do that, exactly?" Inuyasha asked. He'd been rather curious as to why they had been left here by the well, and how they were supposed to get back.
Kagome shrugged. "I'm not sure. But at the least, going back to Japan is a start. We should be fine after that….I hope."
She didn't want to think they might be stuck here. Not that it wasn't nice, being in the Caribbean, but she'd never be able to see her family again, and they would probably assume the worst. She wouldn't get to see Shippo again, or Kirara, Kouga, all the friends she'd made.
It wasn't quite so bad as long as she had Inuyasha with her, but still…
Jack narrowed his eyes slightly. "I suppose you're suggesting I take you all back to Japan, am I right?"
"Yup"
"No."
Both looked shocked. How couldn't he go to Japan? Inuyasha started cracking his knuckles, and Kagome glared at him, then Jack.
Jack leaned back, well aware of what they were thinking "Once I catch up to my crew, they won't want to go there. They really don't like foreigners there. Beats me what you're doing in the Caribbean, anyways."
He held up another finger as Inuyasha glared, and Kagome's face sank "But! I can take you as far as Singapore. The crew will be fine with that. It's much closer than the Caribbean, at any rate, and I'm sure you can get yourself home from there."
Kagome grinned. "Thanks!" Inuyasha even smiled.
Kagome leaned back on her favorite red cushion, and yawned. "Wake me up when we get there, ok? I'm beat…"
Inuyasha stared at her. How could she go to sleep at a time like this? Really?
Of course….he wasn't objecting, since she was curled up against his side like that. Not that he'd admit it….
Jack yawned too. "You know, that's not a bad idea." He made himself comfortable in his corner of the room, and tried to get to sleep.
Inuyasha glared at him. Why was it his job to stay awake and watch? Stupid Jack…
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A few hours later, Kagome sighed, rubbing at her eyes. That hadn't been anywhere near enough sleep. Inuyasha yawned beside her. He had woken her up, once he smelled land coming up soon. He hadn't liked doing it, but some thing had to be done.
"How long till we land?"
Jack squinted at the pale light showing though the cracks. "We should be there soon. They ought to keep us in the jail tonight before the hanging tomorrow."
Inuyasha fehed. "Like I'd like them do that. We're outta here as soon as they leave us alone. Then we'll get out of here and be halfway home before they know we're gone."
Norrington walked over to their little cell, guards with keys behind him. They all had rope to tie their wrists together as they came out.
Norrington stopped in front of their cell, and smiled at them. "I hope you had a pleasant trip. Let the girl out first."
Kagome walked out, rubbing at her arms. They'd gone to sleep on her. She surveyed the room. "I give this hotel zero out of five stars. You need to work harder on your catering service." She smiled brightly.
Norrington was not amused. "This is a cell, not a hotel." He stared down his nose at her as one of the sailors tied her up before working on Inuyasha and Jacks hands.
All three captives trooped up the stairs and onto the dock, the condemned crew of the Pearl some ways behind.
"Alright. Take him to block 1 cell a, him to block 1 cell e and her to block 3 cell d. The rest go to the large cell on the end."
Inuyasha stared. Were they taking Kagome away from him…? He made as if to take out the guards, face dark with anger. No way was he going to let that happen…
Kagome saw what was happening, and franticly gestured for him to calm down. "Inuyasha! I'll be fine for a few hours by myself. Just don't forget to come and get me, is all!" They'd get out soon enough tonight, when they could get away with a head start. They didn't need to get the whole town chasing them yet again….
Norrington snorted. "Girl, unless he can get though the thickest stone walls in the jail, I doubt he's going anywhere. Don't forget to take their weapons!" He called after the guards as they left for shore
"What! No way! You can't take my sword!"
"Yeah! Besides, look at it! It's a piece of junk! It couldn't cut butter"
"Hey!"
"Inuyasha…"
Norrington sighed and rubbed his temples. He would be glad when these three were hung. They were worth more trouble than the rest put together…
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There. My pathetic attempt at fluffness. I don't write much of that kind of stuff. Hope you enjoyed anyways. Next chapter is nearly done. I'll post it soon. Maybe this weekend. Maybe. When I got time. Should be interesting. Nice and long, just like this ch and the last one.
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Yami Pandora: Glad you think so.
inuzrule: I always remember. I don't think I've forgotten anyone. hope not. By acident, if anything... lol. Happy I could make you laugh THAT hard...hope this ch was as good.
TrisakAminawn: The fly: Product of coevolution with long skinny flowers. Longer flowers favours selection for longer nosed flies, thus in turn favouring selection for longer skinny flowers. Which leads back to longer noses again. Vicious circle resulting in mind boggling creatures...lol. Biology nerd... Anyways...thanks! I know you would make a great beta (check your inbox later. :P) And yes. It wouldn't be quite the same if you left a review minus one thing I could perhaps improve on. 'Cause nothing is ever perfect... Thanks so much!
KhaosFire-Katana: Well...hope this one was as good. thanks!
RubyRoseoftheBlackBlood: Really? Thanks. And I did say I was posting this today, and the next one soon maybe this weekend if I can Thanks!
