In Which Sora Defeats Jack
Another long chapter everyone! I know everyone's wondering how does Sora get his 'blade back from Jack?! Well, I've finally provided the answer. Enjoy!
"What kind of plan is that?" Sora asked. He still was a little distracted by Kairi's condition. That and the fact that she considered herself an able bodied member of the Keyblade Master's Club. And she had fought off that water wielding member of Organization XIII. Oh, when he got his Keyblade back, they were going to pay…
Riku knocked on Sora's head. "Hey! Sora, wake up. I'm trying to tell you a way to get your Keyblade back! You're thinking about Organization XIII, aren't you?"
"Well…no…yeah…maybe a little" Sora said.
Riku growled. "Sora, will you just forget about those heartless losers for just a few minutes! Once you get the Keyblade back, you can plot revenge all you want."
"All right" Sora said. "What's the plan?"
Riku smiled. "Okay. This is it. Currently Jack and his crew are in a pitched battle, the Black Pearl vs. the Flying Dutchman. It's like a fairytale come true."
"Right" said Sora. "How does that help us?"
"Jack will be distracted by that. I don't know everything about taking a Keyblade back, but when I…when I took your Keyblade at Hollow Bastion, I was relaxed and confident in my abilities. Jack may be frazzled with cannon fire and battles, and a giant whirlpool about to suck them to the bottom of the ocean."
"A giant whirlpool?" gasped Goofy.
"Yeah, we don't have a lot of time. And the East India Trading Company is waiting to back up the Flying Dutchman if it should get in trouble."
"Then let's go" said Donald. "We have to save the Keyblade."
"And Jack" said Sora. "Don't forget him."
Riku looked at Sora, whose face was still red from his anger, his black clothes and spiky hair soaking from the rain that lashed the Gummi ship's sides. "How…" he started and then stopped.
"How what Riku?" Sora asked.
"Never mind" his best friend sighed. He had been about to ask Sora why do you care for people who've wronged you so much? Is this your definition of friendship?
Kairi walked back into the control room. "Are we ready for take off?" she asked.
"Yep!" said Goofy. "We've gotta find the Black Pearl and Jack before it goes under."
"If we don't the Keyblade will be lost forever" Donald added.
"Just leave it to me" Kairi said. "While you guys were getting ready to go to Radiant Garden, I was getting Gummi driving lessons from Chip and Dale. I've even surpassed them!"
"Oh, noooooo" Riku moaned. He strapped himself in with a seatbelt and covered his face with his hands. The Gummi ship rose off the sandbar and into the air.
"What's wrong Riku?" asked Sora. "From the way you were going on, I was expecting more of a jolt---" the ship suddenly lurched forward at about 200 miles per hour. At 5 Gs, Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Riku tried their best not to black out. The ship went flying across the ocean. The small islands and ports went by too fast for the instruments and radar to pick them up.
"S-s-s-s-slow down Kairi!!!" Donald shrieked. The duck was gripping the armrests for dear life.
"We can't slow down now!" Kairi said. She didn't seem affected at all by the insane speeds at which they were traveling.
"D-d-did she h-h-have a lot of c-c-c-coffee, o-o-o-or what?" Sora shuddered as the ship went even faster.
"G-g-gwarsh, th-this i-is even f-f-faster than D-Donald!" Goofy sputtered.
Suddenly, the ship lurched to a halt, sending everyone flying forward in their seats.
Kairi left the ship parked in mid air and unbuckled herself. Her face was a terrible pale shade.
"Are you alright, Kairi?" Sora asked, getting out of his seat.
"I feel bad" said Kairi.
Sora put his arm around her. "I guess you should. I mean, you could have killed us all!" he ruffled her hair and smiled at her. "But don't worry, I forgive you."
Kairi shook her head, her face going even whiter. "No, I feel really bad" she choked. Before Sora could wonder what in the worlds she was talking about, Kairi explained---by throwing up all over the front of his shirt.
"Ewwwwwwww!" Sora cried. But, the others noticed that he didn't push her away.
"Now I feel a bit better" Kairi said a bit uncertainly. Then she noticed what she had done. "Oh my God, Sora I'm so sorry!"
"It's alright" Sora said, sitting back down. "If I get into a particularly nasty fight, I can just use this to scare my enemy away!"
There was a shared laugh between the friends. Everyone felt a bit more relaxed---which then changed to panic as Kairi once more took the controls. The ship continued its mad pace. Once again they all tried not to pass out. Donald and Goofy managed somehow, Riku passed out, and Sora found himself in and out of consciousness as time went on. When they stopped Sora was so grateful, he almost kissed the floor.
"We're here" Kairi said. She activated one of the controls and a picture popped up on the screen. It showed a ship---the Black Pearl. Attacking it was something that looked like a ship risen from a watery Hell. Which it probably had. The Flying Dutchman was there in all its evil glory. Manlike creatures were swarming on the decks of both the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman. They looked like half fish and half human. Sora, Riku, and Kairi knew from the stories on the Destiny Islands that these were the damned crew of the Dutchman. A different sort of damned fought alongside them. The Heartless were everywhere as well. Jack's crew was besieged by a mixture of Heartless, Fish-Men, and soldiers. It was an interesting battle from in the air.
"Now I know" Sora said.
"Know what?" asked Goofy.
"Now I know why Jack wanted the Keyblade so badly. He wanted it so that he could fight them off" he said, gesturing to the Fish-Men and Heartless.
"The Keyblades are holy weapons" said Donald. "I guess I could work on those things."
Kairi summoned Welcoming Garden, and Riku summoned Way To Dawn. "Well, what are we waiting for then?" Kairi asked. She pointed. Both ships were caught in the clutches of a terrific whirlpool. Both danced a delicate dance of death, firing their cannons at one another and breaking off chunks of the ship.
"There should still be a Gummi Port at the Stateroom of the Black Pearl" said Sora. "Let's go!"
Elizabeth Swann kicked a Fish-Man over the side of the ship with a scream. She cut another Armored Knight Heartless' legs out from under it with her sword. Where was Will, she wondered. He must be in another section of the ship she thought. The Pirate King swung around and cut down a soldier who was sneaking up behind her with a sword. Suddenly a crash behind her made her whirl around. She turned to see a boy with black clothes and spiky brown hair make his way out of the Stateroom. He was holding a large golden sword. With him were a duck and a dog thing and two other kids.
Elizabeth smashed a Fish-Man with the hilt of her sword. "Sora?!" she gasped. "Is that you?!"
"Yeah, it's me!" Sora said.
"Sora! Behind you!" said Kairi. She smashed a Trading Company soldier over the head with Welcoming Garden. He fell over the side of the ship into the whirlpool with a scream. Sora was happy that Kairi hadn't seen what had happened to her target. She thought he had simply fallen to the floor.
"What happened to you?" Sora asked. Elizabeth Swann looked very different from the woman he had seen a year ago when he had come to this world. She was dressed much differently, and she used a sword with obvious skill. Her face also looked like it had aged, and she had been through much hardship.
"Not the right time, Sora" she said, hacking at the enemies that attacked from all sides. "I'll tell you later!"
Riku launched a barrage of blue fireballs into a group of Fish-Men. The monsters howled as they were thrown backwards.
"Thanks lad!" said Gibbs to Riku, "I don't know who you are, but you're welcome anytime if you're a friend!" he swung an ax and cleaved off a Neo-Shadow's head. Kairi swung Welcoming Garden like a madwoman. She knocked down friends and enemies alike in her haste to kill the enemy.
Sora winced. We've got to work on her skills he thought. A soldier was going to get him, when he was struck by lightning from Donald. Sore flashed his friend the thumbs up sign and Donald returned it.
Goofy hurled his shield, knocking invaders off the ropes that they were using to get across to the ships.
Sora looked up to see a Fish-Man bearing down on him with a large ax. The being's hideous face was twisted in a parody of a smile, revealing rows of ragged teeth. Sora blocked the ax with Excalibur and swung out, cutting off the monster's arm.
"Arrrr….arrrrggggh!" the Fish-Man cried in agony. Sora quickly removed his head. He cut a swath through the enemies, Heartless, Fish-Man, and human.
Suddenly Sora saw a familiar figure fighting ahead of him. He was locked in combat with a group of soldiers. The man fighting the soldiers was…using…his Keyblade! Sora ran ahead and slashed them down in a spray of blood. "JACK SPARROW!!!!" Sora raged. He stood looking at the pirate who had been fighting those soldiers with the stolen weapon. Jack had the Keyblade in its Follow The Wind form and he had let it get rusty, and its handle was covered with blood.
"Sora?" Jack asked, and for a moment he was completely speechless. The battle raged on around them, yet they didn't pay any attention. The two, the pirate captain and the Keyblade Master, could have been the only ones on the whole ship. "Nice to see you alive" Jack tried, but Sora's glare cut him off.
"Give me back my Keyblade!"
Jack shrugged. "'Fraid I can't do that, just yet Sora." He hacked down a Heartless that was about to sink its claws into his leg. "This thing works miracles on the Heartless."
Sora pointed Excalibur at Jack's chest. All thoughts of not killing the pirate were gone now that he was face to face with the one who had stolen his weapon, and marooned him and his friends on a desert island. "Give it back, or I'll kill you!" Sora snarled. He settled into his attacking position. "Then I'll take it from you" Sora said. "I'll make sure you don't become the Keyblade Master. You don't deserve it!"
"Perhaps I don't" Jack said. "But you lost it fair and square Sora."
"Shut up!" Sora said and attacked, hacking at Jack's defenses. The pirate parried all of his furious blows. "I don't care what I lost" Sora said. "I'll get it back!"
Jack kicked Sora in the stomach. "There's no point" he said. "I need the Keyblade to stop Davy Jones. Sorry Sora, but that's more important than what you need it for."
"NO IT'S NOT!" Sora screamed. He swung Excalibur at Jack, hoping to cut off the pirate's arm like he had done earlier. Jack dodged, and Sora's blow buried itself in the back of a Fish-Man. The Keyblade Master snarled and swung at Jack again. Jack threw a bomb at Sora. It exploded near him and sent smoke and fires everywhere.
"I can't see" Sora muttered. Jack came out of the smoke and hit Sora in the side. "Ahhh!"
"And that's that" said Jack as he readied another blow. "I---umph!" he was hit in rapid succession by Goofy's shield and Riku's dark fireballs.
"You can't get the Keyblade back without friends" said Riku.
"Let's take him" said Goofy. "Cause we're Sora's friends and we'll stand by him, no matter what!"
Jack held up his hands. "Give me a break now. I need---" suddenly the Keyblade disappeared from Jack's hands and into Sora's.
"Yes!!!" Sora said as he brandished the Kingdom Key over his head. It was clear and free of rust. "It's mine!" Sora stroked the long, key shaped blade. "Don't ever leave me again" he said. Then he faced Jack. "Now you're going to pay for what you've done!"
Jack backed up. "I give up" he said. "Guess the Keyblade's not mine after all."
"What do you say?" said Riku to Sora and Goofy. "Should we beat him up a little?"
Their looks were all the answers the silver haired boy needed. He summoned Way To Dawn. "Looks like you're in for a world of hurt, Captain Sparrow."
Suddenly the whole ship lurched to one side, spilling cargo, cannons, and screaming people as it was fell. The smell of burning wood filled the air as a volley of cannonballs ripped into the stern of the ship. Giant splinters flew everywhere. Goofy held up his shield and Riku made one from dark energy. Sora used Protect.
"We've got the Keyblade; now let's get out of here!" Riku said.
"Right!" said Sora. He started to run, but then he made the mistake of turning around. In a way it was the same mistake that Riku had made when he looked Tine the eyes. He saw Jack sitting there, slumped and defeated. Waiting for Davy Jones to kill all of his crew members…and take him for his 100 years of service. Sora sighed heavily.
"Riku" he said. "Go get Donald and Kairi. Tell them to get over here. We still have a battle to fight."
Sorry that it wasn't more elaborate about the fighting. I didn't want there to too many spoilers for those who haven't seen the many spoilers for people who haven 't seen Pirates: at World's End.