I was planning on posting this story later, but I really liked it, so I'm posting it now. Also, our favorite puff-ball Kirby is appearing in the next chapter.

Okay, I don't own the characters of TNBC and etc. I only own my OC's/the plot line.

Chapter 8: Seeing you off

"You #$%&*!" Torako shouted, as Sally and Jack entered the inside the ship (It had a small circular shape and was extremely huge on the inside, it looked like the inside of a house, due to Sally and Torako's magic). It wasn't long before she noticed the missing wings and extra bruises on her sister.

Jack had a worried look on his face. "Why is she yelling at me?" He thought.

"What the heck did you do to my sister!" She shouted once more.

Jack nervously peered at Sally who was holding several pieces of glass and looking just as guilty.

Jack took a piece of glass from Sally and began to twirl it about in his fingers. "Um…well you see… there was this tree….and we fell…and…um…"

Torako sneered, "Tree huh? What were you doing is this tree? I bet you were trying to make a move on my sister weren't you!"

Jack was completely shocked; never in his life would he be disrespectful to woman. "I didn't do anything!" He countered.

Sally leaned close to him, with cheeks bright red and whispered "Well… you d-did… hug me…"

The Mayor was resting in a room nearby when he overheard the conversation. "Ha, ha! Jack and Sally sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes-"

"QUIET!" Torako shouted, "If you don't hurry up and rest, I will come in there with a frying pan and PUT YOU IN A COMA!"

"Your sister would make a terrible nurse." Jack whispered to Sally.

"I know, that's why I try not to get sick around her." Then Sally remembered something. "Hey sis, there's something I need to tell you!"

Torako came out from the kitchen with a frying pan in her hands when she heard her name being called. For the mass majority of the time Torako was usually in a bad mood, but she always seemed to be nice to Sally no matter what mood she was in. Such as now. "What is it sis?" She asked sweetly.

Sally was smiling, extremely excited about what she was going to say. "Guess what Torako? Jack says he's going to travel with us and help me find my memories!" At this point her seams were ready to burst.

However, Jack wasn't as happy, not because he didn't want to help, but because Torako still had a frying pan in her hands, and it looked like she was getting ready to hit him.

"You wanna join us, bonehead?" She said sinisterly, "Well…get ready for the initiation!" And with those words, Torako proceeded to chase Jack around the ship (or house, whatever) while constantly swinging the frying pan at him.

While Jack was running he noticed Sally's cheerful expression. "What kind of initiation is this!" Jack shouted, still puzzled as to why Sally was smiling.

"Well as long as you don't die within an hour's time, you can join us!" Sally cheerfully chirped.

"And your smiling because!"

"Because I know you'll make it!"

Jack felt warm and happy inside, it was new feeling to him and he loved it. "Aw, thanks Sally- *CLANG* OW! Torako, why!"

"Move it!" Torako shouted, getting ready to hit him on the head a second time.

"Hey," The Mayor said as he was emerging from his room. "I want to join you too-*CLANG* I guess that means 'yes.' "

…

The next morning Jack woke up on the floor with a huge bruise on the back of head that read "Burton's Frying Pan Co." That same bruise was on the Mayor and even Sally (But that's what happens when you try to intervene).

Jack slowly stood up and tip-toed out the ship, making sure not to wake anyone up but stopped just as he had made out of the door when a voice called out to him from behind.

"Where are you going?" The voice asked.

Jack turned around and noticed Sally, waking up from the frying pan fiasco and mumbling something that sounded like "I wish I saw that frying pan coming."

Jack had to keep hard from laughing, which is hard when you're looking at who has frying pan brand on their arm and wooden floor grooves on their face.

"Don't laugh," Sally said playfully, "you look just as ridiculous!"

"I guess I do. But don't worry; I'm just going to get a few things from my house."

Sally stood up and walked over to Jack. "Can I come with you?" She asked.

…..

After waiting a few moments for Sally to change into something less witch-like, Jack decided to wait outside of the ship and see what sort of things lived in the forest. But he couldn't believe what he saw! All of the strange creatures that followed Jack since childhood were there, and so were all of the escaped prisoners. Amongst that crowd was Zero, shaking his tail excitedly.

"Zero!" Jack shouted. The giddy ghost dog barked cheerfully and rushed towards his owner, covering his face in dog kisses.

"All right, all right. Calm down boy!"

"What's going on?" Sally said, emerging from the ship.

Bonejangles stepped forward and said, "We're 'ere to see Jack off!"

Jack rose from his Zero's slightly insane embrace. "You knew I was leaving?"

"Of course!" One of the sprits said, "We all knew Jack!"

Then one of the spirits floated over to Jack and handed him an orange bag with a pumpkin face on it. "I think you'll want these." The spirit said.

Jack took the bag and looked inside it. It had all of his astronomy equipment inside, as well as something some of his clothes and something green and slimy. Jack touched the slimy object and it immediately coiled around his arm like it was alive.

"What is this?" Jack asked.

"It's called a soul robber!" The spirit beamed, "It's a powerful weapon that can only be found in the spirit world!"

"Mm, looks more like flubber to me."

Jack looked behind him and noticed Torako and the Mayor exiting the ship.

"It's the spirit says it's a soul robber than it's a soul robber!" Jack protested.

"No, it's flubber. Definitely flubber." Torako replied (hoping it annoyed Jack).

If Jack had eyes, he would have rolled them. Then he shifted his attention back to the crowd, "Anyways, thank you so much for all of this! I'm really glad you came to see me off."

"No Jack," The spirits said, "We should be thanking you. You were the only one who understood us and the only one who defended us. We're all going to miss you."

Jack smiled and held the bag close to his chest. "I'm going to miss you guys too!"

…

It was nighttime and Jack was settling into his new room. The ship had already departed and was high up in the night sky. Torako was on the top of the ship surveying the area making sure no one would try to shoot them down. However, a spell was place on the ship's controls, that way they would only go where they fate took them, but not even Torako knew where the ship was headed.

But it was worth it. Jack had a nice room, he had his own bathroom, a large window, a chest drawer, a mirror, a bookshelf, a lamp and it was next door to Sally's room.

After finally getting dressed into his pajamas Jack went over to window and looked outside. It was amazing; he had never been so close to the sky before. He saw birds fly past him and an entire world was below him. At some point, the ship went through a cloud and everything went dark. It didn't affect Jack though because he could see through the darkness very well, however it did surprise him a bit since it happened so suddenly.

"Whoa." He exclaimed.

"Don't worry, it shouldn't last long." Sally said.

Jack could see her a little bit in the darkness, but it was still difficult. He could see her face illuminated by the small flickering candle she was holding and he could also see her white, short-sleeved night gown which was very simple.

"Don't worry about me," Jack said, "I can see very well in the dark."

Sally set the candle down on the chest drawer and walked over to the window where Jack was.

"It's nice to have room that's in the sky, isn't it?" Sally said.

"Yes… I'm glad I made this decision."

For a while there was some silence, as the two of them stared at the dark cloud out the window. When the ship made it out of the cloud Sally broke the silence.

"I've been meaning to ask you something, Jack."

Jack looked at Sally and smiled. "What is it?"

"Why do you wear that mask? Did something happen to you?"

Jack's smile faded and he placed his bony fingers on the window. "When I was little, I got a cut on my cheekbone. It stung awfully and didn't go away for weeks. That was when a spirit that I had made friends with treated and healed it. When my parents noticed the cut was gone, they asked me what happened I told them that 'Mr. Johnson put some medicine on it.' Of course they thought I was crazy, especially since Mr. Johnson had been dead for years, but I insisted on the fact that I saw him. It was then and there that my parents knew of my ability to talk to spirits and branded me as cursed. So in order to get rid of the medicine inside me….. My parents burned a part of my face."

"Jack….I'm sorry…" Sally whispered.

Jack put his arm around her. "It's okay; at least one good thing came out of it."

Then he fixed his gaze on Sally and whispered "At least I got to meet you."

They stared into each other's eyes for a few moments and began to lean in for a kiss, and when they were centimeters apart a big "awww" came from behind them.

"That's so sweet." The Mayor said. Then he began to usher a "go on, go on" movement.

"MAYOR!" Jack shouted.

The Mayor's face changed to worry. "Remember that frying pan?" Jack said.

"Err…I can see you're busy, so I'll just go…."

And with that the Mayor dashed away with Jack chasing after him.

Sally placed her hand on her forehead and sighed.

"I have a feeling this is going to be a wild adventure."

Okay, here's a preview for the next chapter (I'm feeling generous today).

The Mayor excitedly grabbed his hat and peered at the wealth inside. It was more than they expected, much more. Inside, the hat was filled to the brim with souls (little gold coins used for currency, not the spiritual drive of a living being). But there was one extra thing inside that was very strange.

It was a small, gray, round creature with oval eyes, little stubs for hands and a ghostly tail. It greeted the four with a happy noise that sounded like "Poyo!"

Torako extended one of her claws and poked the little creature, causing it to giggle a bit. "What the heck is it?" Torako said.

Sally peered into the hat and said, "Whatever it is, it is sure is ghoulishly cute!"

Then Jack took a look at it. "It looks like a character from a video game that a lot of children in my hometown play. What was it called again? Kirby?"

"No way!" Torako shouted. "It's obviously a poke-ball from Pokémon! Here, I'll prove it by throwing it at the Mayor!"

"How's that going to prove anything!" The Mayor hysterically shouted.