(And welcome back again folks, last chapter left you curious and this chapter will conclude the terror that Dustin awoke.)

Last time everyone was excited for the Mahora costume party including Negi and Dustin. After dawning pirate costumes, them and their students headed for the party where all was going well until Dustin's singing somehow stirred up something from the netherworld causing a crew of pirate zombies and their captain to rise up.

The pirate zombies that were risen up started acting like regular pirates and were pillaging the gymnasium scaring all the guests.

"Is this part of the party?" Makie asked confused.

"I think it's safe to say it's not." Madoka replied.

"I don't know about you but I'm getting out of here!" Kakizaki cried as the girls started running.

Dustin and Negi looked around seeing all the panic. Quickly Dustin whistled for Zyphon who slid by.

"Yeah big boss man?" Zyphon still talked in his Elvis voice.

"Zyphon, you lead all the guests out while me, Negi, and our partners deal with these zombies." Dustin ordered.

"On it!" Zyphon started herding the guests out single file while Mana and Kaede helped out.

Soon all the guests were cleared save for Eva, Chachamaru, Rin, Mana, Kaede, Kasuga, Zyphon, and the boys. The pirate captain saw them and eyed the boys dressed as pirated, "Well lookey here swabbies, it seems we got us a bit of competition."

Mana cocked her gun, "Why have you risen up from the afterlife?"

"Well ya see lass, here we were happily enjoying ourselves in death with our rum binge until we heard a voice from up above," the captain began, "A voice that screamed fright and terror."

Dustin looked sheepishly, "That would be me."

"Feeling curious we decided to take a look at what was going on up here and what do ya know a festival!" The captain continued in joy.

"YEAH!" the pirates cheered.

"Well sorry to say this but you've all overstayed your welcome." Dustin warned them.

"What?" they asked.

The captain frown, "Them be pretty big words coming from a little squirt like ye-self."

"Well this little squirt captain is full of surprises." Dustin replied drawing his sword.

"Oh if ye be wantin' a little swordplay then I'll be happy to oblige!" the captain drew his own sword.

"Dustin you're out of your mind, that sword of yours is fake!" Kasuga warned him.

"Not with this it isn't." Dustin answered as he channeled spirit energy to his fake sword as it was covered in a layer of spirit energy.

"Not bad with that spirit energy coating it, it'll feel like a real sword." Mana explained.

"Exactly! Alright mateys let's shiver their timbers!" Dustin talked pirate again as they engaged in battle with the girls who got their pactios ready while Zyphon and Chachamaru awaited commands.

Mana quickly cocked her hand guns shooting zombie after zombie turning them to dust. Kaede jumped into battle using shuriken on them but the arms she ended up cutting off from her weapons didn't even seem to faze them. They just picked up whatever was cut off and reattached it.

"You can't fight zombies in hand to hand combat Nagase!" Eva lectured.

"I guess you're right." Kaede answered sheepishly.

"She's right they'll only regenerate themselves being zombies and all," Rin said pulling out her pactio staff and zapped the zombies with ice magic same for Eva, "Wow Eva that's some good ice spells."

"Even though I don't have my full capabilities with no moon out I still have enough energy to perform basic spells." Eva admitted.

Zyphon was blasting the zombies to pieces with his laser shots figuring if he blasted them repeatedly it would be harder for them to regenerate, "You zombie fellas got me all shook up, uh-huh!"

Eva sighed, "First pirate puns and now Elvis puns?"

"It's in his current programming master." Chachamaru reminded her as she fought some zombies.

Negi and Kasuga were being surrounded as Negi concentrated while uttering an incantation before releasing a magical wave from his body pushing the zombies back, "Thanks Negi, but what about Dustin-kun?"

"Look!" Negi gasped seeing Dustin and the pirate captain zombie like real pirates.

"Ye be a very skilled lad in terms of the sword." The captain zombie said as he fought Dustin.

"So do you, but you're not an average pirate I can tell." Dustin answered.

"What do ya mean?"

"I feel it off you, you're not a normal pirate even for a zombie. Your aura, its spirit energy!" he declared feeling the spirit energy channeled into the zombie's own sword.

"So ye be knowin' about spirit energy do ya?" the captain asked as he tried swiping at Dustin who backed away avoiding a cut.

"That's right because I'm a spirit warrior a true defender and preserver of the balance in the world." Dustin declared as he fought back with their swords clashing.

"Ah yes I can feel the energy flowin' off ya boy!"

"Then you know the level of my energy!" Dustin called launching himself at the pirate swiping his sword cutting the zombies head off.

The head rolled across the floor groaning, "I hate it when people do this! Hey you over here!" he called to his body that was looking for its head.

"Oh no ya don't!" Dustin tried to go after the headless body but the zombie pirates were blocking his path so their captain could reclaim his head,

The body finally picked its head up and put it back on, "Alright ya scurvy dog, it'd be time for you and your crew to walk the plank!"

"One problem, there is no plank!" Dustin shot as he attacked back firing a spirit gun from his left hand's index finger putting a hole in the pirate's shoulder.

Negi and Rin were starting to run out of energy as they were constantly using their magic to defend themselves while Mana was almost out of bullets, "I'm almost out of ammo, and these zombies aren't letting up."

"What else can we do?" Kaede asked as a pirate sword nailed the wall closest to them putting shocked expressions on their faces.

Dustin and the captain's sword fight had led them to the center of the gym and in the end both ended up disarming each other leaving them weaponless, "Ye be good with the sword boy, nobody's ever come this close to matching against Captain Zola Bowers; the pirate nicknamed Buccaneer Diablo!"

Suddenly Dustin and his allies froze, "Could repeat that name?"

"Of course I be Captain Zola Bowers, but to the land lovers and all pirates throughout the seas I was known s Buccaneer Diablo! Why do ye ask boy?"

"Because Captain, I'm your descendant!"

"Descendant?" The captain gasped along with his zombie crew.

"Yes, my name is Dustin Bowers. I've read through your history in the historical spirit warrior archives. Not only were you a crafty pirate, but you were also a very skillful spirit warrior as well."

"Does the boy speak the truth?" a zombie pirate asked some of the others.

"It can't be." Another replied.

Dustin looked at the captain, "Look me in the eyes and feel my spirit energy aura you'll know the truth."

"Captain you shouldn't let this boy distract you!" a mate warned his captain but was interrupted.

"Silence ya swab! All crew stand down!" he ordered as the zombies lowered their weapons, "We'll be seein' if ya be telling the truth boy." He looked Dustin in the eyes deeply as if peeling back his very aura to see deep down if he was telling the truth.

"Shouldn't we do something?" Kasuga asked her fellow classmates.

"Unless you want to dishonor the captain by attacking his men who he ordered to stand down I suggest you do nothing." Eva warned her.

"I hope Dustin knows what he's doing." Negi feared for him.

"So do I." Domino agreed.

The captain continued gazing deeply into Dustin's eyes before backing up as if reaching a decision, "Well captain?" one matey asked.

Dustin awaited half expecting the worse until the zombie captain let out a laugh, "Well I'll be blown, the little lad and I are blood!"

"Huh?" they asked.

"You mean it captain?" a zombie asked.

"I do, I can feel it in his spiritual aura, we are of the same blood," Their captain chuckled while putting an arm around Dustin, "I see the Bowers bloodline has produced very skilled fighters since my time."

"I learned my abilities from my old man, and him to his, going back to the beginning." Dustin explained.

"And ya obviously learned well lad," The captain re-sheathed his sword, "I apologize for me and my crews behavior, could ya find it in yer heart to fergive an old dead pirate fer harming his own blood?" he extended his hand.

Dustin looked at the captain seeing he really meant it and smile, "Of course I can captain." They shook on it while Dustin ignored the weird and disgusting feeling from shaking the zombie's boney and rotting hand.

The zombie mates gathered around their captain and his descendant showing their respects and apologies for their actions as well as to Dustin's comrades.

"Well that went well." Kasuga sighed in relief.

"So now that everything's cleared up what're we going to tell everyone?" Kaede asked.

Captain Zola smirked, "Dontcha be worrying lass, we got this covered."

Soon enough all the guests were brought back in and surrounded the captain, Dustin, and the mates, "Do ya see this was all part of the party, just a chance to give everyone a little scare and all." Dustin explained.

"Yarr sorry if we came on a little too strong, but it was part of our character." The captain explained.

"Well that was very scary." Ako admitted.

"But it was fun being scared." Yuna added with enthusiasm.

"Speak for yourself." Asuna said still looking a bit terrified.

"Come on Asuna it was fun." Konoka said.

"So how about it, let's go back to enjoying our party with our special guests?" Dustin asked.

"YEAH!" the students cheered while Mana and Kaede smirked feeling relieved the girls bought the whole thing.

Soon enough the party was back on track with everyone dancing and some of the girls were dancing with the pirate mates complimenting on how their outfits and forms looked so life like while the pirates remembered to keep it on the down-low about being real.

"Everything's back to normal." Negi smiled.

"As normal as things get." Kaede said seeing Captain Zola dancing with Asuna while the bells girl tried to get away.

"I know." Negi chuckled until Kaede stood before him, "Come on Negi, let's go dance."

"Of course." Negi accepted as the two went to the dance floor and danced.

Over by the buffet table Dustin was enjoying some refreshments until Mana came over, "I got to hand it to ya Dustin you really pulled it off." Mana admitted.

"It's what I do Mana." Dustin reminded her while sipping from a cup of punch. He suddenly felt her arms on his shoulders.

"Well come on captain, you owe me a dance."

Dustin smirked, "Delighted lass." He spoke in his pirate voice as the two went to dance.

Soon enough it was the last song that Dustin, Negi, Captain Zola, and his crew sang jolly about how a pirate's life is for them, while the pirates held bottles of rum, and Negi and Dustin held cups of punch while standing arms on each others shoulders.

The pirates poured their rum down their mouths with everything they drank leaked out of their skeletal stomachs.

"Wow that is some special affect." Kazumi was amazed.

"Yeah it is." Sayo replied with a nervous chuckle knowing they're real.

Negi and Dustin cling their cups together before downing their punch like pirates before two of the pirates refilled their cups.

The pirates raised their glasses and bottles while the girls raised their fists up as if toasting as well.

The pirates and the two boys struck a pose and everyone at the party cheered for the entertainment as Zola spoke into the mic, "Thank ye Mahora girls!"

Later as everyone had headed back to the dorm Negi, Dustin, and their allies stood outside the gymnasium with Zola and his pirate crew, "Well captain guess it's time for you to be heading back to the afterlife." Mana said.

"Aye that we must Miss Tatsumiya, but before me and my crew depart I have a favor to ask of ye." The captain replied.

"And what's that?" she asked.

"Be lookin' after my little descendant there would ye?"

Mana and Dustin blushed as the girl answered, "Anything you say captain." She smiled.

"Thank ye, and to you Dustin I have something I think you should have." He tossed him something.

Dustin opened it up revealing a compass, "A compass?"

"Aye that compass has saved my life more than you'll ever know, and who knows it'll probably one day save yers as well!" he chuckled.

"Thanks Captain!" Dustin saluted his ancestor as he did back.

"This century be in good hands with you and her mate Negi running things, we be lookin out for you form the great beyond!" The captain announced as he and his mates turned to dust.

"They're gone." Kasuga gasped.

"Just like that." Rin added.

Dustin chuckled before turning to everyone, "Well this has been quite an evening, arr. I guess this story do have a happy ending after all mateys. Let's be shoving off fer home now!"

"WILL YOU QUIT WITH THE PIRATE TALK!" Eva screamed having enough for one night while everyone laughed.

(And that's the chapter, surprise-surprise the pirate Dustin mentioned he was related to last chapter was the one he unintentionally awoke. And in the end everything turned out well. Catch you all next time.)