Chapter 2: A Pirate's Life for Me

Port Royale was nearing and everyone was on deck.  Will was tying off the mast aided by Jacklyn.  Inuyasha and Kagome stood, hand in hand, looking out at the ocean.  Jack decided that it was time to address certain issues.

"Before we dock, both Inuyasha and Kagome are going to have to change. Inuyasha, down in my cabin, there are a coat and hat that have not been worn. They are cleaner than mine, so you will not need to worry about looking like a pirate, savvy? Go put them on, mate. Kagome, love, there is a corset and an ocean blue dress down in the storage hold. Go put them on." Both Kagome and Inuyasha went below deck to change, and Jack walked to the helm. He steered the Pearl into a cove by Will and Elizabeth's house, where no navy ships docked. It was early enough in the morning to walk throughout the streets of Port Royale without being seen. They docked and left the ship. Will and Jacklyn said they good-byes and went up to their house.

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Jack quietly escorted Inuyasha and Kagome to Will's blacksmith shop.

"Come here, mate," Jack whispered to Inuyasha. "Put the top of the necklace here. It's going to start moving and will snap it off." Inuyasha placed a part of the necklace on a wooden gear. Jack walked over to the fireplace and took out a hot iron. He walked over to a harnessed donkey and set the hot iron on its backside. Smoke went in the air as the donkey started to walk forward briskly. The gears moved, and in an instant, the necklace broke in half. But then something happened that neither Jack nor Inuyasha expected. Half of the necklace reattached itself around Inuyasha neck, just as long as it was before. The other half wound itself around Jack's neck, the same size of the other.

They both looked at each other then wearily looked at Kagome. She was smiling. "Sit!" Kagome yelled, and both Jack and Inuyasha flung at the floor. She laughed and helped Jack then Inuyasha up.

"What just happened, love?" Jack asked, fingering the beads and rubbing his side.

"I remembered something Kaede said," Kagome answered.

"Go on."

"Well, she said that if any human male were to put this on, any woman would be able to make him submit. So, when any woman says--you know--to you, Captain Sparrow, you will."

"Oh, that makes me feel all warm inside, lass."

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On the Pearl

Jack was pulling out to sea, on his way to take Kagome and Inuyasha home. His mind was racing. This is what I get! I help save Kagome, Sango, Will, Jacklyn, and Inuyasha's entire world. And this is what I get, a bloody curse. I don't deserve this! And what's worse, whenever I go to Tortuga, they're going to ask me to "sit" down. I'll make a complete fool of myself! I could always make an excuse, say that I am extremely drunk, but that would look bad. Dammit! I need to calm down. Breathe, Jack, just breathe. I know. I'm gonna go to Tortuga anyway and buy rum. Lots and lots of rum. But now I need something else to calm me down... I'll sing! So, with the sun hidden in the orange clouds behind him, he sang, "Ya dud du du dud du du dud du du du; and really bad eggs; drink up me hearties yo-ho!"

I would really like to thank everybody who reviewed.  This was a fun story to write and tear tear it's over.  But wait, there will be a sequel.  Yippee! 

Stay tuned for Pirates of the Caribbean meets Inuyasha: In Bermuda?