Disclaimer: I don't own Pirates of the Caribbean...ouch…that was painful to say…

Ahoy, mateys! Behold what I have for ye: another story =) In all honesty, it was kinda spur of the moment and was meant to be a one-shot but I realized as I was writing it that it could go so many fun places that I will continue it for a few chapters. Since it's me, you should expect it to another sort of flu-fic…which, of course, it is. But it's different from A Whole New Horizon. This one is more humour than anything else. So pleasae enjoy =)

Captain Jack Sparrow walked across the deck of the Black Pearl, clutching a bottle of rum in one hand, the other hand reaching down the back of his shirt to scratch his back. After relieving himself of the pesky itch, he continued to stride towards the bridge of his ship. Pausing to stop once again to scratch, this time behind his left knee, before climbing the stairs he took his place behind the wheel. He gave a contented sigh as he took a swish of rum and looked out at the sea. Jack flipped open his trusty compass, hoping it would point him in the direction of his next adventure. While waiting for it to settle, an itch so strong came upon him. It was in the worst place of all, where Jack couldn't reach; between his shoulder blades. Jack looked around for something he could use to scratch the itch, saw nothing of usefulness and tried rolling his shoulders. Having thought he had cured it when the urgency subsided, he looked back at his compass, only to have it return with an even stronger vengeance. Jack tried rolling his shoulders again but with no success.

"Aiii." Jack's mouth opened and made a sound that wasn't really a word but expressed the strength of the itch to a T. Seeing no other choice, Jack turned around and rubbed up against the wheel of the Black Pearl and heaved another sigh as the itch was finally satisfied.

Across the deck, Ragetti and Pintel were watching their Captain.

"What's ye doing?" Pintel asked.

"Maybe ye wants to steer us blindfolded." Ragetti offered a suggestion as to the Captain's behaviour.

"Then why wouldn't ye just put a blindfold on?" Pintel wondered.

"I dunno."

The two of them continued to watch Jack. Will walked up to them a few moments later, wondering what they were staring at. He followed their gaze to Jack, who was know using his bottle of rum to rub against his lower back.

"What's wrong with Jack?" he asked them.

"Dunno." Pintel shook his head.

"Acting awfully strange if you ask me." Ragetti told Will. Will didn't say anything but strode up to Jack.

"Jack, what are you doing?" he asked.

"What do you mean what am I doing? I'm sailing my ship, of course."

"But you keep…" Will's voice trailed off as he tried to find the right words to describe it.

"What? I keep doing what?" Jack looked down at his compass as he flipped it open again.

"You keep scratching." Will finally found the word he was looking for. Jack snapped his compass closed.

"I am not. That's…dancing."

"Dancing?" Will repeated.

"Aye. Very popular with the ladies." Jack bit his lip in attempt to fight off another itch that insisted on being scratched.

"Aye." Will's voice held more than a note of doubt.

"Don't you have somewhere to do and something to be?" Jack asked, mixing up his words in the way that only Jack Sparrow can. Will didn't say anything but left the bridge of the ship and descended the steps. At the bottom, he turned to see Jack desperately scratching behind his ear. Will set off in search of Elizabeth.

Elizabeth was sitting below deck, darning a hole in one of her shirts.

"Elizabeth!" Will came towards her. Elizabeth jumped at his call and stabbed herself with her needle.

"Ow!" she exclaimed, sucking on her bleeding finger.

"Something's wrong with Jack. He's acting strange." Will pulled up a stool next to Elizabeth's.

"Don't you mean stranger?" she said, pulling her finger out of her mouth. When Will didn't crack a smile, she realized that he was genuinely concerned.

"Strange how?" she asked.

"Come with me." Will pulled Elizabeth. Happy to leave her holey shirt behind, Elizabeth followed Will above deck, into the bright sunshine.

"Look." Will pointed at Jack. Elizabeth squinted to see Jack. This time, Jack was hopping around the bridge on one foot, trying to pull off one of his boots.

"What's he doing?" she asked, still watching Jack.

"Depends on who you ask." Will responded. "I say he's scratching but Jack says he's dancing."

"Dancing?" Elizabeth turned away from Jack to face Will.

"Aye. Dancing."

"We'll just see about that." Elizabeth ran across the Pearl and took the stairs two at a time.

"Jack!" she exclaimed. Jack froze in his position, which was standing on one foot, one boot off. He then straightened up.

"Darling, what brings you up to see Ol' Jack?" Jack looked past Elizabeth to see Will climbing the stairs.

"Did young Mr. Turner tell you that I was dancing and you just had to see if for ye self?"

"Jack, you're scratching." Elizabeth said.

"What? I am not." Jack bit the inside of his cheek to stop himself from finally being able to scratch his foot. Elizabeth held his stair for such a long time that Jack finally broke down and scratched his foot.

"Fine, I'm scratching. I'm itchy." Jack said, straightening up again. Elizabeth looked at Jack's foot where he had just scratched and saw a small red spot.

"Oh no." she said under her breath, praying that Jack didn't have what she thought he did.

"What?" Jack asked.

"Jack, let me see your arm." Elizabeth said.

"Me arm?" Jack held up his arm.

"Yes, your arm." Elizabeth yanked up his sleeve, confirming what she had thought. She dropped his arm, which Jack unconsciously scratched.

"What's wrong, Elizabeth?" Will asked.

"I'm afraid that Jack has the chicken pox."

"The chicken pox?" Both Jack and Will repeated.

"Aye."

"But how is that possible? I haven't even been near a chicken." Jack said.

"You don't get them from chickens." Will informed Jack. "It's a virus."

"An extremely contagious virus." Elizabeth said as she looked out over the Black Pearl. "Which means anyone who's come in contact with Jack will catch them if they haven't had them before."

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