InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Black Diamond ❯ Welcome to The Black Diamond ( Chapter 1 )

A/N: Ok, here's a pirate fic for all you who, like me, love pirates. Drink up me hearties, yo ho!

Disclaimer: Do I really need it?

The Black Diamond

Chapter One

Welcome to the Black Diamond

Kagome sighed. She was standing on the deck of her father's ship, looking out into he fog.

"You ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me…" she sang softly, not wanting anyone to overhear her.

" We're devils and black sheep - really bad eggs, Drink up me hearties yo ho!"

Suddenly, she saw s ship in the distance. A ship with red sails. 'That's odd.' She thought. 'Usually only pirates have…' she trailed off. 'Oh no!'

By this time, another sailor had spotted the ship and rang the alarm. Men rushed around her, getting to battle station. No one seemed to notice her as she looked on, fascinated. Ever since she was a little girl, she had loved stories about pirates. She found out anything and everything she could about pirates. Being that she was a nobleman's daughter, she had to get the sailors to tell her the stories.

Now she watched at the ship with red sails got closer and closer. She could see the pirates flag, waving about in the wind. The pirates ship came up right alongside theirs. The Sea Maiden fired at the other ship, as they fired on them. Men swung over from the pirates ship, killing and looting. Kagome made herself as small as possible in a corner. It didn't work though, as she was pushed out of the way by one her father's men, straight into the fray. She was pummeled and pushed, in all different directions. She could hear men shouting and some giving orders. She tried to get out, running blindly. She ran up against a solid mass of chest and found herself staring into deep purple eyes.

"Well, hello there." Said the pirate.

"Parley!" she yelled out the word almost without thinking.

"Parley, huh? Ok." He scooped her up and swung back over the water to his own ship. By this time, the pirates had made short work of the Sea Maiden. They were looting to their heart's content. The purple eyed man set her down. Many of the pirates were leering at her.

"Oh shut it, ya lubbers. She's under the protection of parley." They immediately went about their own business. The pirate pushed her forward, leading her to a cabin. Flinging open the doors, he announced, "Captain! Got someone who invoked parley!"

"Oh really?"

Kagome stared. She couldn't help it. Inside the cabin sat a man with long silver hair, tied back and a bandanna under a captain's hat adorning his head. One strand of sliver hair fell forward, and it was braided with beads that jingled when he moved. His eyes were a shocking gold, and Kagome could've sworn she saw a fang. But that wasn't what surprised her the most. Sitting beside him was a woman with long brown hair tied into a ponytail, also with a bandanna on over her hair. She wore a single simple necklace, made of glass beads over her shirt. Her shirt was a white flowing one, with long sleeves. A tight brown vest covered it, the laces tied loosely. Her pants were tucked into her boots, which came up to the knee. The man was wearing something rather similar, only with no vest and a red sash tied around his waist and a couple of rings on his fingers. Both had guns, daggers and swords. Both looked very capable of using them. The captain stood up. He was very graceful, completely suprising Kagome. Weren't pirates supposed to be ungraceful and uncouth?

"Well, wench, what do you want?" Ok, so maybe not.

"I want you to let my family and crew go."

"Your crew? Are you the captain?" he asked mockingly. The woman next to his rolled her heavily lined eyes.

"No. Let them go."

"And what will you give me in return?" Kagome was silent. "Well, now, you have to have something to trade if you've invoked parley." Kagome remembered something and pulled out a chain which she was wearing under her dress, revealing a gold amulet. The three pirates in the room gasped.

"Now, where did you get that? Who are you?" asked the captain, in a strange voice.

"I'll give it to you if you let them go. My name is Kagome." The captain thought a moment, then nodded. Kagome held out the necklace, and he took it, hiding it away in some unseen pocket.

"Alrighty then. Miroku, call the men." The purple eyed pirate left. "Sango, tell the remamainig scalawags to push of." The woman nodded and left also. The captain also started to leave. Kagome followed him.

"Wait! What about me? Under the rule of parley, you must return me to my ship!!"

"First of all, I must do nothin. You weren't in the terms of agreement, were you? And second, the pirates rules are more like guidelines, anyway."

"But-"

"Welcome to the Black Diamond!"