Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Behind The Double Mirrors ❯ The truth, past relived, pirate deals. ( Chapter 9 )
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Chapter Nine: The truth, past relived, pirate deals.
Earlier…InuYasha’s P.o.V.
Angrily, I stared at Kouga and Kagome. “What does Cat want with me? With us?” I whispered in a small, weak voice. I felt light-headed and out of it. I wanted to scream, my head was pounding. Had they drugged me? What had Kagome done? I’d been on her bed, after all. I felt ready to puke, thoughts of what I had done with Kagome in the past.. Maxine, now pregnant, if she knew…
I lifted my head slightly as I sat down, “Explain,” was all I could mutter.
Kouga began, “Cat is jealous. She was the one who agreed, however, to allow yourself, Kaiba and Sparrow to stay.. in this world, with them. One agreement must be vowed though–“
“You can’t leave. You can’t give up on your love. Kaiba did…” Kagome whispered, finishing for him. “And now? She’s after all of us?” I asked. They nodded together. “Unless.. Unless she gets what she wants, InuYasha,” Kagome whispered.
“What does she want?!” I asked, gritting my teeth angrily, clenching my fists.
“…you. It’s either you, or your dead child in her arms. Innocent blood, for sweet revenge,” Kouga said, “She always was a bit gruesome. She either has what she wants, or wants revenge when she can’t have it. She’ll keep killing all your friends until she gets to you.”
“But she must have connections of some sort to get to Meg and Jack the way she did…” I suggested.
“Jones. Davy Jones…” Kagome said softly, “I’ve read about him. He’s a famous pirate, right?”
I nodded slowly. I knew how dangerous he was to Jack… he wanted revenge. “She brought him back…” I said. They nodded again.
I almost chuckled. Cat was a mischievous bitch.. she always was. She broke entry upon your mind, she reincarnated souls, trading her very energy for their life.. pawns for her revenge. And she made twisted deals. She let us stay, I understood now what she’d meant at our meeting those few years ago… she’d said, “Leave me, InuYasha. I am allowing you to stay with her. Under one condition… you are not to leave her.”
With that, I was bound to Maxine. But I had no problem with that. However… Maxine, Meg, and Kim were bound together in a different way. Meaning Kaiba, Jack, and I ended up bound as well. It made sense now. Kaiba and Jack should’ve never have been under such misery… the deal was for me. But due to complicated binds of friendship, it was Kaiba who’d left Kim.. and broken the deal. It was no different than myself breaking the deal. And all along, Cat knew of the friendship bond…she knew, if not me to break our “deal”, then one of the others…
She knew. And she’d been plotting revenge ever since.
“…show me how to get to her…” I whispered.
Kagome shook her head and suddenly clung to me tightly, sobbing in my shoulder. “You can’t! InuYasha, leave them! They’re bound to die… stay with me..stay with me…”
I pushed her away gently, fighting to look away from her eyes, instead looking at the jealous wolf demon.
“Take care of Kagome…” I whispered. We hated each other with a passion. But he understood. “Who attacked me, Kouga…if not you?” I asked.
“Catalina has many souls bound to her, controlled by her. She’s changed, beginning when she saw your brother’s anger. She ran for you and you provided comfort.. you look surprised I know these things, InuYasha.. do you not know? Catalina has become a new form. She is the Dimensional Witch. She controls basic time.. she breaks ties, kills love. She is a legend in our land… a jealous witch of two loves, pain, and a broken heart,” Kouga said, “You provided her comfort, but leaving your brother for you was such a wound for her… and again, her heart broke, not of her accord but by yours, when you refused to wed.”
“I… I couldn’t,” I whispered, “She was..cruel.. Changing…”
“And now, InuYasha, you need to make a choice. She’s captured Seto Kaiba, only because she knew where he was. He knew that you made the deal before you did… you didn’t even know the words you spoke were a deal to her, but once he left Kim he found out his worst fears, it had been a bargain… so he struck another bargain up. He’d give her his life, in exchange for your souls..your love life would never fade.. but the problem was, Kim held his soul, his love. Even after it all… so his counter-bargain didn’t work. She’s been his master, his controller since. He spilled the words of where Meg and Jack now lived unintentionally, under a spell, sending her new servant-Davy Jones-after them. They lived, luckily… but now she has exactly what she needs. Seto Kaiba-the valuable slave who brought her plans to action… and your child and wife. She, however cannot lay a hand on them yet. Your love, your very soul burns inside of Maxine. She can’t touch another woman’s lover, thus she cannot touch her…”
I listened to all of this closely, “That’s where my brother comes in.”
“Unfortunately Sesshoumaru is simply involved because he at one point loved Catalina. But even willing, she’s still put a spell over him. He’ll kill her mirthlessly.” Kouga answered.
“Where’s Kim?” I asked.
“Imprisoned, now, most likely. Catalina has Kaiba, so Kim must be close by now that their bond was more or less reborn. She can’t control Kaiba without controlling Kim,” Kouga answered.
“Meg?”
“Trapped. Her worst fears are her greatest weakness. She’s locked, shut away, spiders crawling on her very form and no Jack to rescue her… Jack is as good as dead, fighting the immortal Davey Jones.”
“…and Kaiba is with Catalina, so is my wife… Sesshoumaru must be with them too… and Jack?”
“He’s fading… stabbed by William Turner, I do believe. Jones offered him his mortal life back, as Catalina promised Jones to receive the Flying Dutchman again as reward for ‘distracting’ Jack and Meg.”
I grew more angry as he spoke. It was too much to process, but I knew one thing…
“I have to see her.”
“You can’t save the world, InuYasha,” Kagome began. I turned to her, a bit angrily as she went on, “They’re as good as dead, you can’t save the world…”
I smiled slightly, “No, but I can damn well do everything in my power to save those whom I love.”
~Jack’s P.o.V.~
I leaned myself carefully against the brig’s bars, listening closely to the conversation above, clutching my wounded stomach.
Never thought the whelp had it in him… then again, becoming captain of the Flying Dutchman will do that to you, drive a man mad… I couldn’t blame him. I’d held his hand to stab Jones’ heart, after all..I’d cursed him, basically. And all he wanted was Lizzy and their kid. I couldn’t blame him. …Jones, however, I could. I could despise him and that Dimensional Bitch, whoever she was.
They were discussing the deal, but I’d heard enough. I coughed hoarsely, blood being spat into my hand as I thought of Meg.
~meanwhile, on the ocean floor, right below the Dutchman…~
~Meg’s P.o.V.~
I tried not to scream. If I opened my mouth, who’s to say the spiders wouldn’t creep inside…
I held my breath, trying not to cry as I felt once more in the wound of my head. It was there, inside. Was this what my death would be? A spider, killing me from my insides, nesting within my brain?
I didn’t care if I made noises anymore. I suddenly had a plan. I could swim, after all. If I broke open this casket, the spiders would drown.. spiders can’t swim…
But was I strong enough to break this, regain composure and swim to the surface. I knew I was deep down…
I decided, I had nothing to lose…
As I began kicking and pounding on the roof of the casket, I sobbed and spoke silently, “For Jack… I love you, Jack Sparrow. I love you, I love you, I love you.”
Banging harder and harder, throwing all my weight upwards, then side to side. Again, repeat. I kept telling myself it would be worth it. My head seared with pain. The spider. The spider. The spider.
Hurry, more strength. Use everything, Meg.
Use EVERYTHING.
I love you, Jack Sparrow.
I love you, Kimberley Jean. I love you, Maxine Lisa.
I love the unborn child forming inside of Maxine.
I even love InuYasha and Kaiba.
I love my parents. I love all my family. I love my friends.
To death and beyond. No regrets, take nothing back, ‘till only a ghost remains. Would that ghost be me?
I love you. All of you. This is the last of my strength.
I threw my body upwards, forcefully towards the top. I heard the crack that didn’t resonate, muffled by the ocean. Water flooded in. I held my breath and kicked my way free. I swam as fast as I could, clawing at the water, watching blood mix with water.
I began blacking out, but never stopped swimming.
No, is what I told myself. For Jack. For Kim and Max. For everyone. Keep swimming, Meaghan.
White spots blinded me, I was weak, nearly unconscious. I saw the moonlight, I ripped at my wound, get the spider out.
And a breath. Fresh air. I bobbed at the surface, holding the spider, weak little thing, in my hand. With my last ounce of energy, I crushed it and let myself float on my back. My eyes came to the ship. The Dutchman.
…would he be there? Would my Jack be there?
I had nothing to lose anymore…
“Help…” I whispered.
I could barely speak. Just a bit more energy… and I shouted, “…Help me!”
Instead of seeing the familiar face of Will Turner, I was met with the sea-monster-like face of Davey Jones. The nightmare would not end.
They dragged me on the deck. I kept blacking out, the loss of blood making me dizzy.
“…the..captain…” I panted, an order.
Will stepped forward, “What.. Jones.. why..here?” I panted, clutching my bursting head.
“A bargain has been made, Meaghan…” he whispered, then struck me on the head, barely pushing on my wound. I passed out.
Opening my eyes groggily, I held my head. A cloth, rather than blood, is what I felt. And another hand, rougher..familiar, lifted mine.
“Don’t press on it, love.”
I nearly cried, my eyes barely open as I let myself fall into Jack’s arms. I remained there, burrowed, my head hiding. None of my questions were answered that rushed through my head. Mainly, what the hell was going on?
“We’ll be safe… for now. She might be dead, but they’re still standing up for her. Don’t worry…” Jack whispered in my ear, “I think Maxine is alright, from what I’ve heard, and the child..is forming again… Kim and Kaiba are safe at the manor. Maxine is in the protection of InuYasha and his brother, but their whereabouts are unknown… we’ll be safe, as long as they believe she’s dead.”
“Is she, Jack? Is that bitch Catalina dead?” I whispered, tears rolling down my face.
“I don’t really know, love… she might have survived…”
“I hope she’s dead for what she did… for all the pain.”
“So do I, love.”
~A bit vague, in some parts, but it actually explains a lot. A mystery still remains… hopefully the bonds are strong enough to fight a brewing war.~