"A big job always comes with danger. A legitimate job is supposed to be dull." ~Orga Itsuka (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans)
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We arrived in Port Royal and as soon as we got off the Gummi Ship, there was a scuttling noise and we looked around, wondering where it came from. "That's coming from the port," Donald said.

"Let's check it out," Sora nodded. We headed off to the Harbor to find Captain Jack fighting off some skeletal pirates, "Jack!" Sora cried.

"Zola!" He shouted. "Some assistance!"

"That's SORA, Donald, Goofy, and Sakura!" Sora yelled back.

"Will ye leave a mate to perish?" Captain Jack sighed.

"Aye aye..." Sora groaned and rolled his eyes.

We fought off the skeletal pirates using our magic, just like what Pete told us at time we were here. Once the fight was over, Sora stated, "Those pirates were cursed. I though we seen the last of the curse of the Aztec gold...what gives?"

"Some scallywag must've gotten greedy," Captain Jack guessed. We have him a suspicious look. "Oh, I see," Captain Jack  laughed. "You don't trust me, do you?" We nodded. "Likely a wise choice. I AM a pirate, mates."

"Jack! Sora! Sakura!" A voice yelled.

We turned around to see Elizabeth running up to us. "Elizabeth!" Sora cried.

Captain Jack turned to leave. "Wait, Jack!" She panted. "I need your help! The cursed pirates have returned. Will had to find out why...so he went to Isla de Mureta-to check on the Aztec treasure. I fear something's happened. You have to take me to him."

"Aye, there it is," Captain Jack shrugged. "If you'll be wanting him rescued, best to do it alone, if lass."

"Alone?" Elizabeth cried. "Really, Jack? Sail to the island and take on the cursed pirates?"

"Well, if any lass could..." Captain Jack started.

"Are you sure he's in trouble?" Sora asked.

"No," Elizabeth shook her head. "Not certain. But he's been gone too long. I wanted to go with him, but he insisted I stay here. I can't just sit and wait! I've got to know if he's all right."

"Lucky man..." Captain Jack smirked.

"Please, Jack," Elizabeth begged. "Take me to him!"

"Hold a moment," Captain Jack said. "I see no profit in it for me."

"I shall reward you later," Elizabeth promised. "Of course...you do owe Will. He has saved your life before."

"Right," Captain Jack nodded. "Shall we?"

We got aboard the Black Pearl and set sail. Besides for the few ambushes from the Heartless on our way to the Isla de Mureta, the trip was a smooth trip. Goofy leaned against the railing of the ship, placing a hand over his eyes as he squinted. He then yelled, "Interceptor off the starboard bow!"

We ran over to investigate. There was another ship out there with us, and there, slumped over the railing, was Will. "Will!" Elizabeth screamed. Captain Jack raised his arms in surrender. "Stop that, Jack," she growled. "We've got to rescue him!"

*~*~*~*~*~

Elizabeth cradled Will in her arms in captain's stateroom. "Will, wake up," she pleaded as she gently slapped his cheeks.

Will groaned as he opened his eyes. "Elizabeth..." he mumbled.

"What happened?" Elizabeth asked.

'The medallions...and...the stone chest-someone's taken them..." Will explained. "Next thing I knew, we were attacked...but I couldn't see who it was-his face was shrouded...in a black hood."

"The Organization!" Sora cried.

"We found a way out of the cave...but the villain sent a horde of terrible creatures after us..." Will continued. "I've never seen their likes before...I think I'm the only one who made it back to the ship..."

"Will..." Elizabeth mumbled.

"Elizabeth..." Will whispered. "I feel rather..." Will slumped over and fell unconscious once again.

"Our turn, guys," Sora said.

Elizabeth stood up, "You'd best go prepared. We've no idea what's out there."

"Pardon me, lads and lasses, but your captain will have no monsters today," Captain Jack held up his hands. "Thank ye. We're turning for home."

Captain Jack turned to head back to the deck to steer the ship. "Just like that?" Elizabeth cried.

"Just like that!" Captain Jack repeated as he came out from the captain's storeroom and he followed. He stopped st his tracks and raised his eyebrows. "Don't remember invitin' you," he sneered.

A person in a Organization cloak appeared in a Corridor of Darkness. They stood by the chest we retrieved along with Will earlier. Sora and I drew our Keyblades."So it was the Organization!" Sora shouted. "We'll handle this!"

The figure waved his hand at the chest, "The Darkness of men's hearts-drawn to these cursed medallions; and this Heartless-a veritable maelstrom of avarice: I wonder, are they worthy to serve Organization XIII?" A grim reaper Heartless appeared, holding the doubled-sided scythe upside down as they let the blade drag on the ground.

"You want an answer now?" Captain Jack sighed.

"Precisely!" The figure replied as they disappeared into a Corridor of Darkness.

Sora shot Blizzard at the Heartless and froze it in place as Sora, Donald, Goofy, Captain Jack and I leapt towards the Heartless and started slashing at it. Once the Heartless thawed it grabbed the doubled-sided scythe with both hands and spun around, creating a bladed wind current and we hopped back to avoid its attack. Seeing ropes dangling from the mast of the ship an idea formed in my head. I grabbed hold of one of those ropes and swung around, kicking the Heartless in the head and making it fall overboard.

"Nice one, Saki!" Sora grinned at me as I landed on the deck.

"Thanks," I smiled back.

"Oh, boy!" Donald cheered.

"Not over yet!" Sora said, turning around as we faced the figure once again. They stood by the chest, now open and they took their hood off their head. He had short blonde hair, a shaved beard, and lots of piercings on his ears. It was Luxord.

"Throw him overboard," Jack ordered.

"Aye aye!" Sora and I replied.

"Parley!" Luxord yelled.

"'Scuse me?" Captain Jack replied.

"Barley?" Goofy asked, confused.

"It's a bit pirates' code," Captain Jack explained. "Anyone who invokes 'parley' must not be harmed 'til the negotiation are complete."

"This is no time for rules!" Sora whined.

"True," Captain Jack shrugged. "But as we're honorable pirates we should always stick to the Code. All right you. Out with it!"

"I surrender this chest with my humblest apologies," Luxord stated.

"Rather accommodating of you, mate," Captain Jack smirked. "And for that you want...?"

"Just a few souvenirs...for the memories," Luxord replied.

"Huh?" Captain Jack asked.

The man grabbed and threw a few of the medallions away. Four gambler Nobodies appeared and took the medallions with them. "Oh, no!" Goofy cried. "We can't stop the curse unless we got all the medallions!"

"Our friend's about to learn what it means to cross a pirate," Luxord smirked.

"Oh?" Captain Jack said as the ship grumbled. The grim reaper Heartless from earlier reappeared again from where I had kicked it overboard, only this time bigger and had more armor on him. "Sora!" Captain Jack yelled. "Donald! goofy! Sakura! He's yours!"

The grim reaper Heartless swung with scythe around and and summoned Aero, blowing us back onto the ship Will arrived on. As we stood up, Luxord had all the canons on The Black Pearl out and aimed at the ship we were on. He waved his hand. "Fire!" He yelled.

Cannons began firing and blasted the ship apart. "TAKE COVER!!!" I screamed as our ship quickly sank. The ship caved from the middle, causing me to slide downwards. I cried out and held onto the railing as Sora slid down beside me as well. I reached my hand out and gripped Sora's, but due to gravity, we slid off the ship and crash into the dark waters below us.

I burst through the surface, gasping. I started to tread water and search for the rest of the gang. "SORA!!!" I screamed. "DONALD!!! GOOFY!!! CAPTAIN JACK!!!"

Sora burst through the surface and clung to the piece of of wood. "We're deaaaad!" He shouted. "We're deaaaad! We survived but we're dead!"

"SORA GET A GRIP!!!" I slapped him across the face and grabbed the piece of wood he was holding on to. "WE ARE NOT GOING TO DIE IF IT'S THE LAST THING WE DO!!!"

Sora and I looked around and saw the shipwrecked ship that we were just on. We began to swim towards us and got on the remains when we saw Donald, Goofy, and Captain Jack. Except Captain Jack was a skeleton in the moonlight, like last time. "You stole a medallion again?!" Sora demanded as I twisted my hair squeezed the water out of my hair.

"Were I only that fortunate..." he sighed.

"Fortunate?" Donald repeated.

"So, uh, how come you're all skeleton-y?" Goofy asked.

"Perhaps I got a touch 'o something from that monster what attacked us," he shrugged in reply. "Yet, why's there skin restin' tight on you four?"

"'Cause we're not greedy!" Donald yelled. He all gave him a look. "What're you looking at?" Donald demanded.

"That's rich coming from you," I snickered along with Sora.

"That still doesn't explain the mystery," Sora stated.

Captain Jack turned and walked out of the moonlight and that's when the skin reappeared on him. "Gawrsh, maybe the reason we're all okay is because we're not from this world," Goofy suggested.

"There must be different laws," Donald stated.

"Yeah...we're always just passing through..." Sora sighed. "Wonder when we'll see home again...."

"Sora..." Donald started as I patted Sora's back to comfort him.

"Just kiddin' you," Sora laughed dryly, even though we could tell he wasn't joking around. "Lucky we didn't get cursed, huh?"

"Quit yammerin' mates!" Captain Jack snapped. "We've got to find ourselves a ship that'll floats."

We exited the ship wreckage to find a and explored a bit when Donald pointed at something and cried, "Look!" We all turned to see a gambler Nobody walking around with a medallion in hand.

"A medallion!" Captain Jack yelled. "Get it!" Sora quickly ran up top it and took the Nobody out with one strike from his Keyblade. He took the medallion and gave it to Captain Jack. "Three more to go!" He smiled.

"How do you know?" Sora asked.

"A pirate must have a keen eye," Captain Jack explained. "Else he won't be sailin' free for very long. Savvy?"

"Huh?" Donald said, pointing at something behind us. "What's that?"

A huge shadow passed by us and we ran over to take a look. There was a pirate ship passing by. Elizabeth peeked over the ship and yelled, "Ahoy, mateys!"

"Ridiculous imitation-and yet I'm flattered," Captain Jack scoffed as we board the ship.

"Jack, what happened?!" Elizabeth asked. "This is horrible!"

"Ah, but who's to blame for it, eh?" Captain Jack replied.

"Well, it certainly isn't Elizabeth," Will said.

"It's Organization XIII," Sora stated. "They're the ones behind it all."

"Wonder where they went?" Goofy questioned.

"The hooded man took the pirates and his creatures with him into some strange hole," Will explained. "We saw them leave from the captain's stateroom."

"Didn't occur to you to fight them, mate?" Captain Jack demanded.

"I'm no fool," Will stated. " I knew I was no match for them."

"That I believe," Captain Jack replied.

"Sora, Sakura, I think we'll need your help," Will said.

"Got it," we both nodded.

"First, let's find all the medallions," Captain Jack advised. "Otherwise, the curse can't be broken...and the creatures will remain invincible."

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After sailing the seas and exploring, we tracked the remaining three gambler Nobodies and took them down, taking the medallions that they held. Once we were finished, we got back onto The Black Pearl where Sora presented the four medallions that we collected. "That's four medallions!" He smiled. "We got 'em all!"

"But where's the chest?" Captain Jack asked.

"If we find the hooded man, we'll find it," Will stated.

"Prob'ly in Port Royal," Sora suggested.

"Why's that?" Elizabeth questioned.

"Organization XIII is after people's hearts," he explained. "So they're gonna go where there's lots of people"

"They'll hurt the townsfolk?" Will cried.

"No, they're bringin' 'em flowers, mate" Captain Jack replied sarcastically. "I don't know who these Organizers are, but I will say they're makin' we pirates look like proper gents."

"Well, Jack...then...we have to help!" Will yelled.

"Then let go and haul to run free!" Captain Jack shouted.

We sailed back to Port Royal and docked at the Harbor. We ran across the bridge to find the grim reaper Heartless floating above the medallion filled chest. "Go!" Captain Jack whispered. "He's for me!" Captain Jack ran off and the Heartless followed, falling for the distraction.

"Now to break that curse!" Sora yelled as he dropped the missing four medallions into the chest.

'The curse-it's gone!" Donald cried.

"Then what's this?' Captain Jack asked as he looked at his skeleton body.

"Aw, I understand," Goofy realized. "Jack musta been cursed by that monster, not from takin' the gold."

"Oh, I've no worries, then," Captain Jack replied.

"It's okay, Jack," Sora assured. 'We'll just have to defeat the monster, that's all."

The Heartless came after us and we took cover as it swung its doubled-sided scythe into the chest, scattering some of the medallions around us. "Get the gold!" Captain Jack ordered.

Sora froze the Heartless with Blizzard and then casted Thunder afterwards, causing it to drop the medallions it held. I dashed around underneath them, collecting all of the coins it dropped before returning them to the chest. The Heartless then grabbed its scythe and spun which we dropped to the ground to dodge as it attacked the chest once again, this time taking all the gold with it. "Not again!" I cried. "And just after I refilled that thing!"

Sora then leapt into the Heartless, grabbing its doubled-sided scythe from it and swung, cutting the Heartless in half with it and making it drop all the medallions it held. The Heartless collapsed as a giant, pink, crystallized heart came out from its chest. I quickly gathered up all the scattered medallions once again and refilled the chest. Just as I did that, I turned around to face Captain Jack, who had his skin back, even in the moonlight.

"All better," Sora sighed as Captain Jack examined himself.

"Ah, not quite, mate," Captain Jack corrected as we turned to see Luxord collect the heart from the Heartless' remains.

"Sora, Sakura, bravo," he praised us.

Just as we were about to confront him, he teleported away in a Corridor of Darkness. Captain Jack tapped Sora's shoulder, "Just who was that chap?"

"He's part of an Organization that's collecting hearts," Sora explained. "First they release Heartless into different worlds. We defeat those Heartless. Then they get the hearts. We're never gonna stop 'em like this."

"What's the plan, then?' Captain Jack asked.

"We've gotta find their stronghold and finish them off once and for all," Sora stated as Will and Elizabeth rejoined our group since they sat out of the fight.

"Salin' these waters, I've heard some tales, but not a one like this," Captain Jack said.

"Is there any way we can help?" Will asked.

Sora placed a finger on his chin and thought for a little bit. 'Anything at all?" Elizabeth added."

"There is," Captain Jack spoke up.

*~*~*~*~*~

We were aboard the The Black Pearl as Captain Jack and Will hauled the chest over to the edge of the ship and threw it overboard making it plunge into the waters. "It's certain we don't need the likes of that hooded fellow and the Heartless about," Captain Jack sand as he brushed his hands against it other. "They'll ruin the market for us true pirates."

"So that's why you went to Port Royal," Elizabeth rolled her eyes. "And we thought you actually wanted to save everyone."

"A pirate always looks to profit, Miss Swann," Captain Jack shrugged.

"Too bad," Sora sighed. "You had us going there, thinking you'd turn over a new leaf."

"The question is, what beyond the leaf?" Captain Jack asked. "Savvy?"

"Oh...oh yes-a reward," Elizabeth remembered. "And what'll it be?"

"That lovely blade of Sora's," Captain Jack said.

"Huh?!" Sora, Donald, Goofy and I gasped.

"Okay. Sure," Sora shrugged, handing his Keyblade over to Captain Jack.

"Hold on!" Captain Jack eyed Sora suspiciously. "That was far too easy. What's the rub?" He took Sora's Keyblade, holding it in his hand and testing the blade but it disappeared in a burst of light from his hands and reappeared in a burst of light into Sora's hands. "There, you see?" He smirked.

"Well, you've always got the pearl, Jack," Sora replied.

"That's I do," Captain Jack nodded. "But someday, I'll gather a blood-thirsty crew, and come to take that blade. Chance by then, I'll have the way to wield it." Captain Jack turned to Elizabeth and Will. "And if I succeed, I'll ask you two to join my crew. That'd be should be reward enough."

"Done," Elizabeth nodded but Will gave her a look of objection

"Maybe someday, Jack'll be able to use the Keyblade after all," Goofy whispered to Donald.

"Why's that?" Donald asked.

"A-hyuck! He and Sora are kinda alike, dontcha think?" Goofy pointed out.

"Are not!" Captain Jack and Sora replied, putting their hands on their hips and rolling their eyes. When they realized that they had copied each other, we all burst out laughing at the realization.