Chapter 38 Port Royal.

It was a rare sight indeed. Sora had woken up before Corrin.

Granted, many a times, Sora would awaken to the sound of his brother falling out of the bed, but recently, Corrin had a railing attached to the side of his bed that wasn't next to the wall. So while he was still turning a lot, he wasn't going to fall off as easily as before.

Sora exited out of his room and headed to the cockpit. His mind though was still on his dark form from when he fought Vanitas.

'Merlin said that this was something I was going to have to overcome, but how do I do that?' Sora asked himself until he bumped into someone snapping out of it. Looking ahead, he saw it was Takumi who turned to face him as a result of getting bumped into.

"Oh sorry. I wasn't paying attention." Sora lightly chuckled.

"It's fine." Takumi dismissed.

"So, you're up early." Sora said.

"I usually do to get some training in. Sadly, There is only so much I can do on this ship." Takumi simply said.

"I see…Well, I'm sure you'll get some practice in when we land next." Sora said.

"Maybe." Takumi muttered.

The two were in an uncomfortable silence, but Takumi looked like he was holding back a glare.

"So…How are you liking things so far?" Sora asked trying to make small talk.

"I want to make something perfectly clear." Takumi said suddenly. "I don't trust you. I may have to travel with you for the time being, but don't think that makes us friends. Sakura may trust you, and I know I can't tell her how to think, but I've got my eyes on you. If you ever attack her in that form of yours, I won't hesitate to kill you. Understood?" Takumi asked.

Sora said nothing, but he slowly nodded.

With that, Takumi left.

"Well, that could have gone better…" Sora muttered as he continued back to the cockpit.


Later in the Cockpit:

Everyone was lounging around in the cockpit. Corrin was reading a book, Donald was flying, Kaze was meditating, Goofy was snoozing, Sakura was looking at her spell book again, and Sora was still lost in thought as Takumi stared at him every now and then.

"Looks like a new world is approaching." Donald said getting everyone's attention.

"Great. I could use a stretch." Kaze said.

"Any world we're familiar with?" Corrin asked.

"I don't think so. But we are about to land, so everyone get ready." Donald said as began to disembark.


Sora and the gang found themselves at some kind of stone wall. Sora ran up to the edge and looked at the sea that was beyond it.

"This place seems…" Sora began

"Kind of different." Goofy finished. They weren't sure why, but there was something different about this place that felt different compared to every other world they visited.

"This place though…It's a wall, right?" Takumi asked as he examined the canons pointed out to sea. "These seem to be like Ballista's."

Takumi looked at the writing on the wall.

"For use in the event of a Pirate Attack. Commodore Norrington." Takumi read.

"If that is true, then this is likely a means to protect someplace nearby from pirates. Though that dose beg the question on where the gaurds are." Kaze said looking around at the lack of people manning this area of defense. Still, it would be wise for us not to loiter around here for too long. If someone dose come here and see us, it won't bode well for us." Kaze said.

"Can't argue with that. If we ever caught anyone unknown on the Great Wall of Suzanoh, we'd be on full alert as well." Takumi admitted.

"Great Wall of Suzanoh?" Sora asked confused.

"It's a great wall that protects Hoshido's capital." Sakura explained though Takumi wasn't too thrilled of Sakura telling Sora things like that about Hoshido.

"Sakura. You should be careful with the things you say. We can't have Hoshido's secrets being revealed." Takmui said.

"O-Oh…I'm sorry. But I don't think Sora is a threat to Hoshido." Sakura said.

"Even still, other enemies are lurking around everywhere Lady Sakura. It would be wise to take caution on when you speak of our home. Who knows who could be listening?" Kaze advised.

"Y-You're right. That was careless of me. I'm sorry." Sakura bowed in embarrassment.

Suddenly, screaming filled the air.

"What was that?" Sora demanded as he ran to another end of the wall where a town was spotted not too far. It was also on fire.

"Organization XIII?" Goofy gasped

"Could be the Heartless." Donald said.

"Ether way, we should check it out." Corrin said as everyone headed for the village.


Port:

Right by the docks, where several ships were stationed, one looking awfully old, Pete was speaking to a group of pirates. None of them bore any similarities to Captain Hook. Where Hook was dressed in bright red in clothing that looked richer, these pirates were dressed in more dark clothing that was more rags. The leader in front was wearing a dark blue jacket with a matching pirate hat. Under the hat, he had shoulder length blond hair and a wavy beard. He also had a rapier and a pistol on his belt.

"Aztec treasure eh?" Pete asked

"Aye. And thanks to the curse placed on it, we are nether among the living, or the dead." The Pirate Captain said.

"Really? Because you look like regular pirates to me." Pete asked curiously.

"Aye. For now, but when under the moonlight…" The Captain began as he looked up to the sky. The clouds that covered the moon moved causing the moonlight to shine down on the pirates.

Much to Pete's shock, the pirate's appearance changed. Their skin ether vanished completely, or in the captain's case, became grey and decayed. Skeletons were what was left, and even their clothing was more decay.

"Wow!" Pete jumped back in shock. "Now I see what you mean!"

Pete was able to calm himself pretty quickly. His experience with other worlds and building an army for Maleficent has caused him to see a lot of crazy stuff. Unlike the old him that once lived in Disney town, who would have run for the hills on seeing this, he was more ready for surprises like this.

"Well, I should leave you with a word of warning. There's this punk running around with a weapon called a Keyblade. It would be of your best interest to stay clear. He and his group have a type of magic that don't belong to this world see. And there is no telling what that magic could do to you when you looking like that." Pete warned.

"Oh. A match for Barbossa you say?" The pirate named Barbossa asked.

"Oh, big surprise! It's you Pete!" Donald shouted in annoyance.

Pete and the pirates turned to see Sora and the gang running up to them with their weapons drawn.

"That there be those punks I was telling you about." Pete said.

"Who are you calling punks? It's Sora, Corrin, Donald, Goofy, Takumi, Sakura, and Kaze. And don't you forget it!" Sora declared.

"Don't worry. I'll be sure to mark it on your tombstones." Barbossa mocked.

"Wow! I like your style." Pete laughed.

"Is that supposed to scare us?" Takumi spat.

'It kind of dose.' Sakura thought as she slowly moved closer to Takumi.

"Men! Half of you stay here and deal with these cullies. The rest, bring me the medallion!" Barbossa ordered.

The pirates cheered as half of them ran into town, while the rest stayed to fight the group.

"Aw. We only get to stomp on a few of you?" Sora mocked.

Barbossa just smirked as he headed for the town. Pete however stayed to watch the show.

The Pirates were armed with axes, swords, of rifles, and all of them charged at the group.

Sora met one of the pirates in a blade lock. The pirate tried to push the boy down, but to his surprise, Sora proved to be stronger and knocked the pirate back.

'Great. These guys don't seem that tough. Maybe I won't have to use a drive form this time.' Sora smirked internally with some relief washing over him. Sora then charged at the pirate and swung his Keyblade going on the offense as the Pirate tried and failed to block the attacks.

Corrin went up against a large one with axes in each hand. The pirate swung his axes at the young dragon boy, but Corrin dodge rolled out of the way. His mask then appeared as he aimed a Hydro Shot right at the Pirate.

"Hydro Shot!" Corrin shouted. A blast of water hit the pirate dead on in the chest sending him flying a few feet away and landing flat on the ground.

Takumi was facing against a Pirate with a gun. The pirate shot at Takumi, who was able to dodge the shot.

'It shoots like an arrow but much faster and harder to see. If it wasn't for my training with Phil, I'd probably be hit bad.' Takumi thought as he shot an arrow, hitting the Pirate in the forehead.

"Bullseye." Takumi smirked.

However, much to his shock, the Pirate was unaffected.

Kaze had stabbed a Pirate with his weapons, but the Pirate wasn't even reacting to the hit.

Even the one Corrin hit just got back up like the Hydro Shot was nothing.

"WH-What are they?" Sakura asked as she and Donald were behind Goofy and his shield.

"This is ridiculous! That attack should have at least done some damage." Corrin muttered in shock.

Sora kept up the attacks, but the Pirate never flinched. Soon, he jumped back to avoid tiring himself out.

"Why isn't anything working?" Sora asked.

"I don't know, but if we don't figure something out soon, we're in serious trouble." Corrin said.

Suddenly, the clouds stopped covering the moon, revealing the Pirate's true form.

"WAHH!" Sakura screamed in fear.

"What the heck?" Takumi asked in shock.

"Say your prayers." One Pirate said.

"HEY WATCH OUT! THE MOON IS OUT! STAY CLEAR OF THEIR MAGIC!" Pete shouted in fear.

"What for?" One pirate asked.

"Weren't you listening to me before?" Pete growled in annoyance at the pirates lack of concern for his warning.

'Moon?' Corrin wondered as he looked up. Sure enough, the moon was shinning down on the Pirates. 'The moon shows them like these weird skeleton creatures, and Pete is freaking out about our magic?' Corrin smirked as he gathered a basic idea of what to do.

"Hey Pete! Thanks for the tip!" Corrin shouted.

Pete gasped at his blunder. "Doh!"

"Guys, I don't fully know what's going on, but I think we can beat them now! Try focusing on magic!" Corrin shouted. The group nodded and got to work.

"Thundara!" Sora shouted as he blasted the Pirate, he was fighting with a powerful thunder spell.

The pirate screamed in pain as his body was paralyzed by the magic.

"H-How did that hurt?" The pirate gasped in shock.

Sora then charged forward and slashed the Pirate with his Keyblade causing the Pirate to scream as he denigrated.

Takumi shot another arrow at his target, and this time, it destroyed the Pirate.

Corrin fired another Hydro Shot destroying his target.

Kaze unleashed his Fire Sword art magic and sliced a Pirate destroying him.

Donald shot a Blizzard spell at another Pirate freezing him in place, for Goofy to finish him off with his shield. Though Sakura, was still too scared to move.

The remaining pirates were actually frightened now.

"How? How are they doing this? The curse should have protected us from this!" One Pirate screamed.

"I don't bloody know!" Another screamed.

"Forget this! We need to alert the captain!" Another said as the remaining Pirate fled.

Pete was not amused.

"I'll get you punks yet!" Pete shouted as he ran after the pirates. "I told those morons to watch out!" He mumbled in anger.

"That was close. If that opening didn't present itself, we could have been in massive trouble." Goofy sighed.

"Tell me about it." Sora sighed. "What was this curse they mentioned?"

"Probably whatever allowed them to do all that stuff with their bodies." Corrin guessed as he looked up into the sky. "It dose appear that the moon has something to do with it as well. At least from what I got from Pete. My advice would be to fight those Pirates when in the moonlight. They seem to be vulnerable then."

Everyone but Sakura nodded.

"Hey Sakura, are you okay?" Sora asked in concern.

"Huh? Oh…yeah." Sakura muttered shacking.

"What happened? Why didn't you unleash your magic?" Corrin asked.

"It's just…those pirates…seeing them just reminds me of those ghost stories that Azura would tell me about." Sakura said.

"Don't worry about it Sakura. With your magic, you're not as defenseless as the characters in her stories." Takumi assured.

"I'm sorry." Sakura muttered.

"You need to toughen up. I know it's tough, but we're counting on you Sakura. We're all a team here." Donald scolded.

"I-I'll try." Sakura muttered.

"Still, that Pirate captain doesn't look all that nice." Goofy said thinking to the captain they saw earlier.

"Yeah. I'd hate to see him turn into a Heartless." Sora said.

"Well we ARE here." Donald pointed out.

"Maybe we should take a Pirate ship for a spin while we're here." Sora smiled. Everyone but Corrin gave him a dumbfounded look.

"Are you kidding me?" Takumi demanded.

"Just kidding!" Sora smiled much to Takumi and Donald's annoyance. "Anyway, didn't that Pirate say they were heading into town?"

"Yeah. I think they're looking for some kind of treasure." Goofy said.

"Makes sense. They are pirates after all." Takumi said familiar with how Pirates and bandits tend to act.

"Then it's settled. If Pete's with them, then the Heartless are involved. Let's go!" Sora declared as the group headed into the town. Corrin however stayed still for a moment.

"Pirates huh?" Corrin muttered as he smiled a bit. "Maybe this world would be good for helping get Sora's mind off of Vanitas and that dark form of his."

With that, Corrin ran into the town as well.


And that's a wrap!

Happy New Years everyone! Here's to hoping that 2021 will be better than 2020 was.

Well, I'm back folks. Sadly the holidays got a bit too crazy, and I was starting to run out of gas when writing that I needed a break. I'm back now, so let's get to work on continuing this story, and we are now starting the pirates world.

Now, in regards to the last chapter with how I wrote the Nohrains, I ask some for more detail, and then did some further research to see if I wrote them OOC. In my opinion, I didn't, but my wording was pretty poor.

The Nohrians main focus is surviving. With the harsh conditions of Nohr and their unpleasant childhoods where all but Xander had horrible mothers, their main goal is survival, and with how Leo constantly states the penalty for treason is death, no one is going to actively defy Garon openly to his face regardless on how they feel. Especially in the case for Xander who has not only that, but is also the game's Camus archetype. Don't forget how much it actually takes for him to betray Garon. He needed evidence to practically slap him in the face, and Nohr dose have disdain for Hoshido out of jealousy if going by Corrin and Azura's support in the Revelations route.

Of Key and Sword Kingdom Hearts 2's focus on Fates is mostly with the Hoshidans and Corrin learning about his past. He will learn about Nohr when he meets up with Silas as well so don't worry. And I do know when exactly they will meet. I have the perfect moment in mind so stay tuned.

That being said, if anyone has any questions or concerns, do feel free to ask. I won't bite. XD

Anyway, next chapter, Sora and co will learn more of the cursed pirates and the curse of the Aztec. Stay tuned.

Guestwithideas: It has been a while. I'm glad you enjoyed The Emperor's New Groove world, and I hope you enjoy the next original world which will happen a few worlds from now. As for the cooking thing, I honestly never put too much thought into it, though I do admit that image of Jakob, Felicia, and Flora is amusing.

As for the Heartless in Nohr, as I stated in the last chapter, the Heartless are attacking Hoshido more than Nohr. I'll just come out and say that Xigbar is influencing this to push Ryoma further and further into darkness. The chapter itself was also just my version of Corrin's talk with Leo at the Opera House, so that is where the focus lied for that. The Heartless aren't forgotten though and next time we see them, we will see some Nohrian discussion on them. I was planning on doing it next before starting this world, but I decided to hold off on it, as I wanted to play with another point in Conquest's story, but it was later on and if I did it now, it would screw up this timeline which is already a pain to keep on as is. As for the rest, you'll have to see, but I don't know if the Hoshidans would immediately go into disgust for something that they haven't seen before.

Reader: Not a bad idea for a fighting style for dark Ryoma. I'll take that into a count. Thank you.