disclaimer: I'm kinda running out of ideas how to say One Piece doesn't belong to me.

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Reunion and revealed feelings

Chapter 7: Decision to live

Kasai felt something soft against her skin. She opened her eyes and saw it was grass. She got up and looked around: she was in a field of grass and flowers and in the distance she could see a rainbow.

"Where am I?" she asked herself as she started walking.

She reached a river with crystal-clear water. It wasn't deep and she wanted to cross it. Just then she heard a familiar voice.

"Don't cross it!"

Kasai turned around and she saw the two people she never thought she would see again.

"Mom! Dad!"

"Don't cross the river, Kasai. It's not your time yet." said her mother.

"What do you mean?"

"You are at the border between the living world and Heaven. If you cross that river, you leave everything and everyone close to you behind. Go back! It's not the time for you to come with us!" continued her father.

"But I want to! I want to be with you!" said Kasai.

"And would you leave all your friends?" said another familiar voice.

"Maya! "said a very surprised Kasai.

"Before you make any decisions, listen to this." said her sister.

Kasai paid attention. She could hear Robin's voice.

"WHAT? Chopper, you said she'll be alright! Now you say she's dieing?"

Then came Chopper's voice: "I can't explain what's happening. One minute she was fine and the next, her pulse goes down and she' getting colder by the second!"

"You listen here, Kasai! Don't you dare die! If you think of giving up on fighting, you're the same as the ones how kill themselves. You'd better come back to us!"

"What was that?" Kasai asked Maya.

"Shhh, keep listening" said Maya.

Kasai could now hear Luffy's voice. He was sobbing: "Please, God! Don't take her! I know I should have helped her; I know I should have tried harder to help her. I won't ask anything else of You. I'll protect her with my life from now on, but please save her!"

When she heard him sobbing, Kasai felt tears going down her cheeks.

She continued to listen and the next voice was Ace's.

"Kasai, I know you can hear me. You can fight this; it's not like you to give up on life. I know you can win. Come back... the crew needs you... Luffy needs you... I need you..."

At these last words, Kasai fell to her knees, tears still falling.

"This is what you will leave behind if you choose to come with us. Is it worth it, Kasai?" asked Maya.

Her mother approached her. She looked into Kasai's eyes and said:

"Go back to them. They need you more than we do."

And her family crossed the river and they disappeared.

Kasai got up, she whipped the tears from her eyes and started walking in the direction opposite the river.

"Mom, dad, Maya, you're right. I can't leave all my friends behind. From now on, I'll cherish every moment I spend with them."

And Kasai started to disappear from the field.

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