My heart! It broke once... Then it formed... And then it broke again... And then it had a hint of hope... Finally... IT SINGS THE SONG OF HEAVEN! KH3 BABIES! Not that I can play the game as I don't have the console (sadly T^T) BUT! I can still watch the walkthroughs at least! Especially after some leaks... I do not mind leaks, but I know people will so I will not say a word, a peep of them! HOWEVER! I will at the very least put up this chapter as an early contribution to the new game! The game we all know and love with every being and life in our very soul! Wait, would it be called early since it is released in Japan at this point? I don't know.
While we're on that topic, actually, did you know Elsa's voice in Let it Go sounds awesome in Japanese? I'm not saying this just because of a leak, but because of the Final Battle trailer (UGH! My heart breaks again from the mention! T^T). I mean, we saw her going up her icy stairs like she did in the movie during that song. It made me curious, and I started hearing the song in Japanese and between it and the original version? I don't know which one I prefer more.
Regardless, enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece or Kingdom Hearts. I do not own Guthrie and I kind of own Allen.
*OPENING*
(Lala intro)
(Xion & Guthrie come down sliding panels one at a time, followed by Nami next to Xion & Ussop next to Guthrie. Nami shows the Log Pose to Xion, telling her where to go, while Ussop looks pompous while Guthrie shrugs his demeanor. Nami & Ussop are replaced by Zoro & Sanji respectively, and glare daggers at one another as Xion & Guthrie push them away from another. The two are replaced by Chopper and Robin respectively. Chopper dives into Xion's arms as she does a spin hug with him, while Guthrie observes the book Robin is reading with interest. The two are replaced by Allen & Chirithy, with Allen patting Xion's back, grinning at her as she blushes a bit, while Chirithy stands on a barrel, both he and Guthrie causing sparks to shoot at each other from their eyes. The two disappear, and Luffy appears between Xion and Guthrie, grabbing their shoulders and pulling them in as he grins. The two look at one another, and grin, as the background scene shifts to them being on the Going Merry, with the rest of the crew behind them.)
Hello, goodbye to repetition
We cannot be stop
Time to go around to our
Happy days, happy days
(The scene shifts to the sky, with the title of the story appearing)
Hello, goodbye, it cannot be stopped
Because there is desire
(Scene shifts to the Straw Hats on the ship, with Luffy & Ussop fishing, Nami looking at the Log Pose, Zoro sleeping on the crow's nest, Xion helping Chopper with medicine while Chirithy watched, Robin reading her book, Allen practicing his dancing, and Sanji cooking with help from Guthrie.)
It's a journey that does not end
Keeps going, going!
(Xion steps back, wiping her forehead, then looking ahead to the endless sea beyond, wondering what lies ahead.)
You, are
Being shaken by your ragged feet
(Panning through a screenshot of Kokoro, Chimney and Gonbe and Yokozuna, to the Galley-La crew, to the members of the Franky Family, with Franky in front of them, to the masked members of CP9.)
Still, still
No one has much of anything!
(Nico Robin turns and walks away to the tower in Eniss Lobby, with Jabra, Kumadori and Fukuro silhouetted above, followed by Spandam, then Xaldin and Saïx. This shifts to the angered faces of Guthrie, Luffy and Xion.)
I feel like I can fly
I can fly anywhere
Whenever I'm with you
(The trio run through the town of Eniss Lobby, striking numerous marines in their way, while the screen circles around the trio, ending with them standing in the middle of their Straw Hat crew (and Sniper King) on top of the building, facing Robin, Franky and CP9.)
No matter where we are
I feel like I am
Shivering everywhere
(The two Keyblade wielders thrust their Keyblades up at the villains, only to be interfered by the two Organization XIII members. They leap towards them, with Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hats following in pursuit. CP9, led by Saïx, Xaldin & Leopard Lucci, leap at them, ready to clash.)
Together when I am with you
If you clench strongly
(Through all the battles of the Straw Hats, Second Gear Luffy starts fighting Leopard Lucci, with Xion fighting Saïx as hard as she could.)
No matter what happens
I'm moving forward
(Guthrie fights and parries off Xaldin, calling out to Robin with a free hand raised to her, as she stands there in the pitch black darkness.)
Together when I am with you
If you clench strongly
(Robin looks back at him, then closes her eyes as she recalls the memories of Ohara. A tear falls from her eyes, hitting a ground, which turns the darkness into the open sea and sky. More teardrops fall, forming white birds that represent each Straw Hat as they soar in the sky together.)
No, no
No matter where we are
I feel like I can fly
(The birds fly over the Going Merry, as it sails into the sun, with silhouettes of the Straw Hats smiling and grouped together as they prepared for their adventure.)
Last time:
To the rest of the crew, Luffy shouted, "Okay, guys! Get ready to set sail!"
"Aye!" majority of them replied.
"Thanks again, Kokoro-san. Chimney," Guthrie thanked.
"We'll be leaving now," Nami waved.
With that, the group set sail to the City of Water.
"Yahoo! Let's go! To the city of meat!" Luffy cheered, causing most of his crew to sweat drop at his words.
"I thought we were heading-"
"Don't bother questioning it," Xion interrupted Allen.
"Hmm... What a nice wind!" Nami stated, enjoying the voyage to Water Seven. "We may be able to get to the city of water sooner than expected."
"I hope so," Chopper said.
"Luffy, leave the shipwright search to me. I'll find an incredibly pretty woman," Sanji volunteered, though his true intentions were practically spilled by the last sentence.
"Are you an idiot? It's a shipwright we're talking about!" Luffy told him.
"Wow. For once, our captain said something that makes sense," Guthrie said, knowing so well that an 'incredibly pretty woman' doesn't always mean incredible shipwright. Or at all for that matter. Plus, there was Sanji's true intentions behind his words.
"It's gotta be a big guy like a mountain! Five meters tall!"
"But if he's too big, we don't know if he could live on the ship okay," Usopp told their captain.
"All that matters is that he's skilled, right?" Zoro pointed out.
"Besides, he can sleep on deck like I did," Allen added.
"You've been sleeping on deck?" Xion asked him.
"You'd be surprised how noisy it is in the bedroom with these guys. I can't help but wonder how the silent sleepers deal with them. Besides, before I joined, I mostly sleep out in the woods of Upper Yard anyway."
"That's why I poof away at night when we sleep," Chirithy added. "But more importantly, can we even find someone crazy enough to want to be on a pirate ship?"
"I'm looking forward to it! We're gonna have another new friend!" Chopper said.
"We're lucky enough to stop at the station first, since they drew a map for us. If we go to the place on the map and visit the Iceberg guy..." Nami trailed off when she took a look at the map Kokoro gave them.
"Hm? What's wrong?" Xion asked, walking to Nami's side. One look at the map, and she realized why their navigator trailed off like she did. At least... it kind of looked like a map in Nami's hands... but more of a child's drawing of one.
"Like we can tell!" Nami shouted, crumbling the paper and slamming it on the floor.
This frightened Chopper a bit, as he picked up the map and took a look. "Whoa. This looks like Luffy's drawing."
Speaking of the pirate, he showed the boys the drawing of his most wanted shipwright... a horrible one at that.
"So we're going to search for a guy like this," he told the paling group.
"I highly doubt there's anyone like that even in the Blue Sea," Allen said.
"If there was, I'd run," Usopp said.
"Me too. If I had a boat, I'd escape to the sea," Sanji followed.
"But the guy seems related to an octopus. I doubt that would work," Guthrie pointed out, not wanting to take the risk of escaping to the sea if he ever sees anyone like Luffy's drawing.
"The reason why I'm glad I'm a Dream Eater," Chirithy said.
"What the hell are you guys running on about?" Zoro asked, walking up to higher ground, and the only guy not looking at the drawing to know Luffy's suppose preference in a shipwright.
"Well guys, come up here!" Nami called. "I'll give you some allowance for the week we're gonna stay here."
"Seriously?! Yaay! I'm first!" Chopper cheered
"Whoa! That's generous!" Luffy stated.
"I do need money for some clothes in this sea," Allen said.
Xion sighed at the guys' responses to Nami's action. Stretching her arms, she winced in slight pain, forgetting about the last set of battles they went through. Those reminders made her determined to train, harder than she had before. But of course, she couldn't do that with Chopper around at the moment. The doctor side of the man-reindeer wouldn't allow her to train in her condition. That said, she doubted Guthrie would help her train in secret. But, there was one other place she could go to train.
"If anyone's looking for me, I'll be resting in the girls' room," Xion informed, retreating to the girls' bedroom.
"You're going to rest still?" Allen asked her in a worried tone.
"My arms still needs healing, as Chopper had told me earlier. They'll be good as new by tomorrow, but I'd rather get some extra rest. Can't strain them too much or it'll take longer for them to heal up."
"I see... You do have a point there. We'll call you when we arrive at the island then. And I'll make sure Nami save you some money."
"Thank you, Allen." With that, Xion walked into the room.
Closing the door, she walked to her bed and sat on it. 'I should still be able to go to my Dive, if I have my Keyblade out,' she thought. Calling upon Fire of Shandora, she lied in bed, hid her Keyblade under the blanket, and closed her eyes.
*DIVE TO HEART*
By some chance, she actually made it in her dive, standing in the middle of her white platform.
"Huh. Well what do you know?" she muttered out.
'I'm surprised to see you here,' came Voice. 'I figured you'd rest as your brother suggested.'
"After what happened back on Sky Island? How can I think about rest? And not to mention, back against Aokiji... Something happened back there. I don't remember what. Just that I was angry. Really, really angry. And then I blacked out and when I woke up, I found myself back on the ship. I don't know what that was, but I have to get stronger so that doesn't happen again. And as if it wasn't weird enough, whenever I ask the others about it, they acted weird around me. I can't say this is me being paranoid; something must've happened. And I intend to do whatever it takes to prevent it from happening again."
It was silent in the area. Xion was hoping that the one person who may be able to help her control this darkness in her would agree upon it. Even if she had to train in secret somehow, even if she had to go through possible life and death situations in her heart, if it can help her grow stronger for her friends, her crew, she'd do it.
'... Very well. You've convinced me,' Voice told her. 'But be warned. Choosing this path may backfire on you. What you want to suppress may grow stronger instead as you do. Even so, do you really want to try your luck?'
"If it keeps the people I love safe, I'll do it," Xion answered, without any hint of hesitation in her voice.
She could've sworn she heard something like a scoff, before Voice answered, 'All right then. Let's get to work.' As he said that, Shadow Heartless of different sizes appeared from the platform.
"Shadow Heartless again?" Xion asked.
'Wait for it.' Just as Voice said that, she felt shaking and called upon her Keyblade, stabbing it on the floor to keep herself steady. Then, coming out from under the platform, was a large, black, humanoid Heartless with a heart-shaped hole.
"What is that?!" Xion asked Voice.
'The Darkside. You can say this is the mother of these Shadow Heartless,' the Voice explained. 'I'd be careful if I were you. This Heartless is not like the ones you've faced before.'
"Clearly..." Xion muttered under her breath, especially as she saw how the Shadows all stood in her way of their leader. Removing Fire of Shandora from the platform, she charged into the fray.
Meanwhile, back on the Going Merry in the real world, the crew, or at least those from the East Blue, thought back to their adventures with their ship, all thinking about the damages it sustained during their journey in the Grand Line.
As they spoke, Guthrie noticed someone missing amongst them. "Huh? Where's Xion?" he asked.
"She's resting up in the girl's bedroom," Allen answered. "Though she recovered from being frozen, her arms are still pretty sore. She's hoping some additional rest can help heal them up better."
"That so? And how much longer until her arms are perfectly recovered, Chopper?"
"Last I checked, they should be fully recovered by tomorrow," the doctor of the crew answered.
"That's good. The faster she recovers, the better," Chirithy said. "That being said, Guthrie-"
"Don't. Say it," the male Keyblade wielder interrupted, practically slamming his hand where the talking Dream Eater's mouth would be. A little too hard.
"Hey! That hurts!"
"I know. It should hurt. Because I do not want to hear those words in that specific order from that mouth." Guthrie squinted his eyes and looked closer to Chirithy's face. "If you even have one."
"What's that suppose to mean?! Of course I have a mouth!"
"Now, now guys," Allen tried to calm, getting in between Guthrie and Chirithy. "Let's not fight; we're all friends here, aren't we? Or is this how Blue Sea people act around friends? Then again, Sanji and Zoro would often get into fights too, and they seem to get along well."
The two said pirates heard what their newest member said and shouted, "Who's getting along with this piece of shit?!" Both turned to each other and demanded, "Who are you calling a piece of shit! You are! Quit copying me!" Cue the usual quarrel between them.
"Huh. I guess this is a normal for Blue Sea Dwellers," Allen said, as no one else was bothering to stop them.
Guthrie looked up, ahead of the ship, and saw something up ahead. "Hey! Is that the place?" he called. Everyone looked up at the island he spotted and were all excited to see they were nearing their destination.
"An island! We see an island!" Luffy happily cheered. "Okay, guys! Paddle!"
"We've got enough wind. Don't make us waste our energy," Sanji told him.
"Then someone go wake Xion! She has to see this!"
"I'll go get her," Robin said, walking to the their bedroom.
*XION'S DIVE*
Meanwhile, back with Xion, the girl was having a troublesome time with the many variations of the Shadows. It wasn't that they were too strong for her, but every time she took a big one, it splits, and smaller versions of the Heartless appeared and counterattacked. To make things even worse and more annoying, the Darkside either continuously attacked from a distance with a homing energy shots from its hole, summon out more normal-sized Shadows, or make small, harmful orbs rain down.
'How am I suppose to beat them all?!' she thought, as she was being surrounded by Heartless. An idea then came to her, one she should've realized by now. 'Duh.'
"Thundaga!" Xion made lightning rain down in the area, getting rid of all the Heartless. Well, all the Shadow Heartless that is. All that was left... was the Darkside. "You and me now!" She rushed in at the large Heartless.
The Darkside curled up its fingers in its right hand and raised its arm. After seeing it use its attacks a number of times, Xion knew it was going to summon out more Shadows, as well as cause another quake. Not only that, but she also knew how slow this Heartless was, and decided to use that to her advantage. As the Darkside slammed its fist down on the platform, Xion quickly jumped and landed on its arm, running up to its face.
"Aerial Slam!" She gave it a good smack in the head. "Rising Strike!" Next was a good uppercut of an attack. "And Land Crash!" As a finisher, she dove down at the Heartless's face, jabbing it in the nose, and forcing it to fall down.
Xion landed on the platform, turning to the trio of Shadows that were summoned. "Stun Impact!" Slamming Fire of Shandora down, she got rid of the Heartless.
The vice-captain of the Straw Hats panted at how hard she had fought in this dive. From this, she could tell that Voice really upped the power of these Heartless and couldn't help but feel a little happy. However, she knew that she had to do better than that.
Unfortunately, this wasn't over just yet. The Darkside shot back up and raised its arm once more. Xion turned, shocked to see it still around, as it brought its fist down once more. Before she could do anything to block the hit, though, the Heartless disappeared.
'Let's leave it at that,' Voice said.
"What?! But I can still continue!" Xion said.
'I'm not saying this because you can't. But as you are now, you can't get stronger.' The female Keyblade wielder couldn't believe what she was hearing. 'You cannot get stronger if you keep using old tactics, old moves, old magic like you did. You experienced what happened the other day against that Admiral, right? You have to improve your strength, overcome your weakness, act like a true Keyblade wielder you are. You can't do that if you stick with old strategies.'
"But then... What do I do?"
'I think you know the answer to that. Now go. Your friends are waiting.' With that, Xion was returned to the original world.
When Xion opened her eyes, she found herself back in her room, in the same position as she was before.
"You're finally awake," came Robin's voice. Xion shot up at her voice. "Relax, Demon-san. It's only me."
Seeing that Robin was the only one here put Xion at ease. "Sorry about that, Robin. Just... had a strange dream," she lied.
"Was it now? I don't think I remember a time when you summoned a Keyblade in your sleep." Those words caused the Keyblade wielder to flinch, as she looked down and saw Fire of Shandora poking out of the blanket.
"I-! Uh..." The vice-captain tried to think of a lie to cover up the fact that she went and trained in her dive, but got nothing. "Please, don't tell anyone."
"It's fine. Secret is safe with me," Robin assured. "Besides, I think I can understand it. Hiding personal secrets for good intentions."
As much as she wanted to question what Robin meant by that, Xion knew better than to pry into it. Besides, if what Voice said was true, she kept her crew waiting long enough. Firstly, though...
"Let me change out of these clothes first."
After changing her clothes, Xion and Robin both exited out of the room.
"You sure took your time," Guthrie said.
"Sorry. But I wanted to change out of those clothes," Xion said. The female Keyblade wielder now wore a pink, zippered-up hoodie, black shorts, and long, black boots.
"Well, between those clothes and the sweats you wore earlier, I guess those are the more appropriate outdoor-in-public clothes."
Xion looked out in sea and saw the island they were heading to, Water 7. To her surprise, it was more of a city in the middle of the sea rather than an island, with a big fountain on top. "So that's Water 7... Looks amazing," she stated.
"Sure, but... What do those numbers mean?" Zoro asked.
It was then, everyone noticed the large numbers on some of the walls.
"Don't know," Usopp answered.
"Are those walls?" Sanji wondered.
"They look... kind of like garage doors," Guthrie said.
Everyone looked at him in confusion. "Garage?"
The male Keyblade wielder shook his head, forgetting that this world is not his home. "Nothing important," he told them.
"I bet those are entrances for the 5 meter shipwrights!" Luffy exclaimed.
"Like there's really a bunch of them!" Usopp shouted.
"I highly doubt those are doors. Maybe there's a deeper meaning to those numbers," Xion said.
"Like what?" Chopper asked.
"Don't know. They could be gates."
"The one up front has to be a station. The one that says 'Blue Station'," Nami said.
"If there's a station here, then where's a harbor?" Chirithy asked.
"Must be somewhere inside," Usopp guessed, seeing no sign of a harbor or a port anywhere.
"Hey, you guys!" a voice called. Everyone looked and saw a fisherman waving to them. "It's not good for you pirates to be openly sailing in the front! Go around the backstreets over there!"
They couldn't believe what they just heard. An innocent civilian, who knew full well that they were pirates, warned them of the dangers it could be for them to be out and about and directed them to a safer direction.
"... Uh, sure! Thanks for that!" Xion called back, as they went to the direction the fisherman spoke of.
"He seems like a nice guy. Pirates get this sort of treatment?" Allen asked.
"Not really. They're usually feared," Guthrie answered.
"I'm just hoping it's not another Whiskey Peak incident," Xion said, getting a de ja vu of when the crew arrived to their first island in the Grand Line.
A bit of sailing later, they arrived into the city, and were amazed at the sight of it.
"Whoa, this is amazing! This is the city of water?" Nami asked.
"Sure lives up to its name," Chirithy stated.
"Wow! This place is so cool! What a beautiful city!" Luffy exclaimed.
Everywhere around them, no matter where they look, they saw the beauty in Water 7. Everyone was in peace, living out their daily lives, and they see a lot of water flowing down certain slides from the city's fountain.
"But the city is flooded. The houses are submerged in the sea," Chopper said.
"That's not it. The city was designed with the base being submerged," Robin observed.
"She's right. Look underneath the buildings. Those are pillars," Guthrie pointed out.
"Wow... As expected of the Blue Sea," Allen said in awe.
"This may be the only island that can actually backup that claim. Especially with the name of the city of water," Xion told him.
"Hey! Hurry up and dock the ship!" Luffy ordered in excitement.
One civilian seemed to have heard the shout and informed, "Hey, hey, you guys! Pirate ships shouldn't come in here! What'd you come here for?! To plunder?!"
"No! We wanna get out ship repaired!" Luffy answered.
"Would people normally ask if we're here to plunder?" Usopp questioned.
"What's 'plunder'?" Allen asked.
"It means stealing goods, something a typical pirate crew would do," Guthrie answered. "Though Usopp asked a good question. No sane person would ask that, would they?"
"Not unless if they're used to seeing pirates on an everyday basis," Xion pointed out a possibility.
"There's a cape ahead of here! Anchor your ship there for now!" the civilian suggested them.
"Okay!" Nami replied.
"Thanks!" Luffy thanked.
"Again?" Usopp questioned, wondering why another innocent person helped them out.
"I'm really getting a sense of de ja vu here," Xion spoke out loud.
"With what?" Allen asked.
After some time of sailing, the crew made it to the cape the man spoke of.
"This area should be okay, don't you think?" Usopp said.
"In any case, what a dull place this is," Sanji stated.
"All right then! Furl the sail!" Luffy ordered.
With the anchor lowered, Zoro went to furl the sails. As he attempted to tighten the sails, the mast suddenly broke on him and tumbled over. This surprised everyone, as the swordsman quickly became a support of sort for the mast.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Usopp demanded.
"Nothing! I just pulled the rope!" the three-sword-stype swordsman said.
"Zero Graviga!" Xion canceled out the gravity on the ship, lightening the mast's weight on Zoro. "Hurry up and put it back!" At her command, Zoro, with Guthrie and Allen helping out, put the mast back in place.
"Holy crap. The Going Merry has gotten this rockety?" Zoro questioned.
"We really need to give her some upgrades when we find a shipwright," Guthrie said.
"But still, I wonder why the people on this island aren't scared of pirates," Nami voiced out her question.
"This island is a place filled with great shipwrights. Maybe we're not the first pirates who come here for repairs," Chirithy assumed.
"But even so, the people wouldn't be this casual about us. Not all pirates are like us after all," Xion pointed out.
"Maybe they have bodyguards strong enough to deal with pirates who cause a ruckus," Robin guessed.
"They probably do, considering this city's size," Sanji agreed.
"Really?! Hey, what're we going to do?! This is bad!" Usopp panicked.
"Relax! If what Robin says is true, I'm pretty sure it's only if we cause trouble. And we. Do. Not. Want. Trouble," Xion said, specifically directing those last few words at a certain troublemaker on Going Merry.
"Why are you looking at me?" Luffy asked.
"Besides, we're customers here. Nothing's gonna happen," Sanji supported the female Keyblade wielder's claim.
"If you think so..." Usopp said.
"Okay, then! See you later!" With Luffy's farewell, he and Usopp immediately jumped off the ship and rushed back to the city.
"Wait, Luffy! Usopp!" Nami called, getting the two's attention. "I want you guys to come with me."
"Huh? To where?" Usopp asked.
"First, we'll take the reference letter from Kokoro-san and find a man named Iceberg. We'll ask him to help us arrange the ship's repairs. We also have to find a place where we can cash in our gold."
"I see... All right, then! Anyway, let's go! To the city of water!" Luffy said, continuing to the door... empty-handed.
"You forgot the gold."
After getting the gold, the trio walked back to the city of water.
"Be careful, Nami-san!" Sanji waved.
"Ahh... I somehow missed the chance to go with them," Chopper sighed.
"Let's go out together later," Robin told him.
"Really?! I wonder if they have a bookstore."
"I'm sure they do."
"We should go too," Xion said, referring to herself and Allen. "We need to get you some clothes after all."
"Can we make some stops along the way? I saw some really interesting things on the way here," he asked.
Xion wanted to deny that, but from what she saw, the town was as peaceful as can be. She didn't sense any malice or hidden intention from anyone like she did in Whiskey Peak. This may actually be a pirate-accepting island, in a way. Plus, Allen was her friend, and this is his first time on a habited island in the Blue Sea. Not to mention, of what she remembered, Allen's only source of entertainment and enjoyment was through his dancing. She should let him enjoy himself while they can. "Sure we can," she answered. "Let's go. Oh! But first..." She looked down at Allen's bare feet.
After finding him a pair of shoes, a pair of Guthrie's white shoes that he was willing to lend the Shandian, Xion and Allen took their leave.
"We'll be back soon!" the former called to the others.
As the rest of the Straw Hats waved, Chirithy looked and saw Guthrie not at all making a move to follow after the duo. Even after their conversation that night, he had hoped the male Keyblade Wielder would do his job. Some wishful thinking on his part.
"Hold up! Let me come with you!" the Dream Eater said, poofing himself on Allen's head, much to the surprise of others.
"Is it okay for him to go?" Zoro asked.
"He's not my responsibility. He's free to make his own decision," Guthrie said. "Besides, he's got Xion with him. She'll keep him safe if something goes wrong."
The guys, who didn't know of their argument, agreed with their counselor left the situation at that, while Robin looked at Guthrie with a sad look in her eyes. She knew why Guthrie was acting the way he was, and she really didn't want to be the reason why he and Chirithy are, most likely, going to split, if they don't reconcile with each other. But what can she say that could make him make up with his partner?