A/N: Partial credit to EvanderAdvent. Enjoy :)

Last time:

"Rex! Terra! Cover me!" When my two Dream Eaters caught up to me, we were suddenly trapped in a wax box. "In that case, Rex! Show them your specialty," I ordered, receiving a nod from the Tyranto Rex.

It walked up and breathed out fire at the wax. The wax was melting from the inside and I was feeling a little too hot. Helping Rex out, I also used my fire spells. While we were still trying to break free, Terra was getting my attention. I turned to see that it change into a ball with spikes.

"Rex, change of plans," I said, having my partner to stop its fire. "Let's use our fire attacks on Terra. That way, with its strength, we'll get out of here faster." It nodded in agreement to the plan. That said, we went behind the triceratops Dream Eater and set it on fire. Terra rolled at full speed at the wax. Once it made contact, the wax was melting faster and Rex and I charged after Terra so we wouldn't be covered in wax. Just when we got up to Terra, he got out and we quickly followed suit.

"Ehhh!? No way!" came voices from the Baroque Works. I turned to see Five and Valentine with Three and Goldenweek.

"If it's going to take more than hypnotizing me with paint to stop me, it's going to take a lot more than trapping me in a box made of wax with my Dream Eaters to stop me," I said. "Now I'll say it again: Don't get in my way!"

"Ahhh! Xion! Where were you?! And why are there dinosaurs with you?!" came Usopp's voice.

'I agree with the long-nose! And why are they so colorful?!' followed Carue's voice.

"Whoa! Xion! You have dinosaurs on you!? Cool!" Oh, will you look and see who finally decides to help out.

"It's about time you decide to help out," I growled at the rubber idiot.

"It can't be helped!" he complained. "That little girl hypnotized me with her paint thing!"

"Well, it doesn't matter right now. There's still time to save our nakama. You two and Carue back me up. I'm more than enough to help them."

"Like we'll let you!" came Five's voice.

"We'll have our revenge for what happened back in Whiskey Peak!" Valentine's voice followed. I turned to see Valentine in the air and Five with a pistol in his hand.

"Vanish," I muttered, as soon as they began to attack me. Once I turned invisible, I moved out of my spot to avoid the attacks.

"What the-?!" Valentine gasped.

"Where'd she go?!" Five demanded.

"Xion disappeared!? So cool!" At a time like this, Luffy?! Are you kidding me?! Then again, it's Luffy.

Getting back to the current situation, I ran towards Five. As I ran, I pointed my Keyblade at Valentine. When the spell wore off, Five seemed shock to see me suddenly in front of him. "Collision Magnet," I said, as I pulled Valentine towards me with a magnetic force from Starlight. I then crashed her into her partner. Since Five was about to attack me with his bomb attacks, he 'exploded'. I managed to get out before he did.

"Luffy! Usopp! Carue! Take care of that waxman and his partner! I'll go and help Princess Vivi, Zoro and Nami!" I told them.

"Like I'll let you," came Three's voice from behind me. "And it's not 'waxman'. I'm a candleman. Now taste the the infinite despair of my attack." I turned just in time to see him in some kind of armor. "Candle Champion!"

Usopp and Carue shrieked in fear when they saw him. "What's he doing?" Luffy asked.

"This is what takes down a pirate with a bounty of B42,000,000," Three explained. "My greatest art work! And now, Ms. Goldenweek. Endow me with your lovely colors, artistically."

"Then can I take a break?" she asked.

"It matters not, but stay out of my way." At that, Goldenweek nodded in agreement. "When in this state, I am invincible! My magnificent doru-doru wax is as hard as steel. My entire body is encased in impenetrable armor! Therefore I have... NO WEAKNESS!"

"Except fire," I mumbled.

"So cool~!" my simple-minded captain admired.

"DON'T ADMIRE HIM!" Usopp and I scolded.

"FIGHT HIM!" he added.

'Yeah!' Carue agreed.

"Anyway, Luffy! I'm leaving the waxman to you!" I exclaimed, running to our waxed nakama. "Terra! You help him!"

"I won't let you! As soon as Ms. Goldenweek is done painting me, I'll crush you!" said the waxman.

"I won't let you!" Luffy protested.

With that I continued to run towards the wax cake, with my tyrannosaurus Dream Eater running by my side. "Rex!" I called, getting the Tyranto Rex's attention. "I hope you still have some juice in you. The fastest way to free them is by using that link! I might become extremely weak, since this will be the second time that I'll use this kind, but we don't have a choice!" Hearing him roar in agreement was enough for me.

As we close in on the cake, I place my hand on Rex's head when he lowered it. "Here we go! Link Style: Fire Raid!" Once the link was complete, the fatigue instantly came back. 'Like hell I'll lose to it right now!' I mentally yelled.

I jumped on the wax until I was at the spinning half-dome. At that moment, Starlight was imbue in flames. I hurled it twice at the dome as though I'm using a chakram instead. I then summoned more Keyblades and threw them inside the dome. The original came out and went back in my hands as I landed on the cake next to the waxed comrades. The moment my feet touched the wax, I leaped up and did my combo again.

"And now for the finish!" I said, as I backflipped away from the wax, throwing a lot of copies at it as they emerged into flames once they hit their mark. The moment they made contact, I'm not sure why, but the wax erupted into flames!

'That's not what happened last time,' I thought, as I delinked.

"What a huge fire!" I heard Luffy state. "Are they gonna be okay?"

"No! Curse you, Starlight Blade! How dare you ruin my Candle Service Set!? You'll pay for this!" I turned to Three to see that his armor has melted and ran off without it.

"Ah! You won't get away!" my captain demanded.

'Why is it time like this that he's reliable?' I wondered. I suddenly felt pain all over my body. I went on my knees as I tried to endure this pain.

"Curaga!" I shouted, trying to heal myself, only to make myself weaker instead. "Oh yeah. I can only use basic spells in this state," I realized. "Cure!" I healed thanks to the spell, but not by much, I wanted to use the spell again, but I feel like my arm would fall off if I did.

"Now you've done it!" I heard. Looking up, I saw Ms. Valentine. "I'll just smash you to pieces! Hissatsu: 10,000 Kilo Guillotine!" At that, she began a sure-kill axe-kick, ON ME! I was too weak to move out. I just stayed there. I would've died, if it wasn't for Nami and Princess Vivi, both who knocked Valentine out of the way with a staff and peacock slashers.

"It was hot in there," I heard Nami said. "Is that the best you could do?"

"It was the quickest way to get you out. And be glad that you're alive," I said.

"You're right. Thanks."

"I still can't believe it. We're actually alive," the princess said, looking at herself.

I heard Rex snort next to me and Terra walking up to us from the corner of my eyes and I could guess what Rex just said. 'Believe it,' is probably what he said.

"You can say that again," I said. I saw Nami and Vivi look at my new Dream Eaters from the other corner of my eyes. The next thing you know was the expected: they freaked out.

"DINOSAURS!" they shrieked.

"They're also a Dream Eater so calm down already!" I yelled, revealing razor-sharp teeth. I suddenly felt something coming from behind me. I reacted fast and deflect whatever was coming with my Keyblade.

"I won't let you screw up our missions any more!" Five exclaimed.

"But I just did! What are you going to do about it?!"

"I'll eliminate you with my Full-Body Explosion! You'll be less than bone shreds when I'm done!"

Before I could react, he knocked Starlight out of my hand and got prepared to attack me. "Yaki Onigiri!" came a shout. I turned to the source to see Zoro jump out of the flames, covered in fire. He then slashed Five with his flaming swords.

Just when he did though, I saw another image. Or rather, images. They were about a guy with fire-red spiky hair. The one from my Dive to the Heart before I got Starlight. There were so many images, my head felt like it would explode. It hurts so much, I clutched my head and lied down on the grass, screaming in pain.

*GENERAL'S P.O.V*

"Augh! Ah! Ahhh!" Xion screamed, clutching her head.

"XION!" her nakama, except Luffy who went after Mr. Three and Ms. Goldenweek, called, running up to her.

"What's wrong, Xion?!" Nami asked.

"Are you hurt?!" Vivi questioned. The only replies they got from their fallen comrade were screams in pain.

"Oi, oi. Do you think maybe she's regaining a lot of her memories?" Usopp spoke.

"From what?! There's no way that so many memories will just come back from seeing one attack!" Nami protested.

"Then why is Xion acting like this if it isn't?!"

*XION'S P.O.V*

'So many images... of that guy!' I thought, seeing more of that red-haired man. Most of the memories with him was on a cloock tower with another boy. And we were looking at the sunset.

'Oh, you're not sure? What, did they forget to build you with common sense?' I heard. I snapped my eyes open to find myself talking to him. It was dark at that time and I think we were outside in out black coats.

"Oh, come on, don't look so shocked. You already knew you're a replica," he continued. "A puppet whose original purpose was to duplicate Roxas's powers. If he's getting weaker and you're getting stronger..." I noticed that his voice faded when he said that. And... who's Roxas? "... that just means you're borrowing a little more than you oughta be."

I looked down in shock. A puppet? Me? "... What should I do, then?" I asked, feeling uneasy about the conversation.

"I can't make that decision for you. You're no puppet in my book," he said. "You're my best friend. Mine and Roxas's. Got it memorized?"

I nodded my head before feeling down again. "Can I ask you one other thing?"

"What's that?"

"I saw a boy today who looks just like Roxas. Is he who I think he is?" A boy? Wait, what am I saying? I don't know what's happening here if I don't know what happened before. Just when I asked that question, the scene changed. As it did, my head started to hurt again.

'Xion. What are you thinking?' came his voice again. My eyes once again snapped open and this time, I was in front of a mansion of some sort. In front of me was Axel, who- Wait. How did I know his name just now?

"I have to go back to where I belong," I told him.

"At first, I thought that was the best thing to do too. But somehow, I'm not convinced. Something about this just stinks."

"But it's for the good of everyone." Doing what is for the good of everyone? What am I saying?

"That's what people always say when they're being selfish. Every single one of them."

"This is the right thing to do."

"You wanna be erased!?" I saw his eyes widen when I took out a weapon. It's strange. In my hand was a Keyblade, only different from the one that I currently weild. Although, what did he mean by 'erase'?

"Don't go easy on me, Axel," I requested.

He seemed... annoyed? Irritated? Either way, he seems upset about my request. "Stop fucking around!" he snapped. "You both... think you can do whatever you want! I've made up my mind! You guys can run all you want, but I'll always be there to bring you back!" As he said that last sentence, he summoned his own weapon: a chakram.

After that, my head seems to have calmed down. It doesn't hurt anymore. Opening my eyes, I found myself lying down on the grass, with a similiar green jacket over me and a rag on my forehead. Slowly sitting up, I groaned as my head felt light, telling me to lie back down. the sound I made grabbed everyone's attention.

"Xion!" they all called.

"That's great. You're alive!" Nami stated.

"I almost thought that you died or something!" Usopp cried.

"Ugh... What happened to me?" I asked, holding my head.

"You tell us," Zoro said. "The moment I took out that bomb man, you just screamed and clutched your head. The next thing we know, you just went unconscious on us."

"Did your memories return?" Princess Vivi asked. Guess they told her about my problem since she asked that question.

"Yeah. Some of it," I replied, giving the jacket back to Vivi.

"Not that I care, but what do you remember?" Luffy asked. Why did he anyway if he said that he didn't care?

"If you don't care about what I remember, then there's no point in telling you. And... let's just say, I now know why I always watched the sun set, on high places." Well, it's true. Even before I became a Straw Hat pirate, I always watch the sun set back on Tanoshi Island on the roof of Miki and her family's house. And ever since I joined, I always watched the sun set from the crow's nest. I thought something might come back to me if I watch the sun rise as well, but nothing came back. Even so, I kept watching the sun set and sometimes I watch the sun rise.

"Well, the important thing is that everyone is all right. Even Master Dorry," Usopp said.

"Yeah. And with that out of the way... Xion..."

"Yes, Nami?"

"WHY DO YOU HAVE COLORFUL DINOSAURS WITH YOU?! AN ONE OF THEM ISN'T ACTING LIKE IT'S OWN KIND!" she questioned.

"I thought I told Usopp that they are my new Dream Eaters. So of course they wouldn't act like real animals," I said.

"Oh, I see," she, Usopp, Princess Vivi, Zoro and Luffy said, each placing a fist on their palms.

"By the way, where's Sanji?" The moment I asked that question, the said chef, no wait, lovesick boy, came, calling for us girls in his I-love-you-so-much tone and the guys in his I-don't-care-a-damn-thing-about-you-guys tone.

"Yo, Sanji!" Luffy called back.

"Everyone's safe, right? Thank goodness~!"

"I bet he's talking about the three of us," I said to the princess and Nami.

"That dork never showed up to help us and now he has the gall to show up now?!" Usopp growled as he and Carue gave off an irritated look.

"Hey! What's going on here?!" Sanji demanded, running up to the giants. "Are you Mr. Three?!"

"Hey, how do you know about Mr. Three?" Nami asked.

I didn't bother to listen to any more of the conversation as I returned Rex and Terra back to their cards. Before I could though, SOMEBODY just had to kick my allies, HARD!

"Shitty dinosaurs," he said. "It's all right now, Xion-swan~! They won't bother you ever again~!" I know that he wasn't there when I explained it... HOWEVER! He should AT LEAST tell that they aren't ordinary dinosaurs, JUST by looking at the colors!

"Sanji..." I called, holding my anger in.

"Yes~?"

"HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO MY NEW DREAM EATERS?!" I questioned, beating him up.

"Wait, those shitty dinosaurs are-?!"

"DO NOT CALL THEM SHITTY! I'LL KILL YOU!"

"Aren't you doing that right now?" I heard Zoro ask.

"You! Shut up!" I immediately calmed down and went to Rex and Terra's side. "Are you two okay?" They both softly made a sound, signalling that they are all right. "You two get back in your cards and get as much rest as you want." That said, they returned to their 'rooms'.

"You talked to the boss?!" Princess Vivi asked Sanji. After he recovered, he began to explain to us what he was doing while we were fighting against Five, Three, Valentine, and Goldenweek.

"Yeah. There was this weird-ass hideout in the middle of the jungle. Seems he mistook me for this Mr. Three. So I went ahead and told him that I finished you guys off."

"That means he thinks we're dead, right?" Vivi summarized.

"Why is it that when nobody's looking for us, we can't leave?!" Usopp cried.

"We can't leave?" our cook repeated. "Do we still have something to do here? And after I went through the trouble of bringing you this." When he said that, he took out an Eternal Pose. AND IT LEADS TO ARABASTA! Our one-way ticket out of here is in his hands!? How?!

We all looked at him with our jaws dropped.

"It's an Eternal Pose to Arabasta!" Luffy happily identified.

"That means we can get out of here!" I said, forgetting about the quesitons that were in my head about how he got it. We all cheered at this miracle.

"Yosh! Senbei (rice crackers) party!" he declared.

I almost lost my balance when he declared that. There's no time for a party on an island any way. So just what is he talking about?!

"Now's not the time for a party!" I exclaimed. "Now that we have an Eternal Pose to Arabasta, we have to hurry on out of here!"

"Xion's right! We have to leave!" the princess agreed.

"Oh yeah. You. You haven't forgotten about our Hunting Contest, have you?" Sanji asked Zoro.

"No. And I won, by the way," our swordsman told our cook. "I caught a rhino this big."

I ignored the rest of the conversation, since I already know that there would be an argument between them.

"Xion, on your back and side," I heard Princess Vivi spoke to me. I looked at my back to see some wax on the symbol that Goldenweek placed on me. As for my side, the black symbol was smeared.

"Oh these? What about it?"

"Did Ms. Goldenweek hypnotize you?"

"Tried to." I saw her confused look when I answered. "When I saw you, Zoro and Nami as waxed statues, my bad habit took over, so her paint was useless. Which means that you guys were saved thanks to my bad habit."

"I think it should be a good habit," she told me.

"I second that," Nami agreed. "And we should changed your position on this crew."

"That's captain's decision," I said. Just when I said that, Nami went to Luffy and asked him that he should change my position in his crew.

"Then in that case, Xion! From now on, you are our First Mate!" he declared.

"Didn't I say-?"

"It's fine," Luffy interrupted me. "You'd do a better job at it than Zoro."

"He has a point there, especially with how reliable you are," our swordsman agreed.

"... I guess there's no choice. Besides that, you are the captain." When I said that, most of my crewmates cheered. I tried to stand up, only to get back down on my knees.

"Xion, what's wrong?" I heard Nami questioned.

"The technique I used to save you guys easily wears me out. I can't walk for a while," I half-lied. I don't want to risk telling them that I used the Link Style twice. You'll never know who else is on this island.

"If that's the case, then let us help you," the princess offered, as she and Nami helped me up and walk.

"Thanks you two."

"Well then, Round-ossan, Big-ossan! We're gonna get going," Luffy told the giants.

"I see," Broggy spoke. "Well, you seem to be in a hurry."

"It's too bad you can't stay," Dorry said. "But don't let that stop you. I hope your country is safe."

"Yes. Thank you," the princess thanked, as we took our leave.

A few minutes later, as we walk, I felt something moving in my pocket. Taking whatever it was out, it was a Keychain of some sort. Decided to check it out later, I asked Nami to put it somewhere in my bag.

When we got back, Zoro and Sanji were arguing about who has the bigger catch. I stayed out of the fight, thinking that they would end it themselves.

"GET UP HERE NOW!" I heard Nami yelled. And I take back what I thought; Nami would end it. Looking at the Keychain that I found in my pocket, I wondered how it got in.

'My head's still light from the fatigue of using two Link Styles in one day,' I told myself. 'I'll check it out tomorrow.' My mind then went to those Baroque Works members. My bad habit kicked in at the thought of them. Even though they deserve staying on this island, my bad habit tells me that they were just following orders and were blinded by what Crocodile promised them. I got off the ship, going to search for them.

"Xion. What are you doing?" Usopp asked.

"Ah~ How nice~. Xion-swan is helping me carry the meat inside~."

'You wish,' I thought. "I'm going to find those Baroque Work members," I told them.

"WHAT?!" I thought they would ask that.

"Are you crazy?! After all they did to us?! No way! Nuh-uh! No! No! No! No! No! You are not serious!" Nami argued.

"All they did was follow their order. That and they were blinded by Crocodile's promise to them. Besides, I bet they have a bigger dream than to be officers of something that Crocodile promised. If they stay here, they won't be able to achieve it. I know they deserve to get eaten by dinosaurs, but my bad habit says otherwise."

"Then leave them a ship," Luffy said.

"You be quiet!" the rest of the crew shouted at him.

"Even if what you said is true, I'll regret it for the rest of my life it I don't do something for them," I reasoned. That seemed to be enough to convince them, for those who were on the Going Merry got off and helped me build a ship or a raft.

After we all did our job, we set sailed.

"They said if we continue on this route, we'll come out on the west side of the island," Nami told us.

"Oi. Couldn't we get anymore meat onboard?" Luffy asked.

"Moron, if we took anymore, it would spoil before we eat it," Sanji reasoned.

"Besides that, it would probably sink the ship," I said.

"By the way, Xion," I heard Vivi call. "I take back what I said about your bad habit."

"Me too," Nami agreed.

"Hey! It's the Giant-ossans! They came to see us off!" Luffy announced, pointing at the said duo.

"... For all tiny humans that came to this island," Brogy spoke.

"... the biggest reason they could never reach the next island lies ahead," Dorry continued for him. We were confused when they said that. "You guarded our honor with your lives."

"And so, we shall do the same, no matter what kind of enemy there may be."

"A friend's honor must not be tarnished, no matter what the cost."

"Believe in us and continue straight ahead! Whatever should appear, do not stray from your course!"

"I got it!" our captain relied.

"Got what?" Zoro asked.

"What is it that you get?" Usopp questioned.

"NO MATTER WHAT, WE'LL GO STRAIGHT AHEAD!" was all Luffy said.

"This is farewell," Brogy said, as we sailed out of the island.

"We'll meet again," Dorry said.

"Without a doubt."

"Look! Up ahead!" Nami screamed. Something big was coming out of the water. To our surprise, IT WAS A HUGE GOLDFISH WITH TEETH!

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" Usopp shrieked.

"What is that thing?" Luffy calmly questioned. "A goldfish?"

"Turn the helm! Hurry! Before we get eaten!" Nami ordered me.

"I would, but Brogy and Dorry said to just sail ahead. They're obviously going to do something, so I'm just going to trust them!" I reasoned.

"WRONG! This is when your bad habit kicks in! So help us now!"

"That would be true, if it did."

"Ahh! Luffy! You do something then! That thing is nothing like Laboon!"

"I know. Just settle down." HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT HE'S STILL CALM?! IT'S A MIRACLE!"Here, have the last senbei."

"I don't want it!" Nami exclaimed, catching the cracker anyway. "We've got to turn the ship around! We're all gonna be-!"

"Just give up, Nami," Zoro calmly said. And shouldn't my bad habit be kicking in sometime soon?

"Luffy! We can trust those guys, right!?" Sanji questioned.

"Yup!"

"Seriously?! Are we really going to sail straight into that monster?!" Princess Vivi asked.

"Oh, believe it," I said.

"It's too late! We can't stop now!" our navigator cried, as we were eaten by the goldfish.

"STRAIGHT AHEAD! S-STRAIGHT AHEAD!" Usopp cried.

"What are you talking about?!" Nami asked. "We've just been eaten!"

"STRAIGHT AHEAD! STRAIGHT AHEAD!" Luffy yelled.

A few seconds later, I felt like there's something behind us. Running to the back, I saw some kind of light pierce through the fish. The light went past us and pierced through the other side. Thanks to that, we made it out! Without a doubt, this was thanks to Brogy and Dorry. I will forever be in their debt.