A/N: Partial credit goes to EvanderAdvent.
It was snowing outside. I was walking my way to somewhere. I don't know where I'm going exactly, because my body was moving on its own.
'What am I doing?' I asked myself. 'Where am I going?'
"AHHH! HELP ME!" I heard. I ran to the source of the scream in worry. The voice sounded familiar. Why is that?
When I got to the source, I saw a small creature that looks like a tanuki (racoon-dog), only that it has antlers, hooves, and a pink top-hat.
"Chopper!" I shouted, getting the creature's attention.
"Xion-nee! Help me!" it, or he, begged. My body charged at the group of Heartless with my Keyblade in hand.
After that was done, I bent down to the creature's level.
"Chopper, are you okay?" I asked him.
"Yeah," he nodded.
"Why are you out here?"
"I wanted to get stronger, and get some more herbs for the medicine and rumble balls. But those Heartless came out of nowhere and I was scared. But I promise. It won't happen again!"
"That's my little reindeer," I complimented, patting the creature on the head.
"C-complimenting me like that won't make me happy, you asshole~" he lied, doing some kind of dance.
*REALITY*
I woke up from that strange dream, wondering what it was about.
'Was that another portion of my memories?' I thought, placing my hand on my head. Just as I did, I noticed the bandages on it. I looked at myself and saw that I was covered in bandages.
"Guess the doctor saved me, too," I said out loud.
"Xion-nee?" came a child's voice. I turned to the source and saw that it was the tanuki, or reindeer, from my memories. Tears began to form from his eyes and he jumped on me. "XION-NEE! You finally came back!"
The force of Chopper's, the reindeer, attack made me hit my head on the bed's railing.
"AHHH! Xion-nee! Are you okay?!" Chopper asked, realizing what he did when he jumped to hug me.
"Yes, I'm okay," I replied, rubbing my head.
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Whew. That's a relief. So how are you feeling?"
"I'm fine. Mind if I ask where my nakama are?"
"You mean the colorful animals? Or the humans on them?"
"Both."
"I don't know how, but the animals just disappeared. And as for the humans, the males are sleeping in the room next door, and the sick girl is sleeping in the room next to it. At least, I hope she's asleep."
"I see. So they're all right," I sighed in relief. I slowly got out of bed, wanting to see if Nami's getting better.
"Xion-nee! What are you planning to do?!" Chopper demanded. And why did he call me his sister?
"I want to see if Nami, the sick girl, is all right," I replied.
"You can't! If you get out of bed, Doctorine will get mad."
"Then let her. Besides, I can heal myself." I took out Warrior's Pride when I said that, using my healing magic. When I used it, I felt better than ever. "There. I'm all better. Now let me see my nakama."
"You sure?" Chopper asked me, his face and tone filled with worry. And man, does he look so cute with that face.
"I'm absolutely sure, Chopper," I answered.
"Okay." He then led me to Nami's room.
As we walked, he was asking me a lot of questions, such as why I'm with the pirates, why I have a bounty, what I meant when I said that I wouldn't be coming back. Basically most of those questions where things that I want to know the answers to myself, because they were things that I can't remember. Fortunately for me, Chopper was asking too many questions too fast, like a curious child, I can't seem to remember what his first question was.
"Xion-nee, why aren't you answering my questions?" he then asked. And why was he calling me his sister?
"You were asking too many questions at once, how can I answer them?" I asked back.
Chopper seemed to realize that and apologized. He was about to ask his questions again but couldn't since we arrived at our destination.
"Ah, Xion!" Nami called. By the sound of her voice, she must've gotten better.
"Nami!" I called back.
"What are you doing up, you little brat?" came the voice of an old lady. I turned and saw a woman with the body of a teenager and a face of a witch.
'Without a doubt, that is Dr. Kureha,' I thought. 'Her face looks like a witch.'
"Oi. I asked you a question, Xion," Kureha said.
"I'm up because I want to check up on my friends," I replied. "Is that wrong of me?"
"No. But you should've realized that if you're not yet better..." Kureha was suddenly close to me, holding a knife near my neck. "... You're just asking for death."
"Xion!"
"AHH! Xion-nee!"
I took out my Keyblade and had it on Kureha's neck.
"Then I'll just take you with me, if you plan on killing me," I threatened.
A moment of silence came and Kureha was the one who broke it. "I see you're well after all, Xion," she said, putting her knife away. "And it seems you've changed a little, since the last time we saw you." I tensed a bit when she said that. "And just what were you thinking, giving up your coat to your nakama like that? I know you want to help people, but that's going a bit too far. Oh, and Chopper, mind treating the boys?"
"Eh? But..." Chopper began to protest.
"But what?"
"I want to talk to Xion-nee a little more."
"We can talk later," I kindly said to the reindeer. "Right now, my nakama's lives are more important."
Chopper understood and ran to treat my friends.
"So... Where have you been this whole time?" Uh-oh. "It's been six months since you were last here. And you always visited this country, after your done with your missions, or after hanging out with your friends. And you said that that last visit was the final, just what do you mean by that?"
I was getting uncomfortable with her questions. Sweats began to form on my head. I think my mouth was beginning to dry up.
"Well, about that..." Nami spoke, saving me. "Xion can't really tell you why."
"Oh? And why is that?"
"She has an amnesia."
Kureha seems shock when she heard my condition. "Does Chopper know?" she asked.
"If Chopper is the tanuki, or reindeer, then no," I answered. "He just seems so happy to see me. I can't just say, 'I have an amnesia so I have no idea who you are or what you're talking about.' That would break his heart."
"Well, that's funny coming from you," Kureha stated. "Last I remember, you don't have a heart." My eyes widened at the information.
"Don't... have a heart?" I repeated.
"What do you mean?" Nami questioned. "It's impossible for a human to live without a heart."
"That's what I thought, until I treated her," Kureha told us.
"I don't get it," I spoke, leaning on a wall. "If what you said is true... and if I'm not a human... then, what am I?" I looked at myself, trying to figure out the answer, when suddenly...
"AHHHH! HELP ME!" a scream was heard. We turned to where it came from and saw Chopper, with Luffy and Sanji on him.
Luffy looked like he was going to eat Chopper, while Sanji was telling Luffy to not eat him, that he has to co- COOK CHOPPER?! Hearing that, I summoned Lapin to save the poor reindeer.
Well, I was about to, when Luffy suddenly let go of Chopper, noticing me and Nami.
"Nami! Xion!" he spoke, looking at us.
"Nami-san! Xion-san!" Sanji called, just noticing us.
'Well that was quick,' I mentally stated.
"So you got better, Nami!" Luffy happily stated.
"Ahhh! Xion-swan! What happened to your perfect body?! You're all covered in bandages!" Sanji cried, seeing my condition. Or rather my body's condition.
"Is that what's important right now? And of course my body is covered in bandages," I said. "I had to give up my coat to a certain someone to keep them warm, as well as fly, not even, halfway up here and climb the rest of the way here."
"You climbed up here?!" my three nakama gasped. "On this steep mountain?!"
"How else do you expect me to get up here with three unconscious people?!" I asked back, teeth being sharp. "Also, Wyvern and Fang can't carry all four of us up here! So do not even dare say a word about how crazy I am for climbing up here!"
"Y-... Yes ma'am," they replied.
"Well then, I'll make some venison stew to speed up both you and Nami-san's recovery!" Sanji decided, as he and Luffy looked back at Chopper, who was taking his chance to sneak out of the room.
"HOLD IT!" they shouted, resuming their little chase.
"XION-NEE, SAVE ME!" he begged.
"Hold it, you two! Don't you dare lay even a finger on Chopper!" I warned, chasing after them... out of habit.
I was surprised that those two already caught up with the walking, talking reindeer. I was about to summon my Keyblade and stop them, when Chopper suddenly changed, physically. Instead of looking like a tanuki, his body seems more human. He's still covered in fur, though.
"I AIN'T YOUR FOOD!" he told Luffy and Sanji, knocking their heads into the floor. I stopped in my tracks when I saw this and something triggered inside my head.
I held it in pain, knowing that another one of my memories had returned.
*FLASHBACK*
I was outside of the castle, looking at some plants and a piece of paper. On the paper was a picture of a plant. I can't seem to identify what kind of plant it is, but of what I can tell, I was searching for it on the island.
When I found the plant, I was suddenly surrounded by Heartless. My guard was down, so I couldn't react fast enough. But then, Chopper came and saved me, in his human-ish form.
We managed to defeat the Heartless and got the plant that I was looking for. I then gave Chopper my Keyblade, for reasons that I would like to know, and it came back to me.
I was then remembering having spars with Chopper. Probably to have the both of us get stronger.
*END OF FLASHBACK*
After all those memories, I came back to reality. I then saw Chopper's worried face in front of me and noticed that Luffy and Sanji are gone.
"Xion-nee, are you really okay?" he asked. "You don't seem well at all."
"I-i'm fine, Chopper. Really, I am," I lied, giving him a fake smile. "Where did Luffy and Sanji go? Did they try to look for you and lose you? Man those idiots. And they didn't know the fact that you can talk and change form."
"Xion-nee..."
"Yes, Chopper?"
"You... don't really remember me, do you?"
My eyes widened and my heart was filled with guilt when that questioned was asked. "What makes you think that?"
"Because if your nakama were in that much danger, you wouldn't have to fly or climb all the way up here. You could've just do that portal thing and get here faster. And when your nakama were chasing me, you could've just use your portal to get ahead of them and stopped them. But instead you ran after us." Within each word, my heart was filled with more guilt. "Also, you usually carry me in your arms when you're well and walking around. Xion-nee, what happened to you?"
'Guess it's now or never,' I thought.
"Ever since my last visit here, or so I assume, I have an amnesia," I explained. "I don't remember anything about visiting you, Dr. Kureha, or anyone else here on this island." I imagined Chopper all teary as he listens to me. "But I'm starting to remember things. That's a good sign." Before I could say anything else, I was suddenly hugged by Chopper.
"I don't care!" I heard him say. "As long as I see Xion-nee again, that's good enough for me!"
"Chopper..." I was so speechless. I thought knowing that I have an amnesia would broke the little guy's heart, but he didn't seem to care about it. With tears threatening to come out of my eyes, I hugged Chopper back and cried a little. "I'm sorry, Chopper. I'm so sorry."
"You don't have to be sorry, Xion-nee," he said, looking up at me. I can see that he's either really happy to see me, or really sad to know that I don't remember him because of the amount of tears that are coming out of his eyes. "I'm just glad that you're alive."
"Chopper..."
After a short while of crying, I carried Chopper in my arms, with him leading me to where Luffy and Sanji are, which is to Nami's room. When I walked in, I saw that the two boys were beaten by Kureha for calling her old.
'Insane strength for such an old lady,' I mentally said, not daring to say it out loud to end up in Luffy and Sanji's situations.
Luffy then tried to convince Kureha to join our crew. Makes me wish if he realized how old she is and what would happen if she left the island. Because right now, he's being selfish.
The captain and Sanji then looked my way, noticing Chopper in my arms. The next thing you know, the chase was on again. Only this time, I'M THE ONE BEING CHASED!
"Run, Xion-nee! Run! Run! Run!" Chopper told me.
"I am running!" I told him.
"Stop, Xion!" Luffy demanded.
"Give us that deer so I can cook it for Nami-san!" Sanji demanded. I could've sworn I heard Kureha's voice after him.
I somehow ran back to Nami's room, not willing to let the boys have Chopper for lunch.
"Just wait, Nami-san!" I heard Sanji spoke, as I saw him running in place near the bed Nami's on. "I'll make you that fine venison dish to lift your spirit!"
"Food doesn't lift people's spirit, dummy!" I told him, running from Luffy.
"That's exactly right!" came Kureha's voice. "And before you make that dish, I'LL EAT YOU FIRST!" She came out of nowhere from the ceiling, EQUIPPED WITH SWORDS!
"THE HAG!" Tweedledee and Tweedledum (A/N: if you read Second Chance as a Pirate: Omake, you know who's who) shouted, now running away from Kureha, forgetting me and Chopper.
"I'm glad that's over," Chopper sighed, as they left the room.
"It won't be for long," I said, putting Chopper down. I suddenly felt chilly, even with the bandages all over my body. "Is it just me or does it feel cold in here?"
"Yeah, it is cold," Nami agreed. "I'll close it."
"You can't!" Chopper argued, going to close the door himself, after checking to make sure Luffy and Sanji are really gone. "You still have a fever."
"I don't, really," Nami assured him. "It feels like the fever has gone away."
"Nami, just because your fever has gone away, it doesn't really mean that you're all better," I told the navigator. "If you suddenly work your body, your fever might come back."
"Just as Xion-nee said. And besides, although Doctorine's medicine works quickly, having your fever to be gone soon, the Kestia bacteria are still inside your body. You have to take your antibiotics and stay put, understand?"
'For a kid, or so he seems, he knows quite a lot,' I mentally said in amaze.
"Thank you," Nami spoke. "You're the one who took care of me, right?" It became silent for a second, so I assumed that Chopper is shy around humans. That assumption was corrected when he gave his reply.
"SHUT UP! I DON'T NEED GRATITUDE FROM A HUMAN!" Instantly after he said that, he showed that he was actually grateful for what Nami just said. He went to denial again and went back to showing his gratitude.
'He's so cute when he's in denial,' I thought. 'At least, I think he's in denial.'
"The type that can't hide his feelings, huh?" Nami guessed, facing me.
"Sure looks that way," I said. I then grabbed my black coat that was hanging on the hangers and put it on. Afterwards, I leaned against a wall and sat down, planning to train in my Dive to the Heart. "I'm going to train in my little world. So don't let anyone disturb me." Without waiting for a reply, I went to my dive.
*DIVE TO THE HEART*
I was on the platform, as usual, waiting for Voice.
"Voice," I called. "I want to talk to you."
It was silent for a few seconds and Voice floated down. "Is there something wrong, Xion?" he asked.
"Isn't it obvious? What Dr. Kureha said back there, what did she mean? That I don't have a heart? How can I not have a heart when I'm alive?!" I wasn't getting any sort of reply from the floating ball of light. It was frustrating me. "Answer me! I want to know, and I want to know now! Am I really human? Or am I just some kind of live puppet?! If anyone knows who I am, it's you! Now tell me!"
"... I cannot tell you. Not yet at least."
"Not yet? What do you mean not yet?! I want to know now!"
"You're not yet ready for the truth!" he snapped at me. "And don't say that you are! How would you like it if you're hiding something from someone and feel that they shouldn't know something that you already know about them?! Hm?! You wait until the time is right, no matter what they say! And that's what I'm doing! Until you find out the truth yourself, I cannot tell you what you really are."
I was even more frustrated with his answer, but soon calmed down when I realized what he meant. "Fine, I'll find out for myself. But you better explain everything when I do!"
"Absolutely. Now then, now that we're here, I believe it's time for us to train you."
"Make sure the enemies are similar to Drum Kingdom. I want to try to fight against the cold. After all, Wapol is going to come over here and challenge me."
"Certainly." When he replied, the room suddenly got cold and the ice cube Heartless from earlier appeared, along with some bigger version of them. There were also some lantern-like Heartless and some light blue cannons. Behind the groups of Heartless were a dragon and a knight of some wort.
The dragon was white and light steel blue. Its body is thin and the feet were large. The tail is long, wide, flat and sports a few short spikes on its sides, with a dark gray zigzagging stripe near its tip. On its forehead is a large horn that curves slightly upward. As for the knight, it wore an unusual armor. Its helmet has two short spikes and a long, twisted antenna. Like most knights' helmets, there's a small opening in the front, just barely exposes its black face and glowing yellow eyes. In place of each of its hands are the jagged, light blue, ice blades. On the shoulder pads were Heartless emblems.
"Blue Rhapsodies, Ice Cannon, Avalanche, Chill Ripper," Voice identified. "Get rid of the weaklings to get to the bosses."
"On it," I answered, summoning Warrior's Pride.