Me: Here's the second chapter, readers.
Aki: Don't you think they already know that?
Me: Why are you so cruel to me?
Aki: How am I being cruel?
Xion: Now, now. Please don't try to start a fight.
Me: Xion, shouldn't you be in the story?
Xion: I will, soon.
Me: Anyway, partial credit of this story goes to my Beta Reader.
I opened my eyes and found myself on a bed.
"Ah! She's awake!" was all I heard, as I turned my head to the right and saw the villagers from Dalton's village.
"What happened?" I asked.
"You tell us," one of the female villagers said. "When we got there, you were unconscious. There was that boy with a straw hat and a small monster which he said was his nakama."
"And that curly eyebrow guy and that sick girl," another villager added.
'A boy in a straw hat and a small monster? As well as a curly eyebrow boy and sick girl?' I mentally repeated. "Wait. That's Luffy, Chopper-kun, Sanji and Nami!" I shouted in realization.
"Xion, you know that monster?"
"He's not a monster!" I corrected. "Chopper-kun's my younger brother!"
"WHAT?!" Oh, that's right. They didn't know.
"What do you mean 'younger brother'?!" "That small monster?!" "But you human!"
"Even if he's a reindeer and I am... a human... Chopper-kun is still my brother. Calling him a monster means that you're all my enemies!" I got out of bed and summoned my Keyblade as I said that part. "Unless if you change your opinion about him, truthfully, I will to attack you! Got it memorized?"
It was silent, until...
"Oya oya. I see that you remembered, huh?" came Doctorine's voice. The moment her voice was heard and recognized, everyone jumped back and away from her. "So then, how much did you remember?"
"Everything. About this island, at least, Doctorine," I replied, dismissing my weapon.
"Heh. Well then, your nakama are waiting for you. But man, you really need to watch your back from one of them."
"Which one?"
"The persistent girl, of course. She stole the key to the armory from Wapol and had the guts to give me conditions. Just why did you join that group of pirates?"
"Isn't the answer obvious? I lost my memories. Right now, I'm starting to regain them. I don't know how much longer I'm going to be with them, but I hope it's until Luffy becomes the Pirate King."
"Oh? And why would you say that?"
"Because I want to continue going on adventures with them," I simply answered. "By the way, where's Chopper-kun?"
"Don't know. He's been running around this whole castle, getting away from your persistent captain," Doctorine replied.
"Knowing him, unless if Chopper-kun joins, we'll never leave the island. I bet he only wants him for his transformations."
"Somehow, I think it's that reason too. Now hurry up! You have people waiting."
"Oh? Haven't you changed a lot these past months. Usually you'd try to stop me."
"And I would've, if I don't know what happens next. Even if I try to stop you, you'll go with them anyway to where your next destination is."
"Hmph. I guess that's true." I began to walk out. "Well then, it's nice to see you and everyone else again. Now if you don't mind, I have my crew to get back to and a captain to stop."
"I won't. However, I must ask you something."
"And that is?"
"This thing." Doctorine took out a piece of paper. No, not just any piece of paper.
"A Dream Eater recipe?! But how?" I demanded.
"I found it in the brat, Wapol's, room," she answered. "I thought it was something not important, but a strange voice told me to hold on to it."
"A strange voice?"
"Yeah. And I bet it wanted me to give this to you, Xion. You seem familiar with it."
"I sure am. Thank you." I took the recipe and looked through it.
'Meowjesty,' I read. 'Hope this little guy is not as bad as Wapol. Speaking of which, what happened to him? Luffy must've blew him away.'
"You better come back to visit some time. Don't forget, you still owe me an explanation for what you said the last time you came here. Me and everyone else, that is," she said, as I pocketed the recipe.
"I will, some day." With that, I went back to my crew.
As I walked, out of the room, something was glowing in my pocket. Taking it out, it was another keychain. This one has a snowflake on the end. Another keychain means another Keyblade, I say. That said, I summoned Warrior's Pride and swap the Keychains.
As I did, my Keyblade's new form seems similar to a castle, with the middle tower as the blade and a sakura flower as the teeth. (Think of it as the Stroke of Midnight Keyblade from Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, only with the sakura flower as the teeth.)
"OI! Reindeer!" was what I heard as I stepped out of the castle. As I thought, Luffy wasn't giving up on having Chopper-kun to join us.
"Luffy!" I called, getting everyone's attention.
"Xion! You're awake!" Usopp shouted in relief.
"I somehow knew you'd make a quick recovery," Nami stated.
Ignoring them, I locked my eyes onto my so-called captain. "Luffy. I know I'm asking the obvious, but what are you doing?"
"Isn't it obvious? I'm looking for that reindeer so he can join my crew," he simply replied. "Ah! Now that I think about it, I should let you-"
"No," I instantly replied, knowing what he would ask me to do.
"No?! But Xion-!"
"I don't care if you are my captain. I know that just because I'm the First Mate of this crew, it doesn't give me permission to tell you what to do. However, right now I'm not talking to you as a member of your crew. Do not search for Chopper-kun."
"What are you talking about?! That reindeer-!"
"-doesn't want to join us. And I won't force him to join. This isn't about you! So don't think that just asking him would make him join. He has to decide for himself. If Chopper-kun wants to come with, he can come with. If he doesn't, then that's just it. So I'll say it again, Luffy: Do NOT search for Chopper-kun! If you do, I'll quit this crew. Got it memorized?"
"Oi, Xion," came Nami's voice. But I just ignored it, for Vivi's country is more important than having someone join our crew.
"If Alabasta's situation gets worse because we have to get a reindeer, who doesn't want to come with us, to join us, it will be your fault. And don't think about putting the blame on me. The captain takes responsibilities for everything. If you don't take responsibility for Vivi's home country's fate, then you're no pirate."
It was silent for a moment. Luffy was about to say something when another voice beat him to it.
"Xion-nee?" We all turned to the voice and saw Chopper-kun.
"Oh! Let's become pirates together!" Luffy exclaimed.
"Stopga." I used my magic on the rubberboy. "Chopper-kun. Are you here because-?"
"What did you just call me?" the reindeer interrupted.
"Chopper-kun," I replied in a confused tone. Realization then hit me. "Oh. That's why you asked. That's right, Chopper-kun. I remember everything about my time on this island." I heard gasps when I announced that.
"XION-NEE!" Chopper-kun jumped into my arms and cried put joyful tears.
After some time of crying, and after the magic wore off of Luffy, I set Chopper-kun down.
"Oi! Reindeer! Join my crew!" Way to kill the mood, Luffy.
"I can't..." the reindeer said.
"It's not-!"
"Graviga." And in the snow Luffy goes. "Why don't you want to come, Chopper-kun?"
"Because... Because I'm a reindeer! I have antlers and hooves and... And a blue nose!" he reasoned. "I can't be nakama with humans, you know! I'm a monster! Someone like me CAN'T be your nakama!" He's lying to himself, isn't he?
"Then why are you here?"
"... I just came here to say thank you. Thank you for the invitation. I'll stay here but..."
"You're lying," I interrupted. "You're lying to us and to yourself. If what you say is true, then how did we make a sibling relationship? If what you say is true, I would've killed you the moment we met, or even know you."
"Well... Uh... That's because... Well, you're different from everyone else, Xion-nee! You can use magic, summon that weapon, and do more than an average human can do! So... If you ever feel like it, come back and-"
"SHUT UP! LET'S GO!" Way to kill the mood again, Luffy. Well, that's what I would like to say, but the moment he yelled that, Chopper was crying. Not from sadness or from pain. The tears he's crying out... were happy tears.
"Since when is 'Shut up!' an invitation?" I heard Zoro ask.
"Who knows?" I replied. "Welcome to the crew, Chopper-kun."
At that point, the small reindeer is officially a Straw Hat pirate, after he talks to Doctorine about it that is. I already told her my good-bye, so there's no point in me going with him.
It's been at least half an hour since Chopper went back in the castle to talk to Doctorine about him joining us. I wondered what happened, but I knew that he probably doesn't know where she is, due to the fact that he's been running all around the castle, trying to get away from Luffy. So he probably doesn't know where that witch doctor is.
As I waited patiently for him to sa his good-bye to his teacher and mentor, I took out the new Dream Eater Recipe and look over the ingredients.
'I think I have these stuff on me,' I thought, as I took out all the items I got from defeating the Heartless on the way here. Turns out, I do have all th ingredients listed on the recipe. 'Isn't this a lucky find?'
"Xion, what are you doing?" Nami asked me.
"Oh?! Is that what I think it is, Xion?!" Luffy followed, seeing the Dream Eater Recipe for Meowjety in my hand.
That got everyone else's attention, except for Sanji, who looked like he went through hell. They all gathered around me and knew what I would be doing.
Separating the needed items from the rest of the items that I will use for the other Dream Eater Recipe that we will find, I did the revival routine and out came the Dream Eater.
Meowjesty was a dog-cat Dream Eater. It has a yellowish underbody and muzzle and gold paws and feet. The top half is black, while the bottom half is red, like it's wearing pants, with two white buttons on the back. The black tail looks like it has a crown on it, as is there one on its head. It's small red nose is in a shape of an upside down triangle and its tongue is hanging loosely out of its mouth, as well as a small red horn on its forehead. There's also a picture of a crown is on both of its sides. Looking at it like this makes me hope that this Dream Eater doesn't act like Wapol.
"Wow! How cute!" Nami and Vivi exclaimed at the sight. Meowjesty blushed at the comment.
"Awe! It's blushing too!" Nami added.
"What kind of Dream Eater is this?" Zoro asked.
"According to the recipe, it's a Meowjesty," I replied.
"Sounds like a king of cats," Usopp stated.
"Well, he does have a crown to probably prove that. Then again, it's probably just there for fashion or something."
"I guess."
"Wow! A dog! Hey, Xion! Let's keep it!" Is this rubberboy really that dense right now?
"Of course we're going to keep it. It is my Dream Eater, you know," I reminded.
"Oh, yeah."
"So what are you going to call it?" Vivi asked me.
"Nikukingda!"
"REJECTED!" we immediately replied, kicking the boy away a few feet. Just WHO in their right mind would want the name of 'King of Meat'?! Oh, wait. That would be Luffy.
"We didn't even ask you, Luffy," Usopp told the idiot captain. "So then Xion, what should we call him?"
"Hmm. Let's see... I guess we can call it..." I actually wasn't sure about what to call this little guy, until I saw the flag that Chopper-kun liked. One look at that flag, and I knew what to call this creature. "Hiluluk. That's what we'll call it."
"Hiluluk?"
"What kind of name is that?" Zoro asked.
"Isn't that the name of...?" I see that Nami already knows.
"Yep. The name of Chopper-kun's father-figure," I replied.
Just then, we heard a commotion going on in the castle. And man, is it noisy.
"What's going on in there?" I asked, turning to the said building.
"Really, how uncivilized. Can't they keep quiet on the night when two people part ways?" Nami questioned.
A couple minutes later, we saw Chopper-kun in his reindeer form with a sleigh attached to him, with Doctorine chasing after him with a spi- A SPIKE BALL?!
"Chopper-kun?!" I called, grabbing the rest of the crew's attention.
"EVERYONE GET IN THE SLEIGH!" Chopper-kun told us. "WE'RE GOING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN!"
Just when he said that, Doctorine threw her weapon at us! And for a woman whose arms look skinny, it was a good throw... IN A BAD WAY!
"WHAT THE HELL?!" we all gasped in shock.
The moment Chopper-kun was going to pass us, we all jumped in the sleigh, with me and Nami dragging Sanji in as we did so, after I called Hiluluk back in one of the empty cards of course. When we did, I just realized something. HOW THE HELL CAN WE GET OFF WITHOUT COMMITTING SUICIDE?!
Turns out, there was a ropeway that connects the top of this mountain to somewhere in one of the villages. If I knew that there is one here, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO CLIMB OR WASTE MY MAGIC HERE! Then again, I didn't remember that much about this island from the beginning.
'Just what the hell is that witch doctor's problem?!' I mentally asked. 'If she doesn't like the idea, she should've just said so! Well, that's what I would say, if I don't know her that well.'
"That felt great! Oi, let's do it again!" IS HE THAT STUPID?! OR JUST HAS A REALLY SMALL BRAIN?!
"Idiot! We're leaving!" Nami and I scolded.
"I thought I was going to die," our long-nose sniper stated.
"Where am I?" Well, look who's finally up.
"Sanji-san, are you awake?" Vivi asked the obvious.
While we were heading back to the ship, I heard something that sounds like a gunfire.
"What was that?" I asked, getting the rest of the crew's attention.
"What was what?" Luffy asked.
Before I could answer that, the sound of explosion came. Looking behind us, with Chopper-kun slowing down, we saw pink snowflakes. No, not just pink snowflakes. From the distance we're at, it's hard to believe, but... We saw a sakura tree. I know it sounds ridiculous, but that's what it looks like from here. The mountain with the castle as a the tree and the pink snowflakes, which were actually glowing, as the pink flowers on the tree. It was a beautiful sight to see, especially to Chopper-kun, who cried in joy at the sight.
'You sure are proud at your father's success, aren't you?' I happily thought.