Kingdom cure: YAHOOOOOOO! I'M FINALLY BACK IN THE WORLD OF FANFICTION! Oh how I miss this!
Aki: I guess that means that Xion finally stopped chasing you.
Kingdom cure: *sweat drop* Not really...
Aki: Huh?
*door breaks down*
Xion: KINGDOM CURE!
Kingdom cure: When are you ever going to let it go?!
Xion: Figure it out yourself! *goes in with Keyblade in hand*
Kingdom cure: *whistle*
*blade intercepts Keyblade*
Xion: What?!
?: Just calm down already. Besides, it's not like she's going to continue with the sad endings for you.
Happy: Aye!
Aki: Happy! You're still here!
Kingdom cure: I sort of noticed how much he likes to be here, so I said to myself, "Why not? Let him stay here as long as he want."
Xion: Oh sure, be nice to the flying blue kitty cat.
?: She also wrote a happy ending in this chapter just for you, you know?
Xion: Is that so? Then I suppose I will stand down for now.
Kingdom cure: Yay! Now I don't have to worry!
Xion: Not unless if I find out that I die afterwards again. *putting up her Keyblade threateningly*
Kingdom cure: Yes ma'am. And thank you for protecting me, Erza.
Erza: Don't forget that you owe me.
Kingdom cure: Yes, yes, I know. Now Happy, would you like to do the disclaimer?
Happy: Aye sir! Kingdom cure doesn't own One Piece or Kingdom Hearts. And partial credit of this story goes to her beta reader, EvanderAdvent.
Last time:
'I just hope that Luffy and the others don't bump into her and tell her about me being a pirate,' I continued to think. 'In fact, I hope that that's the last time we will meet in the Grand Line or that if we ever do meet in the future, it won't be with my nakamas.'
I continued to run until I had no energy left to run. As I pant, good memories about my time with Tashigi dwelled in my head, making me feel even more guilty. As they did, I reached for my necklace in my pocket, only to feel it not there. I panicked a bit and checked all of my pockets and my neck, only to see that it's gone.
"Can't this day get any better?" I wondered out loud. "First I had my little not-so-happy reunion with Tashigi, and now my necklace that Miki made for me is gone. Not only that, I even had this weird dream last night. Speaking of that, what's with that dream? And not only that... That blindfolded boy... Who is he, exactly?"
I continued to walk around town, hoping to find either my nakamas or any member of Baroque Works. The latter is so I can force them to tell me the rest of the members' weaknesses. Have to do whatever it takes to beat them, don't we? I also want them to tell me about the Organization member that allied with them. The only problem I have with that is that I don't know how I can tell who is a member.
"Great. How am I going to find them? And just where are Luffy and the others?" I wondered out loud.
"Excuse me," came a voice behind me. I turned to see a tall man behind me. He has a long-stitched scar above his nose that stretches across his face and a gold hook as his left hand. He's also smoking a thick cigar. "I'm looking for someone. Have you seen a guy in a light blue jacket with a blue bag and darker blue hoodie? He calls himself Mr. Prince."
'Sounds a lot like Sanji,' I thought.
"Sorry. Can't say I have," I replied.
"I see. Then can you tell me another thing? Are you Lexaeus' ally?"
'One of the organization, huh?' "Don't know. You tell me."
"Not one that gives a lot of information, huh? You Organization XIII members are so secretive," he then said. "Alright then, I won't bother you with whatever you have to do here. Just don't get in my way."
"Whatever do you mean?" I asked, having a funny feeling about this man.
"Since you're one of the Organization members, I suppose I can let you in on my plan. Lexaeus is already in this, so what's the harm in involving another member of that organization? To make it short and simple, my goal is to gain the Ancient Weapon known as Pluton that is said to be somewhere in this kingdom. Or to be more precise, somewhere in Alubarna. The only way for me to have my hand on the information on that weapon is to have the Royal Army be distracted. And what's the best way to do that than to have them be in war against the Rebel Army. Of course, the leader of the rebels seemed to still have faith in the king, so my expert in being an imposter, Mr. 2, as well as some of my Billions and Millions impersonated as the king himself and some of his army and got them to finally declare war with them. And the best part is that those two armies are going to kill each other for nothing. They don't even know that some of my Billions and Millions are undercover on their side. So no matter what they do, if the two sides somehow came to an agreement and stopped the war, it will continue anyway. A brilliant plan, isn't it? Of course, even with that plan, I still couldn't obtain Pluton, since all of its information is written in an ancient language. And of what I know, the only people who can read the language are residents from Ohara. However, due to certain conditions, Ohara no longer exists. Fortunately for me, there is one survivor of that island and she happens to be my assistant."
As this man, who is, without a doubt, Crocodile, tells me all this information, my eyes widened in shock and disgust. To think that he would go this far to gain information on something so dangerous. At least it wasn't about the Keyblade that he did this for. Nor was it about the fact that there are many different worlds out there.
"And that's not all," he continued. "Have you heard of the legendary weapon called the Keyblade?" I spoke too soon. "And, although it's obvious for someone like you, but did you know that it's possible to go to many other worlds?" WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME TODAY?! "Originally, I planned to be the next Pirate King, but after hearing all of that, I gave up on my dream and aimed for something bigger."
"And what would that be?" I asked, trying to make my voice as stern as possible.
"Taking over countless of worlds."
'What was that?!' I mentally shouted.
"With the power of the Keyblade, it's possible to travel to many other worlds that are out there. However, of what I heard, the Keyblade chooses its owner, depending on how strong their heart is. Of course, I didn't believe that. So I always hoped that there would be a loophole. And the Poneglyph that has that information is also somewhere in this kingdom. Try as I had, I was unable to pinpoint where that is. It's well hidden, of what I heard. Lexaeus had agreed to help me with this plan; rather, he was ordered to help me with it. Yet, he wasn't at the meeting that was held earlier this morning. Now tell me, kid, do you know where he is? Or are you here as his replacement?"
'What should I do?' I asked myself. I couldn't let Crocodile get away with his plan. But I also can't say that I'm here to help him. For all I know, I might meet up with this 'Lexaeus' guy and my cover will be blown. I also can't just attack him. At least, not here in public. Speaking of that, why didn't anyone stop to hear this conversation? Was he really speaking that low that no one can hear it? Or did they think that we were speaking in some kind of code? AHHH! I don't have time for this!
"Don't know where Lexaeus is. And I have a different mission to complete that involves being in this world," I replied. Can't say that there is only one world since he knows there are many others. "Now if you excuse me, I have a mission to complete." I began to walk away.
"All right. But if you see Lexaeus, tell him to be at Alubarna," Crocodile told me, as he also began to make his leave. Once he's out of sight, I ran around to look for Luffy and the others. If Crocodile was chasing after Sanji, who's to say that the rest of my nakamas aren't here? And man are they going to be in a big surprise when they see me alive!
"Hey, did you hear what happened?" I skid to a stop when I heard that question.
"I did. The bridge to Rain Dinners just broke. No one can get in or out of there now."
'That sounds a bit suspicious. More like a hint as to where Luffy and the others are.' Taking their words, I ran straight to Rain Dinners.
When I got there, what those men said was true. The bridge did break. I squeezed myself through the crowd, only to get pushed out.
'Great. Now how am I going to get in?' I heard the sound of a crash from the other side of Rain Dinners. Curious as to what happened there, I ran to the other side, avoiding people as I go.
Imagine my surprise when I arrived at the source. Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Vivi, and even Smoker were there, all soaking wet. Luffy, most likely being Luffy, seemed ready to fight the Marine Captain. Not wanting them to start an unnecessary fight, I called out to them.
"HEY! YOU GUYS! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING AT A TIME LIKE THIS?!" That got all of their attention. Everyone, mostly my nakamas, stared at me with wide, shocked eyes, speechless to know that I was alive this whole entire time.
"X-X-X-Xion?!" gasped Usopp.
"I-... Is it really you?" Nami asked.
Uncomfortable with the silence and the stares, I simply nodded. The next thing you know, they, except Zoro and Vivi, all charged at me to embrace me.
"XION(-SWAN)!" they all shouted, landing on top of me.
"YOU'RE HEAVY!" I shouted, trying to get them off of me, only to have them unintentionally squeeze the life out of me.
"YOU'RE ALIVE!" Usopp cried.
"IDIOT! WHERE WERE YOU THIS WHOLE TIME?!" Nami demanded.
"XION-SWAN! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!" Sanji shouted.
"XION! YOU IDIOT! WHY DID YOU PRETEND TO DIE?!" Luffy questioned.
"I did not 'pretend' to die! That blast just blew me away, that's all!" I corrected. "Now get off of me! All of you! We have no time to waste here!"
"You're..." Smoker spoke. We all stopped what we were doing. "You're 'Starlight Blade' Xion, aren't you?"
"And what's it to you if I am?" I asked. An awkward silence fell over us.
"Go," he simply said, confusing us. "But this is the last time I'll let you go. When we meet again, all of your lives are over." We all stayed where we were in shock that a Marine Captain is actually willing to let us go. The moment was ruined when we heard marine reinforcements coming.
"This is no time to just lie around!" I shouted, getting most of my nakamas off of me. "We have to get to Alubarna as fast as possible, or many lives will be lost!"
"Ah! She's right! We have to hurry!" Vivi agreed.
"Then let's get going! The Marines are coming!" Sanji supported. "Which way is Alubarna?"
"That way! Straight to the east!" the princess directed. We instantly ran to the direction that she pointed at. I stopped when I noticed that Zoro and Luffy weren't following. After almost getting hit my Smoker, Luffy hightailed towards our direction, Zoro following.
'Honestly, what am I going to do with these guys? Or rather what would they do without me?' I wondered.
"YOSH! GUYS, WE'RE GOING STRAIGHT TO ALUBARNA!" Luffy ordered the obvious.
"AYE!" we all agreed.
"And Xion!"
"Yeah?"
"Before Ace left to continue his search, he said that these were meant for you! So he gave them to us as a memory of you, so here!" Luffy took out two things from his pocket and tossed them to me. One of them was a new Keychain. The chain was three fireballs with a blazing 'B' on one side. The other thing he tossed to me was another Dream Eater Recipe. Where Ace got these, I wish I asked him before he left. Rather, I wished he gave me these earlier when we reunited.
"If we see Ace again, remind me to give him some wacking for not giving me these earlier," I said, pocketing them.
"Okay!" he answered.