Kingdom cure: Sorry for the wait, folks. I, as a high school student, have been busy lately with school.
Aki: And so we can see. It's been over three weeks since you last updated this story. And I highly doubt that it is just school.
Kingdom cure: I can't help it if I have to go grocery shopping on Saturdays, or visit my grandparents on some Sundays. But that's besides the point.
Xion: This chapter isn't a sad one is it?
Kingdom cure: No. At least, I don't think so. Why?
Xion: I just forgave you for what you did chapters ago and I don't want to go back to wanting to kill you.
Kingdom cure: Awww. You like me.
Xion: It's not that! It gets tiring when I have to fight Erza and keep countering my spells with her's whenever she changes her armor.
Happy: Erza is the strongest female mage of all Fiore. She wouldn't be called that if she was weak.
Kingdom cure: So true. Oh! And before I forget, I started a new story.
Aki: If it's the Cardfight Vanguard one, I think everyone knows that.
Kingdom cure: No, no. Not that one. This new story is a new Xover. And this time Aki, you are in it!
Aki: *shocked* Wait, what?!
Kingdom cure: And Xion is not in this one. Sorry.
Xion: It's alright. Besides, it would be tiresome if I'm the main character of two different stories.
Kingdom cure: Glad that you're okay with it. Those of you who are interested to know what this new story is, all I will say is that it is a Xover between Fairy Tail and Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds. Originally, I was thinking of Fairy Tail with Kingdom Hearts, but the new idea seemed better that that one to me. Also, I was pondering on whether I should put up this new story now or wait until I am done with this story. If it's the latter, once I'm done with this one, the SCP series will be on hold then, as I will start the new Xover. That is, unless if I have time to do the next book of this series.
Aki: You're imagination has no limit, does it?
Kingdom cure: Not really. And besides that, I already have the prologue for the new story. Of course, I'm not going to put it up yet, unless if the readers wants me to. Now then Happy. Disclaimer please.
Happy: Aye! Kingdom cure doesn't own One Piece or Kingdom Hearts. And partial credit of this story goes to her beta reader, EvanderAdvent.
Last time:
"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.
We continued to run to the outskirts of Rainbase. I was planning on telling them about what Crocodile's real goal was, but I decided to tell them later, since we're being chased by Marines. Speaking of, I couldn't hear them for quite a while now.
"Oi! Don't tell me we're suppose to run all the way to Alubarna!" Usopp complained.
"What other choice do we have?!" I asked him. "Unless if one of you prepared a ride for us, we have to run!"
"Oh, yeah! Eyelashes! Where did Eyelashes go!?" Nami asked. Now that she mentioned it, where is that camel? Forget the camel; where's Chopper-kun?!
"Speaking of that, there are stables in this city, right?!" Luffy questioned. "Let's get some horses!"
"But, the Marines are in the city!" Vivi reasoned.
"Then Xion! Your Dream Eaters! Tell them to give us a ride!"
"I do that, then they won't be at full strength in battle!" I also reasoned.
"Set your mind at ease," Sanji calmly told us. "Look up ahead."
We all looked ahead as told. Imagine my surprise when we saw what was ahead of us.
"Oi! Guys!" A huge crab was scuttling towards us. And when I said huge, I mean HUGE!
"A CRAB?!" Usopp gasped in shock.
"Chopper!" Nami called, glad to see our remaining nakama.
"That's a Moving Crab!" Vivi identified.
"It looks good!" Luffy stated, drooling. I wacked him in the head, for he was thinking about his stomach instead of what's really important, again.
The crab stopped in front of us. Out of everyone here, expectedly, Luffy was the only one who thought of it as cool.
'Yo, babies!' I heard it say.
'Babies?' I mentally repeated.
"Let's ride it!" Chopper-kun told us.
"We can ride it?!" our so-called captain asked, before stretching his arms out to make it easier for him to get on.
"Doesn't its face look a little shady?" Nami asked.
"You brought something amazing back with you again," Sanji said.
As I was about to climb up the crab, I saw Chopper-kun look at my way. An awkward silence came upon us. All I did was smile and wave at him, as I saw that he was close to crying. The next thing you know, Chopper-kun jumped off the Moving Crab and tackled me into a hug.
"XION-NEE!" he cried, as we both fell onto the sand. "YOU'RE ALIVE! I MISS YOU! I THOUGHT YOU DIED! XION-NEEEEE!"
"There, there, Chopper-kun," I comforted him. "I really worried you, didn't I? Sorry about that."
"It's fine! As long as Xion-nee is alive, it's fine! Just don't do that again, you bastard!" Even though he cursed, I knew that he still cared so much about me as I do for him. He's my little brother, after all.
"I hate to interrupt your brother-sister reunion, but as you said earlier, Xion, we have to hurry to Alubarna!" Nami shouted. Knowing that she was right, I stood back up, Chopper-kun in my arms, and got onto the crab.
"The Moving Crab is a friend of Eyelashes!" Chopper-kun informed us. "Eyelashes was born in this town. So he has friends all over the place! But they're all perverts!"
'Somehow, I have a feeling that Sanji should either just stay here after this war is over, or he should've just be born an animal living here,' I thought.
"My word! Moving Crabs stayed burrowed in the sand so long, so they're like phantom crabs, but we have one right here!" the princess exclaimed.
"It's pretty fast, isn't it?" Zoro asked.
"Guys, hold on tight!" Chopper-kun told us, jumping out of my arms to resume his 'control' over the crab. "Yosh! Get set! Let's go!" At that moment, the Moving Crab scuttled over to our destination. And I must admit, it is pretty fast.
'I will do anything for you three babies, Camel-boy and Reindeer-man! And the leftovers...' I heard it say.
'I now regret having Chopper-kun teach me how to understand animals,' I thought, not wanting to hear any words of a pervert. Not from the crab, and not from the camel. I wish I could say the same for a certain chef.
Just then, I saw something. I saw Vivi being taken by a golden hook. That vision ended and I turned back to Vivi, only to see the same hook behind her. Not wanting her t oget caught like in that vision, I pushed her out of the way and got caught in her steed.
"Xion!" I heard her call! I turned back and saw everyone else looking at me in fear.
"STOP! Chopper!" Zoro ordered my brother-figure.
"No! Don't stop! Continue moving forward!" I tried to convince them, only to just be ignored as the Moving Crab stopped its movement.
Luffy then stretched out his arms to grab on to the hook. When his whole body went to it, he got me out and threw me back to the others.
"Oi, Luffy!" Zoro called.
"That idiot!" Sanji muttered.
"Luffy-san!" Vivi also called.
"What are do you think you're doing?!" I asked.
"You guys go on ahead! I'LL BE FINE BY MYSELF!" he told us.
*GENERAL'S P.O.V*
Realizing what he would be doing, even though Xion had yet to tell him of Crocodile's weakness, she ordered Chopper-kun to have the crab to keep moving. Well, would've, if something wasn't restricting her from doing so.
"Make sure you get her there safely! Get Vivi back home! Make sure!" Luffy continued to order. Seeing that smile on his face, Xion gave the order.
"Chopper-kun! Have this crab to keep moving!" she shouted, surprising everyone.
"But Xion..."
"But nothing! We're running out of time! Would you rather if we only lose one of our own?! Or would you rather have Vivi see many people die by Crocodile's hands?!" the raven-hair interrupted Usopp. "And as for you, Luffy! You better come back alive or I'll give you a hundred-fold beatings!"
With a feared expression, he answered, "Y-Yeah! Sure! I will!"
"Now go. Chopper-kun!"
"I... I got it! LET'S GO!" At that order, the Moving Crab was moving again.
"W-W-W-Wait! Oi! Oi, Xion! Is it really okay to just leave him?!" Usopp asked again.
"Do I need to repeat my question on how many people you want to die?!" she yelled, turning to the sniper pirate.
Out of all expression that the Straw Hats have seen on Xion's face, her anger, her happiness, her serious side, even her mother side, they saw the one thing they never thought they would see, not expression-wise, that is. They saw tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Would you rather have it if Vivi knows that many people, some which might be her friends, die in a useless war?! Or would you rather if we leave Luffy behind and have him take care of Crocodile?!" she asked them. Before she continues to speak, she wiped the tears out of her eyes. "And besides, there's something that you all need to know. Especially Vivi. I learned quite a lot at such a short time."
After explaining everything she knows, from what she discovered to what Crocodile accidentally told her, everyone had a shock look on the faces. Vivi was shocked than the others about the information.
"Are you serious?!" Nami asked.
"So there are two reasons as to why Crocodile wanted Vivi-chan's kingdom to fall," Sanji said. "All this for two weapons: an ancient one and the one that Xion-san has."
"Wait a second. Isn't that different from what Crocodile told us earlier?" Usopp asked Zoro, Nami and Vivi. "Remember? He said that he wants to take over this country."
"Then he obviously lied to you or just told you half of the truth," Xion said. "Besides, it doesn't matter what his goal is. All we need to do right now is send Vivi back home and stop the war that he caused, as well as take out the Baroque Works' elite members."
"You say that, but... How are we going to beat them?" Usopp asked. "We don't know what kind of powers they have. Well, except for that Mr. 3 and Mr. 5."
"Then you should feel even more lucky to have me in you crew. When I regained consciousness after being blown away, I met up with the rest of the elites."
"EHHH?! Seriously?!" everyone gasped.
"Yeah. Although I haven't met Mr. 1, of what I got from his partner, he might be a swordsman. In other words, a perfect opponent for Zoro." Xion continued to explain the abilities of the rest of the elite members that they will most likely fight against once they get to Alubarna.
"How the hell can a cannon eat a Devil's Fruit?! In fact, how can it eat?!" Usopp demanded, after Xion finished explaining the erst of the elites' powers.
"How the hell should I know? I wasn't born here. And even if I was, I don't have any memories of being here. Even though I'm slowly regaining them," Xion reasoned.
"But still, are you sure that it's not just a dog that ate a Cannon Cannon Fruit or something like that?" Nami questioned.
"Of course I'm sure. Ms. Merry Christmas even told me about it herself."
"Even if you say that-"
"Not only that, those guys didn't know that I'm a friend of Vivi," Xion interrupted. "So there's no way they would know that I'm actually an enemy. Even though I have a bounty on my head, by the way they were acting around me, they don't seem to know that I'm a shipmate of a pirate crew that's siding with Vivi to save this country. Adding this black coat of mine..."
"I see. If they didn't have that kind of information and met one of your former allies, then that would make them assume that you're still part of their organization," Zoro finished.
"That's exactly right."
"Xion-swan~! You're so lovely when you're all sneaky~!" REALLY NOW?!
"DOES THIS LOOK LIKE THE TIME FOR YOUR LOVESICKNESS, SANJI?! But in any case, even if we now know of our opponents' abilities, it's not like they're going to fight you as you want them to."
"What do you mean?" Usopp asked.
"For example, Usopp, let's say you don't want any of them to fight you. That or you want the weakest of them to go fight you. Or the dumbest, for that matter. But instead, the strongest of the elite goes after you and mercilessly kill you."
"I'M SCARED ALREADY! And wait- Why are you using me as an example for our upcoming battle?!" the sniper demanded the Keyblade wielder, tears trailing down his cheeks as he just thought about him getting sliced to smithereens by Mr. 1.
"Oh yes. And that usual 'I'll-die-if-I-fight-you disease' plan of your's will not work. Instead, it might just encourage them to kill you even more."
"Don't just add things in my part!" Usopp suddenly gasped and grasped his heart. "Oh no. I think I just caught the I'll-die-if-Xion-continues-to-use-me-as-an-example-for-our-fight-against-Baroque-Works-elites disease."
"There's no such thing. Anyway, now that I told you all I know, I'll be training. Don't interrupt unless if there's something important going on or that I have to know." Without waiting for an answer, Xion went into her DTH.
*XION'S P.O.V*
"I see you have returned for more," Voice stated.
"Of course I have, especially since I need some special training now that I know who and what I will most likely go up against," I said.
"I suppose that is true. Despite that you had that small amnesia, I was still able to see and analyze their strength when you fought together. I believe there are some Heartless with an ability similar to their's."
"Then bring it on. I can handle it." At that reply, several of the plant Heartless appeared along with some adult versions of Shadows.
"You remember the Dire Plants, don't you?" Voice asked me.
"How can I not?" I asked back.
"Okay. As for the new Pureblood Heartless, they are the Neoshadows. They are more smarter than regular Shadows of any size."
"If they are similar to the Shadows, does that mean that they can also emerge to and from the ground?"
"That's right. After all, they are shadows. Good luck." With that, the training began.
The Neoshadows, just as Voice said, are smarter than Shadows. I used tactics that worked on regular Shadows, but these Heartless emerged into the ground before I landed a hit on them. They even surrounded me once, as an attempt to attack me at the same time. Luckily, these Heartless forgot that I could either jump over them before they could attack or roll out of my spot the moment any of them tried to attack. They may be smart, but they are not that smart. And as for the Dire Plants, they all tried to stabbed me from below with their roots. I knew that I had to keep moving so I would avoid getting stabbed. However, what I wasn't prepared for was a smarter Dire Plant. As I was avoiding most of the roots, one of them shot up from where I was going to run to and nearly pierced me, had I not avoided it.
I don't know how long I was fighting, but what I do know is that there are only a handful of these Heartless left. I already charged up my Shotlock and Command Style, so this wouldn't take long. I pointed Miraculous Blossom at them and locked onto them all. My weapon was then fully charged and I fired my Meteor Shower at them. At least, that's what I was planning on, if they didn't just suddenly disappear.
"What the hell, Voice?! What'd you do that for?!" I demanded.
"One of your nakama is calling for you. And he seems desperate," he answered.
"Really now. At a time like this? What do they want?" Without waiting for an answer, I returned to reality.
And going back there seemed to be a big mistake for me.
"Xion! Oi! Get out here! Quickly! Urgent message! Urgent message! Xion! Xion! XION!"
"QUIT SHAKING ME ALREADY!" I snapped at Usopp, giving him a good knuckle sandwich, causing his long nose to be bent. "And just what the hell do you want?! I was almost done training and you had to interrupt!"
"AHHH! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! But this really urgent! This Moving Crab can't go across the river, even though it's a crab! Basically, these kind of crabs hates water!"
"How in the world can that be possible?! This is a crab, is it not?! How can it not swim?!" I demanded.
"How should I know?!"
'I just don't like the water. I'm not a swimmer,' the moving crab said.
"That's not a good reason to be afraid of water!" I scolded him, stomping on his shell.
"Ahh! Xion! Don't do that?! What if Scizzors get knocked out if you keep stomping on him?!" Nami asked.
"What kind of name is Scizzors?! And besides, we're already running out of time here!"
"Oi, there's the river! I see the Sandora!" Sanji informed at a horrible time.
"Isn't there any way we can have this stupid crab to scuttle on water?! Any way at all?!"
"Please do something, Scizzors-kun~!" Nami pleaded.
"That's it! Scizzors love dancing girls!" Chopper-kun informed.
At that, Nami took off her robe, revealing the dancing clothes that a certain pervert of ours got for her. "Like this?"
"Probably." And with that, the two perverts of our size went googly eyes on our navigator. Scizzors eyes were also turning our way.
'Did you just say there's a dancing girl with you?' he asked. When he looked, his eyes also went googly and, surprisingly, HE ACTUALLY ACCELERATED! 'OH! Baby! There is a dancing girl here!'
"He accelerated!" Chopper-kun stated the obvious.
"No way!" I shouted in shock.
"NAMI-SWAAAN~!" Oh dear. I think someone broke.
"You managed to break two animals with your dumb routine!" Zoro exclaimed, also not believing this.
"Yosh! ERO POWER!" Chopper-kun cheered.
"And... How is this going to solve our problem? CHOPPER?!" Usopp questioned.
We got to the river and, miraculously, SCIZZORS WAS SCUTTLING ACROSS IT!
"Alright!" Chopper-kun cheered again.
"Oi, oi, oi. This is really something. I can't believe it," Sanji stated.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I am glad we have a pervert helping us out!" I exclaimed.
"This is great!" Usopp shouted. "This is a miracle! Just stay on the water's surface the whole way!" With that, he kept encouraging the Moving Crab to keep going. It wasn't long, however, until it started to sink, having Usopp to panic about us sinking.
"Well, there goes our miracle," I said, resurfacing with Chopper-kun on my head.
"DON'T SINK, STUPID CRAB!" Usopp shouted after he also resurfaced.
"We don't have time to stand around screaming," Zoro told him, already starting to swim to the other side.
"He's right. Let's just swim the rest of the way over there," I agreed, swimming with everyone else.
"Oi. J-Just wait a minute. Aren't there any ships? How far is it to the other shore?" Usopp asked Vivi.
"About 50 kilometers," the princess answered.
"WE CAN'T SWIM THAT FAR!"
'Hey! Babies!' Chopper-kun and I turned out heads to the shore behind us to see- HOW THE HELL DID HE GET BACK OVER THERE?!
"Thank you! Thank you, Scizzors!" Chopper-kun waved.
"Wasn't he in the water just now?" I wondered.
"This isn't the time to be cheerful, is it?" Usopp asked.
Just then, something just surfaced right in front of us. That something happened to be a huge fish with whiskers. Seeing that, Usopp and Chopper-kun screamed, the latter
"A Rare Sandora Catfish!" Vivi identified. "They call it that because it's so rare to see one!"
"Spare us the nature special!" Usopp shouted.
"That's not all!" I added, as the catfish opened its mouth and went back into the water. "People are its favorite food!" I informed, already swimming away, with Chopper clinging on to me.
"SAY THAT PART FIRST!"
We, except Chopper-kun, still clinging onto me, were swimming away from the fish. Actually, I didn't know if I was swimming away or towards the fish, because my little brother-figure was blocking my sight. I did, however, make out the sounds of something being beaten by something else. When things calmed down, I moved Chopper-kun's arm away to see what happened. Turns out, we were saved by-
"The Kung Fu Dugongs!" Usopp cried in happiness. And now that the fish is down and out, we all climbed up to ride it, with the Dugongs pulling the fish towards the other shore.
'We cannot abandon our Master's disciples,' one of the Dugong said.
"They said: 'We cannot abandon our Master's disciples,'" Chopper-kun translated for the others.
"Well... We're not really Luffy's disciples," Usopp corrected them.
"But we're safe now!" Vivi looked at the bright side.
"Yosh! Only a little way to go! Keep it up!"
Once we got to shore, we all got off the catfish and waved our thanks and good-byes at our saviours.
"We're making good time. Do you think we'll make it?" Zoro asked Vivi.
"It's hard to say. Even riding Eyelashes-kun, we might not be able to make it," she replied.
"And don't forget, he can only carry two people," I added. "And don't forget what I told you guys earlier. If Baroque Works is going to attack us, it has to be somewhere close to the city."
"Isn't there a way to get us all there together?" Usopp questioned.
We were all in deep thought at the question. I then heard something coming our way.
"What's wrong, Xion?" Zoro asked, noticing my expression.
"Call me crazy, but I'm hearing footsteps," I answered. They all looked at every direction to see if I was just hearing things.
"Look! Over there!" Nami pointed at some figures in the dust cloud.
"What is it, the enemy? Th-Th-Th-They're on to us, already?!" Man, isn't Usopp asking too many questions.
"N-No. That's..." Vivi spoke. Getting a better look at the figures coming towards us, they turned out to be- "Carue! And the Super Spot-Billed Duck Squad! You've come to helped us?"
'Of course!' all eight of them replied, stopping in front of us and soluting.
"It's just one miracle after another for us," I muttered, getting on a duck with a cowboy hat.
'Xion! Wait!' I heard Carue calling.
"What?" I asked him. He took out something from his bag.
"Carue that's..." Vivi began to speak.
"A... Dream Eater recipe? You had it with you this whole time?" I questioned.
'It's not that I had it this whole time,' he corrected. 'This recipe was given to us by Vivi's dad. He told us all to keep it hidden until the day when any one of us meets a Keyblade Wielder with Dream Eaters. At first I didn't know what it was, until you created those animals with some items. And it was a good thing Vivi sent me back home to deliver her letter; so I can give you this!'
"'It's not that I had it this whole time. This recipe was given to us by Vivi's dad. He told us all to keep it hidden until the day when any one of us meets a Keyblade Wielder with Dream Eaters. At first I didn't know what it was, until you created those animals with some items. And it was a good thing Vivi sent me back home to deliver her letter; so I can give you this!' he said," Chopper-kun translated for everyone else.
"My father?" Vivi asked.
'Oh that's right. Back in that vision, it showed Cobra already knowing about Keyblades and Dream Eaters,' I mentally recalled, remembering that place where I found and resurrected Repp.
"Well, whatever the case, we can save it for later. Right now, we have a war to stop and clear up and an organization to take down," I reminded. "Let's go!"
"AYE!" they all agreed.