Aki: This chapter seems quite short.
Kingdom cure: I know it is. And now I'm thinking I should've added this in the previous chapter.
Happy: Aye. You should've.
Xion: The last part of this is pretty surprising though.
Kingdom cure: *smack her* DON'T GIVE AWAY THE SURPRISE!
Xion: I didn't! I just said it was surprising!
Kingdom cure: That's still giving it away!
Xion: What was that?!
Aki: Here they go again.
Happy: Aye. Because it's kingdom cure and Xion.
Aki: Well, in any case, Happy...
Happy: Kingdom cure doesn't own One Piece or Kingdom Hearts. And partial credit of this story goes to her beta reader, EvanderAdvent.
Last time:
"CROCODILE!" we all identified.
"No sure how he got blasted all the way over there..." Sanji spoke after a moment of silence.
"HOW ELSE?!" Usopp questioned. "I never had a doubt in my mind! But now..."
We all smiled in realization of what had happened. "HE WON!"
'Luffy, you idiot... What took you so long to beat him?' I thought in relief. 'Well, all it matters now is that everything is finally over...' It was raining harder, since Crocodile was defeated. Thanks to that, all the rain that he took has been released from his grasp.
"PLEASE STOP THIS FIGHTING!" Vivi shouted, having all her people to look at her. Most of them, mainly the Rebels, had shocked looks on their faces to see her. "This rain, just as it is falling... Just as it always have, will finally fall. The nightmare... has finally ended."
We all stood there and watch as Vivi managed to stop her people from continuing the war.
"'The nightmare is all over'?!" Or so it seems.
"Don't give us that! You can't just call this some bad dream!"
"He's right!"
"We saw the king attack Nanohana with our own eyes!"
"Yeah!"
"And Kohza-san was shot by the Royal Army!"
"The Royal Army has fought dirty this whole time! How can we accept that for those who have died in this Rebellion?!" And there goes the peace. Thanks to that, the two sides were starting Round 2 of the war fight.
"THAT IS ENOUGH!" came Pell's voice, ceasing the start.
"THROW DOWN YOUR WEAPONS! ROYAL ARMY!" yelled another voice from Vivi's palace. We all looked up and saw a Pell helping a fellow captain stand on his feet.
"Chaka-sama!" some of the Royal soldiers called out.
"Hey, what are you doing? You- AHEM! Mah-mah-maaah~! You do the same, Rebel Army!" We all turned to a familiar voice. To some of us Straw Hat's surprise, the guy that was with Vivi back on Whiskey Peak was here alive.
"I-Igaram-san/Captain!" a soldier from both sides called.
"That's the cross-dressing guy from Whiskey Peak!" Zoro exclaimed in shock.
"He's alive," Nami spoke in the same tone.
"Eh? Who is he?" Chopper-kun asked.
"Just someone I don't want you to learn from, let's leave it at that," I replied, which the reindeer took.
Igaram stood in the middle of the Rebel group with a kid in his arms. "Hey, can you speak?" he asked. The boy was slowly getting up, using Igaram as support.
"It's that kid from Nanohana."
"That's right. That's the kid who got hurt by the Royal Army."
"No. Someone else did this to me," the child corrected. "Everyone, listen! I saw them! Back on Nanohana, it wasn't the Royal Army that attacked! They were imposters! The king at that time, was a weird hentai in disguise!" Everyone were shocked at the information given by him.
"That's right," spoke a Rebel. "This war was... set up from the beginning." He was identified, by the other Rebels, as the leader, Kohza.
"Everything that has happened to this country, I shall explain, myself in full, detail. Throw down your weapons, all of you!" With everything said, all the soldiers from both sides throw down their weapons. In the mean time, us pirates took the chance to escape from there, seeing that there are some Marines at the area.
"Oi. Get up and walk already," Sanji told Usopp, minutes after we left the scene.
"Well, listen to this... I've come down with I'll-die-if-I-walk-any-further Disease," he lied.
"Then stay there," Zoro said in reply, taking our heavily injured sniper by his foot and began dragging him.
"Hey look," I spoke, seeing someone carrying Luffy. In fact, I know who this guy is. I remember him from back where I met and got Repp.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"Ah, that guy on your back... Thanks for carrying him out of there," Sanji thanked. "He's with us. We'll take it from here."
"So you are the pirates who brought Vivi back to this country."
"That's right," I answered.
"Who are you, Ossan?" our chef asked.
"Papa! Everyone!" came Vivi's voice. We all turned to see her running to us.
"Ah, it's Vivi," Chopper-kun said.
"Papa? ... VIVI-CHAN'S FATHER!?" Took him a bit to realize that.
"You're the king?" Zoro asked.
"I was prepared for death, but he saved me," the king, Cobra, explained. "After his fight with Crocodile, he carried both of us back up to the surface. It is difficult to concieve of one possessing so much power."
"And we don't have to worry about the poison?" Usopp asked.
"No, he's already taken the antidote. But he must be treated for his wounds, as well as all of you."
"So Vivi, hurry up and go already," Zoro told the princess, sitting down. She was confused as to what he meant.
"He means go back to the Square," I said.
"That's right. The country's rebellion is over. But without the words of the King and Princess to guide it, it won't be a real ending," our sniper explained.
"Those soldiers are, without a doubt, confused as to what to do next, especially after what they've done," I added.
"Then, we should all-"
"Vivi-chan. You understand, right?" Sanji interrupted. "We're marked men. We ain't gonna concern ourselves with countries and such."
"I'm hungry," Chopper-kun said.
"We'll get to the Palace when we're ready. We're exhausted," Nami promised. With that, the King and Princess left to the Square. The moment they were out of sight, we all collapsed.
"SERGEANT MAJOR!" A loud voice woke me up from my slumber. "This is our CHANCE! While they're unconscious, we can take them-"
"Right now, I will not allow anyone to lay a single hand on them!" ordered a familiar voice. I opened my eyes and saw Marines. And leading them, is the one person I don't want to see. At least, not like this.
"B-But why?! We've got them all here! Aren't we trying to arrest them?!" questioned a Marine soldier. "Furthermore-" When Tashigi glared at them, they all kept quiet.
"Tashi-... -gi..." I spoke, low enough to have them all hear what I said.
"Dammit! One of them regained their conscious!"
"I'm not saying it again!" Tashigi shouted. "For now, leave me and the crew. I'd like to have a word with her alone." At that point, they all left.
"I thought you said your Headquarters is in East Blue, not in the Grand Line," I said, trying to prevent her from asking anything that concerns me being a pirate. It deemed useless though.
"How long? How long have you been a pirate?" she asked.
"Didn't you see my bounty?" I asked back, only to see a shocked face in reply to my question. "It's around when my bounty was up, that I became a pirate. Besides, I thought we talked about this, that I would be a pirate when I leave Tanoshi Island."
"... Why? Why choose piracy?"
"I told you the reason for that, too."
"But why?! I thought we were friends."
"That doesn't mean we have to have the same occupation. Also, I told you why I don't want to join-"
"I know that! But still, I told you not all of us Marines are like that! Not all of us are like Haxel!"
"It's the same with the pirates, then." She had a confused look on her face. "Just because I'm a pirate doesn't mean that I'm going to go bad. Besides, I doubt you told them to not arrest us because I'm with them." The Sergeant Major's shoulders were shaking, and I saw a bit of tears coming out of her eyes. "All humans are different. They choose who they want to be when they get older. You chose the path of Marines, whereas I chose the path of piracy. However, that doesn't means that we're not friends anymore. I'm beginning to remember things about myself, because of this crazy crew."
"... The next time we meet, I will arrest you. And take your key sword," Tashigi said, as she began to walk away.
"It's Keyblade," I corrected her, blacking out again.
'How long has it been, since we last saw each other though, my friend?'