Aki: Hmm...
Happy: What's wrong?
Aki: Kingdom cure's not here...
Happy: Now that you mentioned it, where is she? I haven't seen her all day.
Kingdom cure: AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!
Aki: Why do I have a familiar feeling about that scream?
Happy: Aye. Me too.
Kingdom cure: *ran into the room, skidded to a stop* *points at Aki and Happy* YOU TWO!
Aki: Let me guess-
Kingdom cure: *on my knees, holding Aki's hands, begging and crying* HELP ME~!
Aki: I thought so.
Happy: Aye. Xion found her way back, didn't she?
Xion: COME BACK HEREEEEEE!
Kingdom cure: YAAAAAHHHHHHH!
Happy: I thought so.
Aki: I think you should just accept it already.
Kingdom cure: I'm not ready to die~! Please help me~!
Happy: What happened to those helpers you hired?
Kingdom cure: ... oh yeah...
Aki: You completely forgot about them, did you?
Xion: KINGDOM CUUUUURE!
Kingdom cure: EEEEEK! I have their contact numbers with me! *roamed through the pocket where I had the characters' contact numbers, only to find it missing* HUH?! *checked all my pockets* Where'd it go?!
Xion: Looking for this~?
Kingdom cure: AHHHH! *moved away from Xion and saw the paper with contact numbers* Hey! When did you-?! *watched as Xion burned my last hope*
Xion: *scary face* Any last word?
Kingdom cure: *crazily sweating, forming a puddle around me* N-Now now... I-I'm sure we can talk about this?
Xion: Screw that! *charges at me with a killing intent*
Kingdom cure: *ran to the nearest exit and away from death* NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Xion: Stop right there! *chasing me*
Aki: ... There they go.
Happy: Aye.
Aki: Anyway, mind doing the disclaimers?
Happy: You're not going to help?
Aki: She'll find a way out of it, as usual.
Happy: I guess you're right. Anyway, the disclaimer is still the same. There's no change to it at all.
We finally arrived at our ship and saw Mr. 2 on it. I was surprised that he didn't do anything to our ship on the way here.
"I WAS WAITING FOR YOU GUYS~!" he shouted from our ship's rail. "HOW LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN~!"
We ignored him and got off the ducks.
'Good luck, pirates!' they saluted before heading back to the castle.
As they took their leave, we all waved and said our good-bye's to them all.
"Some day... Some day, let's meet again!" What the hell? "WAIT A MINUTE!"
"What is it now?" Sanji asked in a bored tone.
"What do you mean, 'What is it now?!' What kind of tone is that toward a friend?!"
"What do you mean 'friend?' You're our enemy! You tricked us!" Luffy corrected.
"I did NOT trick you! I didn't know too! But really, that stuff's all in the past now. Baroque Works has crumbled, so we're not enemies anymore."
"Shift over," Zoro told him, bringing some of our supplies to our ship.
"Oh, sorry."
"If you're not our enemy anymore, then why the hell are you on our ship?!" the captain demanded.
"You mean you still haven't noticed his intentions? Even though I can hardly believe it myself," I asked him.
"She's right you silly, silly boy~"
"WHAT WAS THAT?!" the 'silly, silly boy' snapped at the okama.
"Look! If I wasn't here on this ship, what do you think would happen to it?" he asked.
"The Marines might have taken it," Nami replied, checking one of our supply bags. Luffy gasped at the answer, slack-jawed and bug-eyed.
"Not MIGHT have! They would definitely take it!" Mr. 2 corrected. "Do you know what's happening on this island right now?! It's entirely blocked by Marine ships! Blocked!"
"Huh?! Then, you protected the Going Merry from the Marines?" Luffy asked.
"But why?" Usopp questioned.
"What for?" Chopper-kun also asked.
"Because we're friends~!" the okama replied with a thumbs-up. At that instant, he and the three childish pirates of ours had their arms around each other and started dancing.
"Well that was fast," I said.
"Is that the rest of it?" Nami asked me.
"Yep."
"So Mr. 2, with the Marines blocking the island, that means you can't escape either and you're using us to escape safely?" Zoro guessed.
Mr. 2 accidentally banged his head against a wall, worrying his dancing friends. "Yes. Because we need each other, because of the time in which we live. IN THE NAME OF SACRED FRIENDSHIP, LET US COMBINE OUR POWERS AND FIGHT TOGETHER AS ONE!" Of course, they were with him all the way.
"Man..." Nami sighed.
"Would've sounded a lot better if he wasn't an okama," I commented for no reason.
We suddenly heard another cheer and saw Mr. 2's ship and his crew pop out of nowhere. "Thanks for helping us!"
"HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THERE?!" Zoro and I demanded.
It was now morning. We were sailing to the meeting place where we would pick up Vivi. That is, if she decided to come along with us. Along the way...
"FIRE! FIRE, FIRE!" We ran into some, if not all, of the Marine ships. A few of them foolishly fired their cannons at us. Why did I say 'foolishly'?
"COME ON! SHOOT YOUR CANNONBALLS AT US! I'LL BOUNCE THEM ALL BACK!" shouted an irritated Luffy. The reason he said that is because instead of cannonballs, iron spears were shot at us.
"Like hell they would say 'yes' and stop using spears, baka!" I yelled at him.
"Goodness! Stop joking around~!" Mr. 2, or rather Bon, also told him.
"If they keep shooting those iron spears at us, it'll be a matter of time before we sink!" Sanji informed. As if on cue, more of those spears were shot at us.
"Oi! I can't patch up all these holes!" Chopper-kun warned.
"Hurry up and DO something you guys!" Nami ordered us.
"We can only protect one side at a time!" Sanji reasoned.
"Xion! Can't you call out your big Dream Eaters!?" Luffy demanded.
"I do that and the Going Merry would sink faster!" I replied.
"Going up against eight ships is too much!" our chef stated.
"Even when we're stronger in hand-to-hand combat," Zoro added. "Even if we rush or retreat, they won't break their formation!"
"There has to be a way to get pass or break their formation," I thought out loud. "None of my magic can help us. Not when the distance between their ships and the Going Merry's are this far apart." My thoughts were broken when we all heard an explosion. Turning to the source, one of the eight Marine ships was shot and sunk, taking the nearby ship along with it.
We turned and saw one of our cannons was fired by...
"Usopp! Was that you?!" Luffy asked the surprised sniper of our crew. "Awesome!"
"Uh... Y-... YES! JUST AS I CALCULATED!" he lied. "That's what I can do when you rely on me!"
"Nose-chan, amazing! Good goind~!" Bon complimented. "Now the two ships to the south are gone! Full speed to that direction~!"
"BON CLAY-SAMA! THERE'S A PROBLEM!" shouted one of his crewmates.
"WHAT IS IT?!"
"IT'S THE BLACK CAGE!" Hearing that had him freeze in shock.
"What's that?" Luffy asked.
"I think I've heard of someone called that," I said.
"Black Cage Hina! The Marine Headquarters Captain who patrols this area of the sea!" he answered. "This is not good at all. Let's get out of here as fast as possible!"
"Aye, Bon Clay-sama!" his crew agreed.
A couple seconds later, Bon noticed that we kept our course. "What the hell are you guys doing?! Let's get out of here! If we exit to the south, we will escape with minimum damage! If we stay like this, we'll be done for sure!" he convinced.
"If you want to go, then go. We can't," Luffy told him.
"What do you mean you can't!?"
"BON CLAY-SAMA! PLEASE HURRY!" another one of his crewmates called. "LET'S JUST ESCAPE ON OUR OWN!"
"We made a promise to be at the eastern harbor at noon," Nami told him. "There's no time to sail back. We have to press forward."
"Even if we risk ourselves being captured by these Marines, a promise is a promise," I added. "We're not going to be late for something like this."
"Really?! That's the silly, silly thing I've heard!" Bon exclaimed. "What kind of treasure could possible be there that's worth your lives?! Go ahead and die then!"
"We're going to see a nakama," Luffy answered his question, putting the okama in a state of shock.
"F-... For a... Friend?"
"BON CLAY-SAMA!" his crew called once more.
"Running away now would defy the way of Bon Clay!" Bon spoke, surprising us. "Friends who risk their lives to see another friend, knowing that you have abandoned them... WILL YOU ENJOY YOUR BREAKFAST TOMORROW MORNING?!" Hearing that, his crew froze and dropped their jaws.
'Really? Breakfast?' I thought as he ruined that heartful speech again.
"Listen up, boys. And the Straw-Hat team as well! Pay heeds to my words!" We all listened to his words and were all shocked. Before we can say anything, Bon got on his ship and they engaged his plan. Having no choice, we also went along with the plan.
"Full speed ahead!" Nami ordered, as soon as it was time for us to continue to sail.
As the ship was sailing, we all went to the back and watch as Bon and his crew sacrificed theirselves for us. I admit, I was also touched by his action. Made me learn that there are people who takes the most pride in friendships.
"Bon-chan! BON-CHAN! WE WILL NEVER EVER FORGET YOU GUYS!" Luffy screamed, as we cry for his sacrifice.
"WAAAHHHHHHH! HE'S A GREAT GUY, THAT MAN!" What the-?!
"Ahhhhhhh!" We all jumped back away from the voice of a person who isn't of our crew.
"You again!? Stop doing that!" I yelled. 'And how many times were the moments ruined today?!'
"Doing what?" Genie asked, wiping his tears with a hanky.
"Popping out of nowhere!"
"Yeah! We couldn't gotten a heart attack if it was a Marine!" Usopp agreed.
"Well, at least I'm not," Genie said.
"And why are you here anyway?" Chopper-kun asked.
"Oh! Could it be that you want to join my crew?!" our childish captain assumed.
"Nope~" the blue man replied, much to Luffy's dismay.
"Then why are you here?" Sanji asked.
"I just realized that I forgot to give Xion something before I continue with my trip. But seeing what that ballerina did... I think it's actually time for me to go back home and visit my own friend."
"What did you forget to leave her?" Nami asked, with a strange look in her eyes. And by strange... Let's just say she thinks it's a lot of belis.
"Just a little something in case if she ever needs me for anything." Genie snapped his fingers and a bracelet of some kind appeared around my wrist. Dangling on it is a purple pendant with a yellow lamp on it.
"What's this?" I asked.
"A Summon Charm. You can use that to summon me anytime you need help, no matter how far we are."
"This'll be helpful in our adventure. Thanks."
"Anything for a friend~. Speaking of which, I can't help but notice how much you two are alike."
"Me and who?"
"Another friend of mine. He's a Keyblade wielder like you. You probably know him. In fact, if I didn't know any better, you might be his twin sister. Then again you both look nothing alike, except your eyes maybe. His name's Sora. Well, gotta go~!" At that point, Genie left.
The moment he did, my head began to hurt like crazy. And with this kind of pain, it only meant that another one of my memories are returning. Rather, a group of them are coming back. And it HURTS LIKE HELL!
I saw my crewmates looking at me in concern. Their mouths were moving, but I couldn't hear anything coming out of them. My visions were getting blurry as well. The next thing I know, I passed out.
*GENERAL'S P.O.V*
"Xion! Oi! Xion!" Luffy called, trying to wake up the first mate.
"AHHHHH! Xion-nee passed out! Someone help Xion-nee!" Chopper screamed.
"That's you!" the rest of the crew reminded.
"Oh yeah." He got out his supplies and examined his sister-like figure. "She's okay. Just passed out. Someone help me get her to the infirmary."
"Yes~! I'll help~!" Sanji 'volunteered'. The moment he did, Usopp somehow already got Xion to the infirmary, much to the cook's dismay.
"Oi! Some Marine ships are approaching us!" Nami informed. "We can worry about Xion later! Right now, we have to protect ourselves!"
"Right!" the Monster Trio agreed.
*XION'S DREAM**XION'S P.O.V*
I woke up and found myself lying on sand. I slowly got up and looked around to see that I'm on an island.
'This place... Strangely looks familiar. Did I live here?' I wondered. I looked over and saw a really bent palm tree with three people either sitting or leaning on it. I ran over to the tree to see if I know them. When I got there, I saw a familiar boy with silver hair, a girl with short red hair and a boy with brown spiky hair.
"If we can land on any world, any one at all, why land on this one?" the silver-haired boy asked.
"Oh, I don't know," the spiky-haired boy replied, now lying down on the tree.
"Exactly." The silver-haired boy then turned to me. "Do you know?"
At that moment, the scenery changed. I was now in a white room with a large crystal ball in the middle of it. Looking into the ball, I saw the one thing I couldn't believe.
"Wait... What...?" was all I could get out.
"No way..." came a voice, my voice, from the other side. "I... I wasn't me back then...?" On the other side, I saw me also looking at the ball in shock and sadness.
'Wait,' I mentally gasped in realization. 'Then... Does she, rather I, mean to say that... This crystal ball... It shows the past? No... That can't be!'
"There's no way it can be true!" I unconsciously shouted.
When I did, the past me then look at me with an unreadable expression on her face. "The truth can never be a lie."
"No! This has to be a lie! There's no way that we can be someone else in the past! That's just illogical, even for the Grand Line!"
"It's the truth," came another voice behind me. Turns out, the silver-haired boy from eariler was here, only a bit older. "You can't hide from it forever."
"No. That's a lie! I'll never accept this!"
"It's true."
"It's not! I won't accept this... I won't accept this!"