Aki: *holding a cup of tea* ...
Happy: *eating fish* ...
Kingdom cure: *sipping cup of tea*
Aki and Happy: *stare at authoress* ...
Kingdom cure: Is there something wrong?
Aki: Are you sure you should be here?
Happy: Aye. And drinking tea too.
Kingdom cure: Of course I'm sure.
Aki: And what about Xion? Isn't she still chasing you?
Kingdom cure: *pushes button on remote and turns on big screen T.V.*
*T.V. shows Xion being held off by all guilds from Fairy Tail, Sword Art Online strongest team (a.k.a Kirito, Asuna and friends), many Pokemon trainers, students from Death Weapon Meister Academy (Soul Eater) and many more*
Happy: Oh! Natsu's on T.V.!
Aki: That's not the point, though. Didn't Xion burn up your contact list?
Kingdom cure: She did, but she didn't destroy my back-up plan.
Aki: Back-up plan?
Kingdom cure: I simply sent a special request to all anime worlds I know of that can handle her.
Aki: And what would that be? Kill the person that wants to kill me?
Kingdom cure: No. But you're close. The request was protect me from my killer. Reward is unlimited.
Happy: Unlimited reward?
Aki: In other words, if they succeed, they can get whatever they want from Kingdom cure. From becoming extremely rich to ruling the world.
Happy: Wait! Then that includes years-worth of fish?! *rushes out to where battle takes place before Aki could say a thing*
Kingdom cure: I feel sorry for him now.
Aki: Especially with how Xion is now. Hopefully, she can hold back when going up against him. Still... Unlimited reward... I didn't think you can think of that.
Kingdom cure: Now that hurts, coming from you. *face readers* Anyway, disclaimer is the same. That and...
Aki: And?
Kingdom cure: *wipes anime tears away* This... is most likely the last chapter of this arc!
Aki: WHAT?! Then that would mean...
Kingdom cure: Yes. Once this chapter is up, I will take a break from this series and start the Fairy Tail Crossover. However...
Aki: However what?
Kingdom cure: I AM NOW STUCK! Although I said I want to do a Fairy Tail and Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's crossover, I also want to do a Fairy Tail and Kingdom Hearts crossover! AHHHHHH! What should I do?! I want to do one, but I want to do the other one, too!
Aki: You could always put up a poll and see which crossover your readers would rather see first.
Kingdom cure: That's what I thought. And in fact, THAT. I. WILL. DOOOOOOOO!
Aki: Aren't you all fired up for it?
Kingdom cure: *fire in my eyes with fire as my background* I'm all fired up!
Natsu: *sneeze* Did someone just talk shit about me?! *gets knocked out by Xion*
Xion: Like I care! Get out of my way!
Last time:
"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!"
"I won't accept it!" I shot up and shouted.
"AHHHHHH!" came a familiar scream. Looking around, I noticed that I was in the ship's infirmary and scared Chopper-kun, who was at my bedside, seemingly try to take my temperature.
"X-Xion-nee?" he called. "Are you okay?"
"Y-Yeah... Just a weird dream and memory. If I can call it a memory," I replied. "How long was I out?"
"More than an hour."
"Are we at the meeting spot?"
"Yeah. But Vivi's not there yet."
"I see." I tried to get up, only to be held back by the human-reindeer hybrid.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"I just need some air," I replied.
"But the Marines are still after us. You still need some rest."
"Don't worry about me, Chopper-kun. Your sister is strong, remember?"
"... Okay..." With his permission, I walked out of the infirmary.
"Hey, Xion," Luffy greeted.
"Hey," I greeted back. "Vivi's still not here yet?"
"No. Wonder why though. She's late."
Just then, we heard Vivi making her speech around the island.
"Vivi..." Chopper-kun muttered in disappointment.
"You heard that speech, right? That was Vivi's voice," Zoro told him.
"It's the broadcast of that ceremony in Arabasta," Sanji identified.
"Guess it's settled then. She's staying there," I said.
"No. That only sounded like Vivi's voice," said the stubborn pirate of ours. "She's definitely going to be at the place we promised, right?"
"You say that but..."
"Yeah... She is..." Zoro cut me off.
"Let's go. It's past noon," Sanji told our captain.
"She has to be there! Come on! Let's get off the ship and search! I know she's here!" Luffy demanded.
"And what if the Marines catches up to us?!" I asked.
"Oi, we have a problem! The Marines are coming at us again!" Usopp coincidentally warned.
"Just how many ships do they have?!" Zoro questioned.
"No choice. We have to move! Now! Turn to starboard!" I ordered.
"Turning to starboard!" the sniper repeated.
"What the hell's going on?!" I heard from a distance, as we sailed away from the island.
"Did anyone hear that?" I asked.
"Hear what?" Chopper-kun asked back.
"Guess it was just me."
"EVERYONE!" came a voice I know so well.
We all looked behind the ship and saw Vivi and Carue at the meeting place.
"VIVI/CARUE!" Luffy and Usopp happily called to the waving duo.
'Hey guys!' the duck quacked back.
"Vivi!" Nami happily gasped.
"See? She's here!"
"VIVI-CHAN~!" And here we go again with him.
"Turn the ship around! We have a nakama to pick up!" I happily ordered.
"Right!" Usopp agreed, going to the helm.
"The Marines are almost here!" Chopper-kun informed, as he excitedly waved his arms towards our soon-to-be comrades.
"I'm here to say good-bye!" When we heard her yell that, we stopped what we were doing.
"What... did she just say?" Luffy asked.
"I... cannot go with you!" Vivi said from the Den Den Mushi. "Thank you for everything! I want to have more adventures with you. But I can't because I love my country! That's why I can't come with you!"
I looked at Luffy, expecting him to be stubborn as usual and have her join anyway. Instead, he smiled and accepted that reason.
"I... I... I... I WILL STAY HERE! But if we ever meet again... Will you still call me nakama?!" she asked, crying.
"ANYT-!" Before Luffy can reply completely, Nami slammed his head to the floor.
"Don't answer!" she told him. "The Marines have seen Vivi already. If they get any proof of Vivi's affiliation with us, she'll be a criminal. Let's make this a silent farewell."
We all agreed and raised our left arms, rolling up our sleeves to reveal the blue 'x' that marks our friendship. As we did that, the Marines fired their cannons at us, missing Going Merry. After we were sure that Vivi got our message, we put our arms down and got back to the escape plan. Before I did, however, I summoned one of my Dream Eaters and opened up a small portal for him to go through.
*VIVI'S P.O.V*
I watched as my friends sailed away from my country. I was sad at first when they didn't reply my question. But when I saw their arms raised, the arms that were marked by the 'x' that symbolizes our friendship, I was so happy. I'm sure Carue was happy too.
Once they were out of our sight, I was going to get on Carue, when a small black vortex came out of nowhere. Slowly coming out of it was a weird, colorful duck. And that could only mean one thing. "Are you a Dream Eater?" I asked it.
The strange animal nodded and opened its mouth-like sotmach. In it was a note. I took it as a sign to take it and read the note. Surprisingly, it didn't have any saliva on it.
"If you're reading this, Vivi, then it would mean that you decided to stay in Arabasta after all," I read out loud. "I kind of expected this would happen. After all, I've never heard of a princess becoming a pirate. Nor have I heard of a princess who abandons her country for the sake of adventure. Well, it doesn't really matter what path you choose, because you will always be our friend, our nakama. And remember this, Vivi: We may never meet again, but we will never forget each other. After we all achieve our dreams here, I hope we can meet again." After I read this letter, it brought more happy tears to my eyes, as I also hope that we can meet again. Wiping away my tears, I noticed a small note on the back.
"One other thing. Draco, the Dream Eater that delivered this note, actually wants to stay with you." Reading that part surprised me a bit as I continued reading the rest. "Apparently, being around the Super Spot-Billed Duck Squad for too long as a spirit made him feel that he's also part of the group, despite not being the same species as them. As such, Draco also felt as though he should help protect Arabasta and make it a better country. Well, whether he stays or goes depends on you really. At least, that's what I told him, since I'm okay with his decision. Have I ever told any of you guys that if a Dream Eaters can somehow work as a Den Den Mushi? This way we can keep in touch with one another. Sadly, only the Keyblade weilders and the person who has their Dream Eaters are the only ones who can get their messages. Sure it's fine with you, but as for everyone else... Then again, I can tell them whatever you'll tell me through Draco. Well, I hope we can meet again. -Xion."
After reading that, I looked back at the red devil duck and saw it and Carue having a staring contest of some kind.
"You're Draco, right?" I called. The Dream Eater turned to me and nodded. "Is what Xion said in this letter true? Do you really want to stay and help me restore Arabasta?" It, or rather he, nodded happily at my question. "... Well, this country could always use some extra help now. And the Super Spot-Billed Duck Squad recently has a camel in their group. I don't think a Dream Eater is going to make a difference. Don't you think, Carue?"
My best friend and duck quacked in agreement as the new friend Xion left behind seemed to have cheered upon hearing my answer.
*BACK TO THE CREW**XION'S P.O.V*
Cannons were still firing at us. Marine ships were catching up to us. Unless we do something, we're definitely going to get captured by the Marines.
"Whoa! They're fast!" Luffy stated.
"It's not that they're fast! We're slowing down!" Sanji corrected.
"We're taking in water from below the deck!" Nami reasoned. "If those guys don't do something, we won't make it!"
"I really hope Usopp and Chopper-kun can hurry and get those holes fixed now!" I said in a worried tone.
"There's only three ships," Zoro said, getting ready for a fight.
"Guess we have to fight them," Sanji sighed.
"Yosh! Let's go!" Luffy agreed.
"Wait! Watch out for-!" Before they could heed my warning, the Monster Trio tripped over a stack of iron spears. It's a wonder how they didn't notice them. And the stacks were close to their heights.
"WHAT'S THIS?!" they demanded in unison.
"Ah, those? Usopp asked me to keep those in case if we needed them," Nami explained.
"How did you three not notice them?" I wondered out loud.
"THEY'RE IN THE WAY!" Zoro complained.
"WE DON'T NEED THEM!" Sanji told her. It's a surprise he used that tone with Nami, since he's a ladies-man.
"I'll chuck them," Luffy calmly told us, throwing away all the iron spears. Coincidentally, they all hit and destroyed the persuing ships behind us, much to our shock. "Yosh. Let's get them!"
"It's too late though," Zoro told him.
After that, we all grabbed a big oar and rowed away from the other incoming ships. Not that there were any coming after us now, but it's better to be safe than sorry.
Some time later, everything was all right with the world.
"The Marines aren't chasing us anymore!" I said in happy tone, only to have sad moans and groans in reply. Of course, I know the reason why they would give me those replies.
"We shook them off, didn't we?" Zoro agreed, also met with sad moans and groans in reply. "Hey now... What's with those lifeless responses?"
'Dense as always, isn't he?' I thought.
"WE MISS HER!" they whined, slightly crying.
'I thought so...'
"Quit whining about it!" Zoro snapped. "If you didn't want to leave her behind... You could've taken her by force!"
"Ah! You neanderthal!" Chopper-kun insulted.
"You suck!" Nami also insulted.
"Marimo." Then Sanji.
"Santouryuu." That wasn't even an insult.
"Wait, Luffy. 'Santouryuu' isn't an insult," Usopp corrected our captain.
"... Yontouryuu," he tried to correct himself.
"No, you just added one. Listen, you know natto, right? That could also mean 'You stink'."
"Natto."
I only kept quiet at the whole thing, hoping that they would get over the loss and accept the fact that Vivi did what she wanted to do. Even though I know how they feel since I'm also quite sadden about her decision.
"Xion-nee, why aren't you saying anything?!" Chopper-kun asked me.
"Don't tell me, you don't care about Vivi at all!" Nami scolded.
"Xion-swan~! Why are you so heartless now?!"
Be mad or be happy! Don't do both!' I mentally shouted.
"Xion! You dummy! You asshole!" Oh so now he's good at insults.
"Now you're good at insults," Usopp voiced out my thoughts. "You heartless bastard, Xion!"
Okay. That popped a small vein. "Fine. Then I guess I won't tell you any news Vivi sends me about how she's doing in Arabasta. I left behind one of my Dream Eaters who were willing to stay and apparently, they also work as a kind of Den Den Mushi, allowing me to get in contact with whoever I left the Dream Eater with." Just as I turned away from the sulking group, I was suddenly met with their happy, sparkling faces.
"You can do that?! We can get in touch with Vivi!?" Luffy happily summarized.
"HOW DID YOU GUYS GET HERE SO FAST?! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE EVEN HERE IN THE GRAND LINE!" I yelled, shocked at their fast movements.
"So we finally got away from the island?" came a familiar voice.
"Yeah," Zoro answered.
"Well done." We all turned and were surprised to see Robin on our ship. In response to her presence, some of us all took out our weapons and got ready for battle while the rest went to hiding.
"Who's she?" Chopper-kun asked, for this is the first time he met her.
"It doesn't matter who she is! She's a beautiful lady!" There goes our chef.
We watched as Robin calmly walk pass us, using her devil fruit powers to disarm us.
"Don't point such dangerous things at me. I told you that before, didn't I?" she told us.
"How long were you here?" demanded Nami.
"The entire time."
'How didn't we notice you? Rather why didn't Bon tell us you were here?' I wondered.
"These are your clothes, aren't they? I'm borrowing them."
"What do you think you're doing Baroque Works?!" our navigator snapped.
"Monkey D. Luffy. You didn't forget what you did to me, did you?" Robin then asked our captain. That question got Sanji furious as he demanded Luffy to tell him what he did to Sanji.
"Oi, you! Don't lie! I didn't do anything to you!" Luffy protested.
"Yes you did. You put me through some very excruciating treatment. Take responsibility." That reply got Sanji even more furious.
"I don't know what you're talking about! What do you want me to do?!"
"... Allow me to be your namaka."
Silence came at her answer.
"SURE!/HUH?!" we all shouted in disbelief. Except Sanji, who was happy at the idea of her joining.
"Hold it! What makes you think you can just join our crew after everything that happened?! And what did Luffy do to you to make you think he will say 'oh sure! Join us as apology for what I did'!?"
"... He forced me to live when I wanted to die. That is his crime," Robin replied. She turned back to Luffy. "I have no place to go or return to. So will you let me stay on your ship."
"I get it. Guess that's that. Okay." So he- SAY WHAT?!
"LUFFY!" we shouted in disbelief at his decision, except the love cook.
"Don't worry. She's not a bad person," he assured us.
Some time later, those of us who didn't trust Robin all kept our eyes on her, in case if she tried anything. At the moment, she was being interviewed by Usopp. While being interviewed, she kept Luffy and Chopper-kun entertained with her Devil Fruit powers. Seeing my brother-figure being played like that... I was a bit saddened, so to say. Until he and Robin made contact and he tried to hide from the older girl.
"Look at me when I'm talking to you!" Usopp shouted. "I want you to answer all my questions truthfully! I'll ask again! What's your full name?! Hm? Oh, I'm Usopp. Nice to meet you. No, no, pleased to meet you."
"I'm Nico Robin," she re-introduced herself.
"Yosh, Nico Robin. What's your occupation?"
"I'm an archeologist."
"An archeologist?!"
"I'm from a long line of archeologists."
"What is he doing?" Zoro muttered.
"I know he's trying to get some information out of her, but I don't think his way is helping much," I stated.
"I became an archeologist and then I became wanted by the World Government at the age of eight," Robin continued.
'Wanted at the age of eight?!' I thought in shock. At that moment, my bad habit started to react. 'No! No! I am not dealing with this bad habit because of her!'
"For the past 20 years, I kept myself hidden from society."
"The age of eight? And you were alone that entire time?" Usopp questioned.
"Not exactly. A child can't survive on the ocean by herself. Over the years, I worked for varioius villianous characters as a way of protecting myself and achieving my goal. That's the story."
"Would you say that Crocodile is one of those people?"
"I would. In order to search for the Rio Poneglyph."
'Rio Poneglyph?' I mentally repeated.
"Rio?" Usopp also repeated.
"It's given me a lot of experience in covert operations," Robin continued. "I would be an asset to your crew."
"Hmm? You seem pretty confident in yourself. What's your specialty?"
"... Assassination~" she playfully replied.
"LUFFY! The interview has concluded that this woman is TOO DANGEROUS to hire!" our sniper cried, taking the bait. Apparently, both Luffy and Chopper-kun were busy playing, or being played, by Robin's devil fruit powers. "LISTEN TO WHAT I'M SAYING, DAMN IT!"
Their entertainment was postponed as Nami slammed her foot against the ship's railing. "Pathetic. Look how easily you let her walk over you," she began. "She was the vice president of an enormous criminal organization until this very day. Give me one good reason why we should let her join us. You may have fooled these idiots, and you might be able to fool Xion as well, but it won't work on me!"
"Don't drag me into this," I said, despite what she said was partially true.
"If you ever try anything, I'll kick you out!" she warned, ignoring me.
"Yes. I'll keep that in mind," Robin calmly said. She then took out a pouch filled with money. "By the way, I brought along some of Crocodile's jewels with me." Cue the complete change of attitude and suspicion Nami once had towards her.
"OOH! I love you, onee-sama~!" she said sweetly.
"Oi, oi, oi, oi..." Usopp, Zoro and I muttered.
"Nami's down!" the long-nose whispered to us.
"And after all that talk too," I muttered.
"That was dirty," Zoro agreed.
"Everything's going along with the enemy's pace," Usopp added. We then saw anime hearts floating towards us, as Sanji slid down the rails.
"Ah, love," he began. "Floating love. I am but driftwood laying my ebony-burned body down upon the flow. Driftwood, struck by your beauty called thunder : I am sent straight along the flow. Here is your snack."
"Ah. Thank you," Robin appreciated.
"And of course..." I spoke after that sickening poem.
"That is without a doubt... that," Zoro said.
"He was down for the count from the get-go," Usopp stated.
"And so, the three of us are the remaining bastions against her."
"Yes. Those weak-minded fools have failed us all."
"Oi, Usopp," Luffy called. We turned to see what he wanted, only to be met with Robin's arms on his head, acting like antlers. "Chopper!" Yes, he acted as Chopper-kun, much to my annoyance. Usopp, however, also fell.
"I'm sorry, Zoro. Did you say three?" I asked.
The swordsman sighed in annoyance as he walked up to the front of the ship. I did the same and went to the back of the ship for my usual training.
"Man. Those guys are lost cause," I thought out loud. "Okay. So what to do now? Should I train with Voice or with my Dream Eaters? Now that I think about it, he hasn't been active lately. Not only that, but I also have to practice with the new form King Cobra gave me. Might as well-"
"You sure talk to yourself a lot, don't you?" Robin asked out of nowhere.
"WHERE'D YOU COME FROM?!" I asked, sliding away from her.
"Where else? So then... where did you get them? The Dream Eaters and your Keyblade. And what new form are you talking about?"
"Like I'm going to tell someone I don't trust everything they want to know."
"Well, it was worth a try."
Yeah... What did Luffy see in her indeed that isn't bad?
To Be Continued...
Kingdom cure: That's it for this chapter and this arc.
Aki: You have the poll up now, right?
Kingdom cure: Yep. And as for the old poll, seems the results is no multi-cross. Lucky you, because I was planning something for you and Yusei in one of the reunion chapters that I planned. *pout*
Aki: I am already thankful that they chose no for it.
Kingdom cure: Anyway, for the next poll, I want all of you readers' opinion on which Fairy Tail crossover I should do. Fairy Tail and Kingdom Hearts or Fairy Tail and Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's. In fact, I'm also planning on adding an OC for both of them. But that will also be in the poll.
Aki: Really?
Kingodm cure: Yep. My imagination just has no limit whatsoever. *mutter* Though I hope there are more votes for the OC addition. *normal voice* Well, readers, until next time~!