Happy　Memorial Day Everyone (or those of you who are in America anyway)! Enjoy the next chapter! Also, I have a big math exam coming up so expect updates to get a little slower this week. Once, I don't Kingdom Hearts or it's characters (Or One Piece too, for that matter.)

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"YOHOHOHO!" Laughed the talking Skeleton as Sora, Luffy, Nami, and Sanji climbed to see him up front. "Hello there! I'm sorry about earlier, I saw you guys but you seemed to be in some sort of situation so I couldn't properly greet you!"

"He doesn't seem like the type to control heartless..." Thought Sora. Nonetheless he stayed in his guard. "Were you the one who sent those heartless?" He asked the skeleton.

"Eh? The what?" Asked the skeleton, clearly having no idea what he was talking about.

"So it wasn't him..." Thought Sora. "But then who?"

The skeleton then turned towards Nami. "My, what a beautiful young lady! I can't take my eyes off you! Even though I have no eyes, yohohohoho!" He said, laughing at his own joke.

"Um...okay..." Said Nami, getting scared by the skeleton.

"Can I see your panties?" The Skeleton blurted out. This quickly resulted in a fierce kick from Nami.

"LIKE HELL I'LL SHOW YOU!" She screamed at him.

"Hey, can you poop?" Asked Luffy.

"Shouldn't you be asking a lot of other questions before that?" Said Sanji.

The Skeleton stared back at Luffy. "Yes, I can." It answered.

"And YOU shouldn't be answering that!" Said Sanji. "Furthermore, how are you able to walk and talk if you're a skeleton? And why did you appear before us? Just what's going on over here?!"

"Eh, forget about those questions!" Said Luffy. "You should join my crew!"

"Okay." Answered the Skeleton.

"WHAT?!" Called out Sanji and Nami. Sora could only laugh at their reactions.

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"YOHOHOHO! Nice to meet you, everyone!" Said the skeleton as it returned along with Luffy, Sora, Nami, and Sanji to the ship.

"LUFFY, YOU BROUGHT HIM ON THE SHIP?!" Called out Usopp, holding a cross to the skeleton to attempt to somehow repel him.

"Yeah, he's a funny guy, so I made him part of the crew." Smiled Luffy.

"Oh, I don't believe I've introduced myself properly!" Said the Skeleton. "I am called Brook! Just "Dead Bones" Brook! Yohohoho!" Sora couldn't help but grin slightly at the skeleton's recurring antics.

"You seem to be taking this awfully easily!" Said Nami to Sora.

"Re-really?" Said Sora. He supposed after all he had seen his fair share of living skeletons at Halloween Town.

"Anyway, let's not bother just talking out here!" Said Brook. "We should head to the kitchen and talk this over a good meal!"

"Good idea, I'm hungry!" Said Luffy.

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"My, my, what a splendid dining room!" Exclaimed Brook as they entered the ships kitchen.

"I'll say." Said Sora, examining the kitchen for the first time as well. It had peices of furniture around a large dining table, with a seperate area with all sorts of ovens and other kitchen supplies, were Sanji could be seen cooking food.

"Of course it's good, I built this ship to be super!" Said Franky.

"Alright, here's the food." Said Sanji, placing some cooked meat on everyone's plate.

"Alright! Food!" Said Luffy as he began to dig in.

"Oh, thank you very much sir!" Said Brook as he took his plate. He then looked to Robin's plate who was sitting. "Hey, you have more meat than me. Can we switch?"

"Just get more on your own!" Yelled Sanji.

"Hehe, this guy's just too funny!" Laughed Luffy.

Meanwhile, while these antics were preformed, Sora was still thinking about what had happened earlier at Radiant Garden. "I wonder what happened to Riku. And Kairi...." He thought to himself. The thought then entered his mind that would he ever be able to see them again. He quickly decided to eliminate that thought.

"Anyway, just how can you be a walking skeleton?" Demanded Nami finally.

"Oh, that." Said Brook. "I ate the Yomi Yomi Fruit."

"The Yomi Yomi Fruit?" Asked Sanji.

"Yes. It gave the ability of resurecction." Said Brook. "A long time ago, I was a pirate on a pirate ship. When we entered this area, we were attacked by a terrible group of other pirates. We were all killed including me. But on that day, my soul came back into this world! But because of this sea's fog, I got lost, and when I finally found my body, I had been reduced to nothing but bones!"

"So, you're not a ghost?" Asked Sora.

"Oh no! I'm terrified of ghosts!" Said Brook. "Even just seeing one makes me want to jump out of my skin! Even though I have no skin at all! Yohohoho!"

"...Have you seen a mirror recently?" Said Nami, holding a mirror to him.

"Gah! Don't hold that mirror to me!" Said Brook suddenly, sheilding his face. "That will..."

Usopp then noticed his reflection. Or rather, lack thereof. "Hey! This guy has no reflection!"

"Gack! A Vampire?!" Said Chopper.

"Now that I notice, you don't have a shadow either!" Said Usopp, pointing to Brook's feet, revealing the lack of a shadow.

This made Sora get a little cautious as well. "Could he really be an enemy?"

"I can explain this!" Said Brook. "The fact that I am a skeleton and the fact I have no shadow are two very different stories!"

"Oh really?" Said Sora.

"Yes," Said Brook. "You see, my shadow was stolen from me!"

"...Stolen?" Asked Robin.

"Yes. Because of this, I cannot live in a place were sunlight exists." Said Brook. "I once saw someone who had the same condition as me stand in the sunlight. He was evaporated right before my eyes!"

"Hmm..." Thought Sora. "Why does this make me think of the heartless?"

"You asked me to join your crew, right?" Said Brook to Luffy. "That makes me truly happy! But, I must refuse!"

"Huh? Why?!" Asked Luffy, shocked.

"Like I said, I cannot be in the sunlight. I can't go out with you into the vast ocean! I'll just wait until my shadow comes back by a miracle! Yohohoho!"

"If that's the case, I'll get it back for you!" Said Luffy, determined. "Who's the guy who took it? Tell me!"

This made Brook go silent for a little bit. "You truly are a good person, I'm surprised by that offer. But I can't say. I just met you a little while ago. I don't want you rushing to your deaths for my sake..."

This made Sora think. "Could the person who took Brook's shadow....be the real enemy?"

"Hey, are you saying the enemy's too strong?" Said Sanji. "C'mon, just telling us the name isn't much to ask."

"Nope. Can't say. He's too strong." Said Brook matter-of-factly. "But let's set that aside! For now, let's sing a song!" He then pulled out a violin.

"What? You're musician too?!" Said Luffy in amazement. "Now you have to join me!"

"Yohoho! Well then, how about a little sailor's tune!" Said Brook. Just as he was about to play, something appeared through the wall. It was a white, ghost like being, with two black eyes and a large mouth."

"GYAAAAA! A ghost!" Yelled Brook and Usopp as they fell back in fear.

"Is this a new kind of heartless?" Said Sora, swiping at it with his keyblade, however, to his surprise, the keyblade simply went right through it.

Suddenly the ship started shaking. "Wha'what's with this shaking?!" Said Zoro.

"Wait...don't tell me...." Said Brook as he dashed outside, as everyone else followed him to the back of the ship. There, they saw the cause of the vibration: A large gate was closing behind them. "Did you guys pick up a flaoting barrel by any chance?" He asked.

"Yeah, we did" Responded Luffy.

"I see. That was a trap! Since then, it has been targeted!"

"But...this shape has been anchored the whole time!" Said Nami.

"Yes. That's because this is the roaming ghost island," Said Brook "Thriller Bark!"

Suddenly everyone noticed the island in front of them. It was a large, gloomy looking island, with a dark looking forest surrounding an old abandoned looking mansion.

"I'm getting a bad feeling about this place..." Said Sora.

"Ah! What a lucky day this has been!" Said Brook. "Not only did I get to meet real people today, but my heart's desire has also been fufilled!" With that, he suddenly jumped at a ridiculous length, all the way to the figurehead of the ship.

"...He must have a light body!" Exclaimed Sanji.

"That's right, just dead bones light!" Said Brook. "Goodbye everyone! I'll never forget this day! You should try to just get out of here!" With that, he jumped off into the water.

"Whoa hold on!" Called out Luffy. "If you ate a Devil Fruit that means you can't swim..." However, the instant he hit the water he dashed across it, almost as if he was running on it.

"That's so cool!" Said Luffy, admiring him.

"Well, you heard what he said." Said Nami. "It looks dangerous here. We should try to find a way out...."

"Huh? You say something?" Said Luffy, who had a gigantic look of excitement on his face.

"He really wants to go..." The thought came to everyone's mind.

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"Alright, we're all set!" Said Luffy, as he Robin, Franky, and Sora had stood beside him, also wanting to go.

"Eh? Franky, Sora and Robin are going too?" Asked Zoro.

"I like them," Said Robin. "Thrills."

"And I think this place and the heartless might be connected." Said Sora, wanting to get to the bottom of this whole thing.

"Well then," Said Franky. "Listen up! From here on, we're going to be using a smaller ship to get on land. Soldier Docking System Channel 2: Mini Merry 2!" From the bottom of the ship a door opened up, and out came Nami, Usopp and Chopper riding a small boat that had a ram shaped figurehead.

"It's Merry!" Called out Usopp. "Our old ship has been reincarnated!"

"Who knew you were hiding this wonderful ship!" Said Nami.

"It's tiny but we're riding Merry again!" Said Chopper.

"Oo! Looks fun! Let me try!" Said Luffy.

"Now, just let them play on it for awhile." Said Franky.

Suddenly they heard a scream, and by the sound of it it was Nami's voice.

"Nami-Swan! Did something happen!" Called out Sanji.

"It's no use, we can't see them through this fog anymore...." Said Robin.

"Hey Come back so I can ride it!" Called out Luffy.

"SHOULDN'T YOU BE WORRY ABOUT NAMI-SWAN'S SAFETY FIRST!" Yelled Sanji.

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Meanwhile, Nami, Usopp, and Chopper had fallen into a kind of moat area on the island. surrounding them was a large wall, looking to be about almost 20 feet tall.

"Where are we?" Asked Usopp. "What just happened?"

"It looks like we hit land, then got flung from the boat and landed here." Said Nami.

"But isn't this kind of suspicious?" Said Usopp. "What kind of island would have a moat?"

"I don't think it's a trap or anything." Said Chopper. "After all, the only reason we surivived is because we landed on top of these..." He then looked down, only to see the ground was covered in skeletons. "GYAAAA! SKELETONS!" Everyone yelled.

Suddenly, they heard a barking noise coming from behind them. "Wh-what's that noise?" Asked Usopp as they slowly turned around. That's where they saw a fearsome sight. A gigantic dog like creature with scars all around it's body and bearing three heads was aproaching them.

"IT'S CERBERUS!" They all yelled as the three-headed dog began to chase after them, causing them to run for their lives.

"Is it still there?!" Called out Nami after a few minutes of running.

Usopp looked. "It's still there!" He replied as the dog continued to chase them. "This really must be the underworld!"

"We're gonna die!!!!" Yelled Chopper. Just then, a person dove from the top of the moat and faced the giant dog.

"Get behind me!" He said as he brought out a giant sword and slashed away at the three-headed creature. It was a direct hit, causing the creature to fall to the ground.

"We-we're saved!" Called out Nami.

"Thanks a lot for that." Said Usopp, still gathering his breath. "But who are you?"

The man turned around. "I'm looking for my friends." He said. "My name's Leon."

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Yep, Leon's here too! But why is he on Thriller Bark? What about Sora's other friends? Just what is going on on this island? Why am I asking you? Until these are answered, please review and tell me what you think!