Thank you to my editor, Sanji-Kun
Here is chapter 2, hope you guys like it :D
Kyoko smiled as she leaned back in her chair. "I can't believe that it already has been three years now, since I met him. I wonder where he is now." She glanced out the vast horizon, where the sea stretched far and wide. She stood up and smoothed out her dress; Kyoko hated the dresses on occasional days. Today she wore a princess dress, that hugged her in all the right places, and her hair fell straight and curled at the bottom. She felt two strong arms pull her into a firm chest.
"Missed me?" Ace teased her.
"No, of course not!" Kyoko flushed as red as a tomato.
"Hahaha, you so did miss me. Come on, admit it; don't lie to me now."
"Ok, so what if I did?" she pouted as she turned away from the fire fist.
Ace pulled the stubborn princess into his embrace, and rested his head on hers. "Well I really missed you; I wish I could take you with me, but it's too dangerous."
"Me too…" Kyoko sighed quietly. She knew she could never win this argument; Ace refused to bring her with him, no matter what she said. She knew he meant well, but she couldn't stand being away from Ace. The pirate would come and visit her as often as he could, but she wanted to always be by his side. Every day she would hope that he would return; some days she just couldn't stand it. She remembered the first time he brought her to meet his crew – the Whitebeard pirates.
"My son, who is the girl you have brought?" Whitebeard was a giant man, with a booming voice to go with him.
"This is Kyoko; she's the girl I was telling you about, Oyaji," Ace beamed happily.
"N-ni-nice to-to meet you!" Kyoko nervously bowed.
"So, you're the girl that my son won't shut up about! Gurarara," laughed Whitebeard merrily, "Well, take good care of him!"
Two tall men walked towards Kyoko; one of them had brown hair that was styled upwards, and a scar on the side of his eyebrow. He was wearing a blue, almost white, suit with a yellow scarf tied around his neck. The other man wore a purple shirt which he left unbutton to reveal his tattoo of Whitebeard's Jolly Roger. He had a dazed sleepy look, and interesting blonde hair that stuck out in many different places.
"Hey Ace, I see you brought Kyoko to the Moby dick," said the man with his hair styled upwards, "Nice to meet you; I'm the commander of the 4th division, Thatch!" Thatch greeted her warmly.
"Ace never shuts up about you, you know, Mohaha. I'm Marco, the commander of the 1st division," the blonde gave Kyoko a smirk.
"Nice to meet you both!" Kyoko bowed once again.
"Shut up Marco," said the commander of the 2nd division, flushed with embarrassment.
"Have you two kissed yet?" teased Marco haughtily.
Ace set his hand on fire and lunged at Marco. The two commanders were soon on the floor wrestling each other on the deck of the Moby Dick.
"Gurarara!" boomed Whitebeard.
"Don't mind them; they're always like that," Thatch reassured Kyoko, "So Ace tells me that you live in the Western Lands?"
"So what have you been doing recently? Did you go on any new adventures?" Ace could hear the enthusiasm in her voice, and her eyes brighten up like a child on Christmas morning.
"You know; same old, same old. Oyaji sent me on a couple of errands," Ace sighed; he didn't know how to break the news to Kyoko.
"Oh…Ace are you ok? You seem a bit troubled. I'm worried, what's wrong?" Kyoko's eyes filled up with concern.
"Well… um… Teach, well he goes by 'Blackbeard' now. He broke the number one rule in the Whitebeard pirates…He killed Thatch."
Kyoko' eyes grew big, and she covered her mouth with her hand. "No…Thatch is dead? How could this have happened?"
"Thatch found a devil fruit that Teach wanted, so Teach killed him and made off with the devil fruit."
"I'm sorry Ace; I know Thatch was like a family to you all."
"I don't understand; we were all family. I can't believe he would just betray the old man like that," Ace punched the wall, "But as his commander, it's my responsibility to take care of him," Ace paused. He looked over at Kyoko; she was looking down, but the fire fist was still able to see her face. "Now I am hunting for Blackbeard. I will make him pay for the sin he did."
"Oh…I see," Kyoko's voice grew quiet. She looked up at Ace with a serious face; her eyes flashed with sternness. "Ace, I know that once you are engaged in a fight you will not back out, even if the consequence is death, so I can't stop you; but I want you to be careful. Also, do you know which devil fruit it was?"
"The Yami Yami no Mi, I'm pretty sure."
Kyoko's eyes grew big, and flash of fear washed over her. "The Darkness Fruit… Ace, please be careful; this devil fruit is stronger than you think."
"I wonder why Kyoko looks so scared; I've never seen her like this before," Ace thought to himself. "Don't worry Kyoko, I will. I wanted to see you before I head off." Ace wrapped his arms around Kyoko's waist and pulled her closer to him. He could hear her heartbeat, and it reassured him.
Kyoko laid her head on his chest. She had a weird feeling in the pit of her stomach. "Ace is really strong; I'm sure he'll be able to beat Blackbeard. He'll come back." Kyoko secretly wished that Ace would not follow through with his hunt.
"Miss Suomi! We are approaching Alabasta!" yelled one of the soldiers of the Royal army.
"Thank you, Takashi," Kyoko glanced at Alabasta slowly coming to shape as they approached it closer. She narrowed her eyes and cursed under her breath, "Alabasta is in danger. I won't let Crocodile get away with this; I won't forgive him if he hurts Vivi."
"KYOKO?!"
Kyoko turned to see who had screamed her name. "VIVI!" The blue haired princess of the sand country ran up to Kyoko.
"What are you doing in Alubarna?"
"I heard what was happening in Alabasta and I rushed over here to help join to battle against Crocodile-"Kyoko was cut off as the other princess attacked her in a hug and sobbed in to her shoulder.
"Thank you so much," the former baroque works agent wouldn't stop bawling.
"Hey, it's going to be ok; we're going to save Alabasta. Don't you worry!"
"VIVI! USOPP!" A female voice called out.
The two princesses turned to see a woman with short orange hair in a dancer girl outfit. She was riding on a reindeer that had a blue nose wearing a pink hat with a white x mark on it.
"It's Nami, and Tony!"
"What's going on? The marines just helped us!" declared the orange haired girl Nami, confused.
"Were you able to find out where the cannon is!?" the blue nosed reindeer asked.
"We haven't confirmed it yet but this is the only place it could be. We must have passed it a bunch of times; this is the only place it would be, I am sure of it!"
"The clock tower? Are you sure Vivi?" Kyoko looked up in disbelief.
"I am positive Kyoko, but we still need Pell to get here! I am really worried!"
"There is no way of getting up to the tower in less than a minute!" exclaimed Nami.
"We're going to have to climb all these stairs!" said Usopp, who was completely wrapped in bandages.
"Hey Vivi!" another voice shouted. The voice belonged to a blonde man who was wearing a suit and had a side of his face covered by his hair.
"Sanji! What are you doing up there?"
"The smoke signal said to meet at the clock tower, so here I am. Now where is the cannon? I can't find it!" the blonde shouted.
"Hey, where were you guys? I was looking for you everywhere!" yelled a man with green hair.
"Zoro, you're here too?" growled Sanji.
"What are you doing down there?" Zoro asked confused.
"Funny, I was going ask you!"
"It was the marines; they kept saying "Go north" "Go north" So I just kept going all the way north till I got up here."
"No, north and up aren't the same thing!" snorted Sanji.
"Now go and destroy the cannon you two!" yelled Usopp.
"No, they can't reach the clock from where they are! That's why we need Pell! I just have to take the backstairs! Come on!"
"No, Vivi, wait! I think I have a plan!" Nami piped up.
"Mwahaha. So Mr.7, according to the boss, this will the final mission for barque works, Ribit Ribit, hahaha." As the clock opened and a woman dressed in a frog suit come into view
"That's right Ms. Father's day, hahaha." replied the man with a white afro, "According to the plan we just have 30 seconds left to go, hahaha."
"It's Mr. 7 and Miss. Father's Day!" Cried Vivi, shocked.
"Cyclone Tempo!" screamed Nami as she released her attack. The attack blasted all three of them up towards Sanji; the reindeer got on the right leg of the blonde. Sanji launched both Vivi and Chopper toward Zoro, who turns out is a swordsman. Zoro used the flat of the blades to give the final push Vivi needed to get up to the clock.
"Oh, Hello Miss. Wednesday!" sneered Mr.7
"Oh no, they noticed!" gasped Vivi.
"We're still in the air. This is bad; if they shoot as us, we're finished!" grunted the swordsmen.
"Vivi, let me handle these two!" Kyoko smiled at Vivi, "You have to focus on stopping the bomb!"
The two barque works agents pointed their pistols at Vivi, the reindeer and the swordsmen.
"Oh, who is this beautiful lady?" Sanji asked with hearts filling his eyes.
Kyoko summoned Sailor Saturn's scythe, "SILENT WALL!" A shield formed around Vivi and the others, and deflected the bullets. "Now that the others are safe, it's time to take out the pests! "VENUS CRESENT BEAM SMASH!"
An array of light form from the tip of the scythe and shot out straight at the barque works agents. The beam smashed into the two and sent them flying off the tower. Just as Vivi reached the cannon, she realized that the bomb had a timer, and it would go off any second now.
"Oh no, what do we do now?" The rest of the Strawhat pirates stood in gawk.
Suddenly, flying towards the tower was Pell. He flew to the cannon and used his legs to pull out the bomb from the cannon. Pell gave one last smile to Vivi, before he flew towards the sky, bringing the bomb with him. The falcon flew as high as he could, and vanished into the sky. Moments later a loud boom shook the entire city.
"Did he just? It can't be!"
"He saved us all."
"He's gone."
The strawhats shook with remorse; they couldn't believe what had just happened. While everyone was in shook, the shichibukai, Crocodile, was sent flying through the sky. He was beaten up and bruised; he had blood trailing down his face. Seeing the sight, Vivi broke down in tears.
"I knew it; I didn't doubt him for a second!"
"Luffy beat him! He won!" cheered the Strawhats.
"Our enemy has been defeated!" Vivi choked out in between sobs. "But please, PLEASE STOP FIGHTING!" she screamed with all her might towards the rebel army and royal army that still continue to battle out. Suddenly Vivi felt something wet land on her; it felt like a rain drop. Soon, more drops of rain fell from the sky; not too long after that it began to rain heavy. The armies on both sides paused with disbelief as the city that had not seen rain in a long time, was pouring.
"STOP THIS FIGHTING!" screamed Vivi with all the might she had. Both armies had heard her, and dropped their weapons. The war was finally over.
"Geez, even pigs eat less." The Alabasta royal guards were baffled at the strawhat's abilities to consume so much food. "This is a royal dining hall, not some kind of a shack!"
"Mmm, this smells good!" Because anyone could take a bite of their meal, long rubber arms stretched out and stole it.
"Luffy, stop grabbing my food!" demanded Usopp furiously.
"Hey old man, I didn't know you were the king, I guess that makes you Vivi's dad too," said the boy in the strawhat stuffing his face, "Hey you!" strawhat pointed to Kyoko, "You should join my crew, that cool pointy stick you use is cool."
"Me?" Kyoko gave the crew a shocked look.
"Yeah, who else would I be talking to?" the pirate captain said while shoving chunks of meat into his mouth.
"Kyoko-Chwannnn, please join our crew!" Sanji pleaded with hearts circling his eyes.
"Uh, I don't know-"
"Kyoko, they are really nice people; they would sacrifice anything for a friend. Please give them a chance," begged Vivi, "If you go with them you can accomplish your dream!"
Kyoko paused, "Hmm, they seem kind hearted, and I've always wanted to travel the seas, like Ace. Maybe I'll even run into him! Joining the Strawhats would be fun; better than returning home just to sit at home and study irrelevant subjects," Kyoko debated with herself, "Alright! I'll join you guys!"