Hey, everyone I'm sorry for neglecting this stroy. I started writing a Ben 10/Rosario+Vampire story and got cuaght up in it, but don't worry I'm going to try and balance my time between the two stories.

So, let's start the new chapter right away then.

Disclaimer: I own only my OC and his actions. Everything else belongs to their respected creators.

Chapter 16: A Little Adventure

Later on that night after everything with Miss Sunday and all that happned, everyone decided it was best to hit the hay.

Well, all but me. I was to worked up about all this so, I decided to do a bit of working out while also some thinking.

'Man, all this has been a real eye opener.' I thought.

'What do you mean by that?' Morgan asked.

'Well, so far since I've been here all I've been doing is goofing around. If it wasn't for the fact that I even remebered that Ingram survived that explosion, then I don't know what I'd do.' I explained.

'So, what are you going to do now?' Morgan asked, but I could tell by his tone that he seemed to already know the asnwer.

'I'm going to take the fact that I can make a difference more seriously. There are a lot of things that I can change and I need to make sure that I'm ready for them. You know what they say "with great power comes great responsibility".' I replied.

'You took that from Spider-Man.' Morgan said.

'That's beside the point.' I replied. 'I've got the power to do great things and if I don't do anything with it then, what's the point of me even being here. Besides if I'm going to live here then I want to make sure that it's a place woth living in.'

'Hey, you never know I might be able to send you home.' Morgan argued, but I could tell by his tone that even he didn't believe his own words.

'Let's be honest Morgan. You may never get your powers back and even if you do, how can I go back to living in my world knowing that everything that I thought was fake is real? I couldn't and I know you know it's true.' I told him.

Morgan didn't reply as he just remained silent for a bit.

'See, I'm right.' I told him.

And with that I began making my way into the kitchen.

'What are up to now?' Morgan asked.

'Well, first I'm going to get a drink.' I told him as I unlocked the fridge and pulled out a cola. 'I need to enjoy these while I can cause once Franky joins then no more cola for me.'

I then took the top off and began drinking the cola as I was walking to the storage part of the kitchen.

'Now, what are you doing?' Morgan asked, his voice showing he was getting slightly annoyed.

'If your inside my head you should know the answer to that.' I replied.

'Don't be such a smartass!' Morgan shouted at me.

'Fine. Since our next stop is Little Garden and I remembered that one of the giants on the island drinks a barrel of rum that had a bomb in it and that leads to him being easily caputred by Mr. 3. I'm making sure that it doesn't happen.' I explained as I began popping the tops of the barrels of rum we had, until I opened one that had a green ball in it.

'I think I found it.' I commented.

'Yeah, but is that what I think it is?' Morgan asked.

'I don't want to think about it.' I told him.

I put the lid back on the barrel and picked it up and carried it outside. Once out I just threw the barrel over-board, I really couldn't think of anything else to do with it.

"That takes care of that." I said to myself as I swiped my hands agianst each other.

"What are you talking about?"

I was so suprised by who ever was behind me that I almost went over the edge with the barrel. When I turned around I saw it was just Vivi.

"Oh..ummm...I was just finishing a little work out." I told her. "Shouldn't you be in bed?"

"Shouldn't you also?" Vivi asked back.

"I was to wound up with everything that happened that I couldn't sleep." I answered.

"I couldn't sleep either." Vivi told me. She then walked over next to me at the edge of the ship. After looking out at the ocean for a while, Vivi decided to speak agian. "Mr. Vladamire?"

"No, just call me Cortez." I told her.

"Right. Cortez earlier when Miss Sunday was here, you said that you didn't believe that she blew up Igaram's ship. Why did you say that?" she asked.

I tried not to let it show that I was slightly worried about the question, but on the inside I was freaking out just a bit. So, I tried to come up with a reasonable lie.

"Well, other than what I said earlier when she was here. It would have to be the fact that she was hiding something." I answered.

Vivi then turned to look at me. "What do you mean hiding something?" she asked in confusion.

"My ability grants me a few other things than just enchanced strength and the ability to walk on flat surfaces." I told her. "I can kind of sense certain things from people, and she was trying to hide something." I lied.

"So, when we met did you sense anything?" Vivi asked

"Yeah, I could tell you were hiding something, but I didn't know it was the fact that you were a princess." I joked. "All I get is a feeling, I don't exactly know what the person is hiding."

"I'm sorry for everything." Vivi just randomly said.

"Hey, there's no need for that." I told her. "We're all in this together now and we'll make sure that you make it back to your people safe and sound."

Vivi just nodded her head. "Thanks." she told me.

"Don't mention it." I told her. "I kind of mean that to, cause if Sanji here;s this little story he won't ever leave me alone." I said jokingly.

That actually had Vivi laugh a bit.

"See, you need to quite worrying so much and just let things go the way they are. Trust me things are going to work out in the end." I told her.

"Agian, thank you." She told me as she began leaving. "Maybe now I can sleep."

"Yeah, me to." I told her as she dissappeared back into Nami's room. I let out a yawn and decided that it would be best if I went to bed as well, we had a 'little' adventure to start tomorrow.

I'm sorry it's so short, but I've been having to write some papers with college as well and that has cut into my writing time.

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