The enemies defeated, Crocodile took his place in the middle of chaos. He grinned manically at the crew and Kohza. "There's nothing you can do. I plan to blow the palace plaza where the battle will take place, killing many. My true intentions were to find the all-powerful weapon, Pluton, which I heard is to be buried in Alabasta."

They stared in horror. "Luffy will stop you!" Usopp cried.

"Yeah!" The crew chorused. Kailee held her breath, Ace looking at her worriedly.

Crocodile laughed. "I'm sorry to tell you, but Strawhat Luffy...is dead!"

"That's impossible!" Zoro barked.

"He promised!" Vivi wailed.

Crocodile grinned. "A promise means nothing when a runt like him tries to go against me! He's dead, bleeding out and suffocated under mountains of sand!"

"You said he'd be okay!" Ace cried, turning to Kailee.

Kailee turned her head. "I never said that. Luffy...was hurt in battle the first time. He would have died if it had not been for...someone. I'm not sure if Luffy is dead or not as of now."

Ace shook. "You lied!"

Kailee's lip trembled. "I'm sorry! If I had told you, things could have gone much worse! Everyone could have died, you and Luffy included! Do you want that?!"

"I want my brother to be okay!" Ace hissed. "It's all your fault!

"Then believe in him! Luffy, for as long as I've known him, he has something my people like to call, 'plot armor.' And trust me, Ace, that kind of armor is invincible, no doubt about it! Lu could be dragged down to Hell and back, and he'd still survive!" Kailee barked.

Kailee closed her eyes, tears stinging. "I'm useless, alright?! In this world, I'm a China doll, too fragile for anything! The only reason I'm alive is because of my random powers and you! If it was Luffy, he wouldn't give two shits about what would happen! He'd have gone straight after anyone he considered a friend if he knew they were going to be hurt or killed! It was proved with you! But me, I'm a coward! I can't take that risk, because if I do, I don't have 'plot armor' to stop anything horrible from happening! Zoro could die, Nami could die, Usopp could die, Sanj could die, Chopper could die, you could die. Fuck, at this rate, even Luffy could die! I can't risk that! I'm sorry I'm weak, I'm sorry I can't do anything, I'm sorry I'm useless, and I'm sorry I'm a horrible sister! All these jokes, all these laughs, underneath that shit, I'm fucking terrified, because I've become a main character now, and I need to watch my steps, because I'm a ticking time bomb right now! Anything I do...could change everything! I'm not used to that type of responsibility!"

She panted, gasps escaping her lips, gulping down air. She looked up into Ace's wide, shocked ones. "I'm sorry I'm a horrible person."

And she ran.

She didn't know where she was going, nor what time it was. If she estimated, she'd been running for about an hour now, maybe two.

She was lost, and she didn't know where she was. She was in the middle of nowhere.

"Damn it all to hell!" Kailee hissed, kicking lividly at the sand as it stirred up before settling once again. "For all it's worth, be alive, Luffy! If not for me, then for Ace, for your crew!"

She stared up, the sun setting, air getting cooler. It was nice to not feel like she was melting. "It's beginning to darken out. Almost night, and I've been traveling for how long now? Even if they do decide to come look for me, they'll never find me at this rate. Besides, why would they look for me anyways? Ace was right, I lied, and Luffy's probably dead because of me, plot armor be damned!"

She looked at the dark sky. "Why, Oda?! What the hell possessed you to send me here?! I can't do anything! Why not send a black belt, a martial arts professional!? Hell, you could have sent a fucking ballerina! But me?! I'm not cut out for this!" No response.

Kailee glared, setting her gaze at her feet. "Like I expected to get an answer anyways..."

Luffy was alive, and he had defeated Crocodile. The crew and Ace pondered this as they sat inside the palace. The war was over. It was almost perfect...

It's three days later when Luffy finally wakes up.

Luffy's first words as he stares at his crew. "I'm hungry!" then, "Hey, where's Kailee?"

The crew visibly saddened at that, Ace looking guilty and depressed. 'It's just like when we were younger. My pride and temper gets the best of me, and I lose a sibling. I almost lost Luffy to that bear when we were younger. Kailee...she could be dead, and it'd be all my fault!' Ace thought.

"Luffy, I'm sorry," Ace frowned. "She...left. I...she knew you were going to be hurt, but she didn't tell us for our safety. When Crocodile said you were dead, I got angry at her, told her it was her fault...she ran. It's all my fault, Lu! I always mess up."

Luffy frowned. "Kailee's...gone?"

"Yeah," Ace murmured.

"Then we find her!" Luffy declared.

"She could be anywhere, idiot!" Usopp snapped.

"I don't care! I want meat! Then, we'll look for Kailee!" Luffy demanded.

The crew sighed, but smiled. "Aye, aye, Captain!"

Ace stared at his brother. "Luffy..."

Luffy smiled at him. "Ace is just a big idiot, huh? Shishishi!"

"Twenty fucking flutters, and I'm not any closer to a fucking sand castle!" Kailee growled. "Dammit!"

Okay, Alabasta's palace wasn't an actual sand castle, but this was One Piece! Let a girl dream!

Kailee groaned, fluttering her wings again, only to teleport to a random deserted sandy area. "Again?! Fucking tits! For all I know, I could have moved an inch! Maybe a mile!"

Kailee wanted to get back out to the ocean, go back home. She didn't want to face Ace or Luffy, nor the crew. She couldn't.

"Dammit!" She screeched to the skies. "I want to go home! I want to leave! All I've done is caused heartache! I screwed up, all right?! I saved Ace, why am I still here?! Did you want me to break this world?! Did you want me to fucking murder Luffy?! Well, yay for you, you shitbag! You probably got your god damn wish, fucktard!"

Silence. Kailee didn't expect an answer, of course not! She wasn't crazy! It didn't stop her from wishing she had gotten a response nonetheless.

She's lost her home, her family, and now her brothers. Where was she now? What is her purpose? Bye my doggies!