Here it is, the next chapter. If I bleep out some words, it is usually a cuss word. Considering Zoro (I wonder why his last name is Zolo in the PlayStation 2 game One Piece: Grand Adventure... I guess Zolo's a bit harder to pronounce) and Sanji's colorful mouths.

While this one-piece segment takes place during the Alabasta arc of the One Piece series, I may not cover everything exactly. Also, there may be some OOCness. This chapter will guest-star Luffy and the other Straw Hat Pirates, minus Franky and Brook, since the Alabasta arc takes place well before Enis Lobby and Thriller Bark. Robin will still make an appearance.

Disclaimer: The Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy and Dissidia:Final Fantasy games were created and copyrighted by Squaresoft. The One Piece series is Oda's work.

Chapter XIX: Alabasta

Sora glanced at Princess Vivi, not sure what to think of the discovery"I probably shouldn't be too surprised... But why are you here if you're a princess?"

"I was spying on Baroque Works, Crocodile's gang, when they nearly caught me. Luffy and his crew helped me get away, and now we're on our way to warn my people and stop Crocodile" explained the lavender-haired princess.

"Who's Crocodile?" piped Serenia.

"Crocodile is one of the seven warlords of the seas, and is the head of Baroque Works. He's trying to seize Alabasta for himself" said Vivi, grimly.

"Sounds like a bad guy" grimaced Tidus.

Changing the subject, Nami addressed Cecil"So what is this artifact you're talking about? Is it some kind of treasure?"

"Its a shard of a powerful artifact called the Dawn Crystal. But may I ask one more time if you'll let us travel with you on this ship until we find it?" asked the Paladin.

The green-haired swordsman shrugged"I don't give a d*** what you do, I'm leaving it to our captain. And if the marines see you, they will assume you are with us. And you don't want that."

"I'm fine with it, my friends and I won't be here that long. We'll find the artifact and help you kick that Crocodile guy's butt, and if we explain to the Navy in this world, they might understand" said Sora.

"Good luck with that, those hard-heads can't be trusted. They're no better than pirates" said Nami, grimly.

"Still, won't you take us with you for now?" asked Serenia, glancing at Luffy.

Luffy smiled and laughed"Hey, I don't see why not. You guys look awesome!"

Sora smiled"Thanks. You're Luffy, right?"

"Yep" said the Strawhat captain.

"And the rest of you are?" Sora asked.

"My name is Zoro, pleasure" grunted the green-haired swordsman.

The blond man in the tuxedo acknowledged"I'm Sanji, the ship cook. We also have a marksman and a doctor."

"Did I miss something? Hey, Luffy. I was hiding for a while, what about our game of hide-and-seek?" said a black-haired man with a long nose.

"Hey, Usopp, we have new friends" smiled Luffy.

"Oh? Hey!" Usopp spotted Sora's group"Nice to meet you, I'm Usopp, a brave warrior of the seas."

"Interesting group you have there, if I may say so" remarked Cecil, glancing around at the Strawhat crewmembers.

Nami squared her shoulders"Yeah, you can say that about us. Well, maybe you guys can help around the ship, we still have a day we reach Alabasta. Wouldn't do to just let you guys sit around and get bored, would it?"

Serenia smiled"Well, maybe I can help cook. My mom and I used to cook together, occasionally. Tyler, My dad, and I fight using Keyblades, just so you don't get weirded out when you see the three of us in action."

"What the heck is a keyblade?" asked Nami, puzzled.

Serenia summoned forth her keyblade to show her"It is a weapon that's part sword, part key. You could just call it a sword in a way, since it is a weapon."

"A sword that looks like a giant key... Interesting" mussed Zoro.

Sanji looked down as he addressed Serenia"I can cook everyone's food just fine, and I don't have the heart to make a lady to any of the work, even less so if you're... How old are you?"

"I'm thirteen" replied Serenia, dismissing her blade.

"Kain, Sora and I will just keep watch for ships for you, will that be acceptable?" asked Cecil.

"That would be nice" said Nami before Luffy could reply.

"All righty, then. Let's sail on" grinned Luffy.

The group went to their stations, some glancing at the blue sky above as the ship drifted across the sea. Ceodore, Serenia and Tyler mostly stayed out of the crew's way, but Luffy, Usopp and a small reindeer/human hybrid met up with them at the middle of the ship while they were gazing at the sea from the starboard.

"Hey, how's it going?" grinned the long-nosed Sniper.

Serenia glanced at the tiny reindeer, startled"Hey. You're... You're kind of cute..."

"I really didn't want to come meet you guys, wasn't sure what you'd think. I look like a monster to most" said the reindeer, timidly, blushing at Serenia's comment.

'It talked?' thought Serenia, shocked.

Ceodore observed the reindeer, it was nothing like any monster that he'd ever seen"You're don't appear to be like any monster I know of. Can we help you guys?"

"Let's play tag, I'm kinda bored" said Luffy, cheerfully.

"We thought we'd invite you guys" piped Usopp.

Serenia smiled"The exercise will do us good, oh, and how can the little guy talk?"

"I'm Chopper, the ship doctor. I ate the human-human Devil Fruit when I was younger" replied the reindeer.

"What's that?" asked Serenia, curious.

The ship doctor explained"The human-human fruit is one of what is known throughout the world as Devil Fruits. According to what I learned, whoever eats a Devil Fruit gains some kind of power or ability depending on the type, but at the cost of being able to swim."

"How does that work?" inquired Ceodore.

"I don't know, probably because devil fruits have some sort of property that paralyzes whoever ate them whenever they make contact with water" shrugged Chopper"No one really knows everything about them."

"So, basically, the Devil Fruits provides this world's version of magic to whoever eats them, but at the cost of being able to swim. Sounds like an odd price to pay" remarked Ceodore.

"Magic? Other World... What is that?" asked Chopper, confused.

"Magic, as is known on the Blue Planet where my dad, Kain and I hail from, is categorized as either a destructive, healing, or a supporting force generated through concentrative energy. Not everyone in my world uses it, the Mysidian Elder might know more about the subject than me. My companions and are from worlds outside yours" explained Ceodore. Luffy and Usopp gave a blank look, not really understanding.

"Oh, so that's it! Well, devil fruit powers aren't strictly 'magic' as you put it, they could also provide all sorts of physical abilities that you'd never be able to do, normally" said Chopper, thoughtfully.

"Sounds interesting. So, can we get on with our Tag game?" grinned Serenia.

Luffy grinned back"Okay, you're it!"

The six of them played Tag for a good while, laughing happily. The day wore on until it was time for dinner, the group and the rest of their companions headed into the galley. Sanji, the ship Cook had prepared an assortment of meat and veggies.

"Looks delicious" remarked Serenia, accepting a portion of veggies and some fish.

"Thanks" said the blond cook, handing a dish to Nami.

Luffy gorged himself on his food, even stealing bits from the others.

"Forgive me for asking, but don't even pirates have some semblance of manners? My mom wouldn't have had it any other way with me, my manners are pretty decent" said Ceodore, casting Reflect on his food to stop Luffy stealing a bite of his fish.

"Pirates generally don't care" said Nami, taking a bite of her fish"And Luffy's usually like that whenever he and the rest of our friends and I sit down to eat." Said pirate just shrugged and ate the rest of his food, sneaking bites of some of the others' portions of their dinner until Nami bonked him on the head.

"I get that you and the rest of your group are pirates, Nami, yet you remind me of Faris and Leila from Bartz and Firion's worlds. They weren't just typical pirates" commented Cecil around a bite of lettuce.

Nami shrugged"Yeah, well, that's just it. The life of a pirate is almost always a cruel, heartless one. Groups like Luffy's are extremely few and far between, where its members truly care what happens to other people, and to each other."

Vivi ate silently while listening to the conversation, Luffy hadn't bothered trying to steal from her plate. The Alabasta Princess' thoughts dwelt on Alabasta and her people.

"So, where are the rest of you guys from?" Sora addressed Luffy and the other Straw Hat Pirates"I get that Vivi is the princess of the kingdom of Alabasta."

"We're from the East Blue. Except for Chopper, he's from Drum Kingdom, which is well inside the Grand Line" explained Nami.

"Sounds like your world is divided into sectors" said Sora, thoughtfully.

"In a way" shrugged Nami"There's the East Blue, where Luffy, me, Zoro, Sanji and Usopp came from. The Grand Line, which is where we are and is Chopper and Princess Vivi's home sector. I think there's also the North Blue and West Blue. I'm not much for History. Navigation is my thing."

They finished dinner and retired to the cabins for the night. Sora, Kain, Cecil, Ceodore and Tyler slept with Luffy, Sanji, Usopp and Chopper, while Serenia and Yuna slept with Vivi and Nami.

Hope and Alyssa read some books from the Land of Departure's library before retiring to bed. In her room, Aqua was up doing some paperwork when she heard a knock.

"Yes?" Aqua looked up.

The door opened to reveal Terra, Lightning, Noel and Serah. Terra addressed her"Hey, how are things?"

"Pretty good, I've been organizing the defenses of the Land of Departure. Hope and his group are doing research, here. I'm a little worried about Ven and Tyler" shrugged the bluenette.

Terra smiled reassuringly"I'm sure they'll be fine. Especially with Sora with them. Serenia's nothing to sneeze at either, from what I heard."

"You're right. So, how's everything?" Aqua asked.

"The enemy now has practically all the Twilight Shards, Sora's group went to get the shards of the Dawn Crystal which could counter the effects of the Twilight Eclipse" said Lightning.

"Yoran's more formidable than we realized, huh?" said Aqua, worried.

Terra shrugged"Well, we'll get him, eventually."

"So for now, we're just going to wait and hold our position, here. Aqua, I hope you don't mind us staying to assist" said Lightning.

"Not at all" smiled Aqua.

The following day found Sora's group and Luffy's crew at the Shores of Alabasta Kingdom. They headed inland, noticing that something was off. And not just drained or shut down water sources and completely dried-up towns that Vivi feared she'd come across upon her return.

"Looks like someone's handiwork if this was supposed to have been a thriving city" remarked Kain as they made their way to the nearest town.

"Crocodile... What gives him that right!?" groaned Vivi"Towns drying up... My people must have been starving and dehydrating, not just from the shortage at Rainbase."

Sanji put a comforting hand on Vivi's shoulder.

Sora glanced around as they walked onward"Hm. Something must be off. Wait, did anyone see that?"

"See what?" Nami frowned in confusion before staring wide-eyed at a black blot in the sky, dark clouds swirling.

"The Twilight Eclipse's influence must have reached here" frowned Kain.

"Look!" Chopper cried out as several Darkball Heartless along with some Soldier and Powerwild Types.

"Where are they...?" Nami trailed off, shocked.

"Leave it to me" Sora whipped out his Keyblade and dove at the swarm of Heartless with a Rising Sun technique, launching Strike Raid at a Soldier Heartless.

The Powerwild Heartless swiped back with their claws, the Soldier Heartless darting away from Sora's keyblade before countering. Sora dodged and struck with a horizontal strike, knocking his opponents down.

A darkball Heartless flung itself at Nami, only to get intercepted by Sanji's upward kick, followed by a Gun Gum Pistol attack from Luffy. Serenia and Tyler rushed to help fight off the Powerwilds. Zoro, Usopp and Chopper fought off three Soldier Heartless that dared approach.

Sora used Rising Sun to decimate most of the rest of the attacking Heartless, while Serenia, Tyler, Zoro, Sanji, Luffy and Nami assisted in disposing the rest.

"That was close" remarked Tidus.

"You guys can really fight, that was awesome" Sora said to Luffy and his crew.

"Thanks. I'm not much of a fighter, but this baby comes in handy" said Nami, referring to her Climatact.

Sora glanced around"Still, the Heartless were kind of unexpected. Someone else's darkness must have drawn them here."

Serenia frowned"Do you think its this 'Crocodile' guy?"

"Could be" said Sora, walking ahead.

"Hold on, what are Heartless?" asked Nami.

"The creatures we fought, just now. They are drawn to the darkness within everyone's hearts. And if anyone yields to the darkness in their hearts, they too end up becoming one" shrugged Sora.

Chopper and Usopp shuddered"Sounds scary."

Nami frowned"Sounds otherworldly. Come to think of it..."

"Yeah, my group's from other worlds. Baron, which is the name of Cecil's kingdom, is from one such other world. I know it sounds strange" said Sora.

"Well, that would explain it" said Nami.

The group carried on, the desert kingdom was strangely quiet. Sora grimaced"You'd think that..."

"Luffy? Is that you?" A man with dark hair, shorts and a cowboy hat met up with the group.

Luffy grinned at the newcomer"Ace!"

Ace grinned back"How you doing, bro? Looks like you got quite a group of friends, here."

Sora greeted Ace"I'm Sora. Have you seen something called the Dawn Crystal Shard?"

"Nah. In fact, I'm here looking for someone, calls himself Blackbeard" shrugged Ace.

"Well, would you like to come with us? We're on our way towards Alabasta. We could look there, together. Oh, and I'm Tidus" said the blond swordsman.

"Hey, Luffy. You know him?" Nami interjected.

Luffy nodded"Yep. Ace is my brother."

"Really? He doesn't act like you" remarked the orange-haired girl.

Ace shrugged"Well, I'm a pretty laid-back person, myself. And yeah, I think I'll tag along for a bit. They call me Fire Fist Ace, I was looking around this region when I ran into some spooky ball-like creatures and fought them off."

"Sounds like the Heartless are causing problems, let's go" said Sora.

The group and their new addition walked on ahead until they came to Alabasta's capital city. Soldiers, gang members and Heartless were in an all-out brawl. Vivi paled"Its worse than I thought."

"This world's history might be perverted worse than I expected" Sora rushed to attack a nearby Heartless. The others followed, fighting off more Heartless on the way. A man with green hair and a woman with dark were single-handedly fighting off a bunch of Soldier Heartless.

"The marines are here, too? Sorry guys, I gotta go" said Ace, about to take off. However, a bunch of Dusks intercepted. Sora fought his way past the dusks and rushed to help the two marines fight off the soldier heartless. Ace, Sanji and Zoro fought off the remaining Dusks, albeit with some difficulty.

The Green-haired Marine had burst into smoke and took out some of the Soldier Heartless before returning to normal. His partner was wearing down, due to the lack of a Devil Fruit Power. Sora quickly helped her by fighting off the Soldier Heartless attacking them.

"Thanks, but who are you, civilian?" The woman addressed him.

"Tashigi, there's no time" the green-haired Marine interrupted, a large Darkball Heartless accosted them. Sora bashed it away before addressing Tashigi"I'm Sora."

"Lt. Tashigi" Tashigi introduced herself curtly before rushing in to help cut down the darkball.

The green-haired marine grunted at Sora"I am Smoker, a Navy Captain. You wouldn't happen to have seen Strawhat would you?"

"Looking for Luffy? Well, sorry, haven't seen him" Sora lied, not wanting to get in trouble for being associated with pirates.

"Sora" Vivi approached the three"Luffy's gone after Crocodile, a Baroque Works agent said something about him being in the Tomb of Kings beneath the city before being knocked out."

"Crocodile? Hm. Never liked the Seven Warlords of the Seas" grunted Smoker.

"Looks like most of Baroque Works have been knocked out by the monsters" said Vivi, glancing around.

"Incoming!" Tashigi cried, seeing Darkball, Soldier and Elemental Heartless. Some Dusks accompanied them.

Sora groaned"There's no time. Luffy could be in trouble."

"Sorry, but if Luffy's that reckless, he may not listen to anyone if they tell him to be careful" said Ace, approaching"We'll take care of the monsters. You go help Luffy, Sora."

"Okay" said Sora"Vivi, which way is the tomb?"

"To the west of here" replied Vivi.

"We're with you, Sora" piped Tidus, he and Yuna stood by him.

"Okay, let's go" Sora, Tidus and Yuna took off in the direction of the Tomb of Kings. Several Baroque Works Thugs spotted them and tried to get in the way, but the three easily fought past them.

Zoro, Serenia, Tyler and the rest of the remaining group stayed back to help defeat the Heartless and Nobodies attacking Alabasta. Serenia addressed Cecil"Think my dad and Luffy will be okay?"

"Sora should be okay" replied Cecil, tackling a nearby Soldier Heartless.

Smoker and Tashigi were disgruntled at the idea of fighting alongside pirates and total strangers, but they had a city to protect.

Sora, Tidus and Yuna made their way to what appeared to be an underground series of chambers. The three fought past some Baroque Works thugs and headed to a large chamber to see Luffy fighting against some Soldier Heartless. Sora cut through the Heartless with a tornado technique.

"Thanks, Sora" Luffy grinned, seeing them.

"No problem. So, this Crocodile guy is here, right?" said Sora.

"Yep" said the strawhat captain.

"Then let's go get him" said Tidus, cockily.

The group of four proceeded deeper until they came to a chamber with a stone tablet of some kind. A man with black hair, a green coat over his outfit and a gold hook in place of one hand stood near a woman with short, black hair.

"Doesn't say anything about the Pluton..." mussed the woman.

The man seemed displeased"So you lied?"

Sora approached the two"Which one of you is Crocodile?"

The man grinned and turned, laughing at the pathetic sight of the group"Why, its me. Crocodile, a Warlord of the Seas."

"I'm gonna beat you!" Luffy declared to Crocodile.

Crocodile laughed. The woman winced as she heard him, at the same time wondering about the lack of a reply shortly after. Sora gasped, a dark aura was emitting from the man'The Heartless have already started to consume his heart.'

"You? Beat me?" Crocodile growled"Fools. I am a Warlord of the seas, I trained and mastered my powers." As he spoke, dark power emitted from his own Sand Devil Fruit Powers.

The woman paled and backed away, slowly. Tidus ran to the front of her"You okay, miss?"

"Yeah. But I've never seen him like this" replied the short-haired girl.

Sora readied himself"You're going down."

Crocodile sent forth a whirlwind of sand and darted forward, swinging. Sora and Luffy barely dodged, the latter countering with a Gum Gum Gatling combo. Crocodile easily avoided it by turning into sand, then clawing with his hook. Luffy narrowly avoided and shot forth a strong punch. Crocodile retaliated with another whirlwind of sand before letting dark power burst at his opponents.

"He's been turned into a Heartless" said Tidus, grimly.

"A Heartless?" The woman was confused.

"We'll explain later" said Tidus, darting forward with a Spiral Cut attack on Crocodile. The man froze in place from the watery blade's impact, giving Luffy enough leeway to attack with a Gum Gum Scythe technique. Crocodile was thrown backwards, but recovered and lashed out with an implosion of sand. Sora, Tidus and Yuna all avoided, but Luffy dashed right at the other Devil Fruit User.

Tidus addressed the woman"Hey, have you seen a Dawn Crystal Shard?"

"Dawn Crystal Shard... You mean this?" The woman reached into her bag and pulled out a yellowish crystal"It was inside this chamber with that monument, which Crocodile believed had information about the pluton. I didn't mention it to Crocodile, because it seemed unimportant to his goals."

Tidus could tell she was confused, but explained"Oh, that must be it. Sora and I didn't know what it looked like, either. Name's Tidus, by the way. What's yours?"

"My name is Nico Robin... My alias is Miss Sunday" explained the woman"But now isn't the time to talk. Look!"

Crocodile had lunged at Tidus and swung with his hook arm, smashing into both Tidus and Robin. Sora cast Blizzaga on Crocodile, freezing him. Luffy threw Crocodile into the air with a Gum Gum Scythe and a series of powerful punches. Yuna went to heal Tidus and the woman, while Luffy had jumped upwards and was punching rapidly at Crocodile, causing him to be popped through the roof, above.

"Too easy, huh?" said Tidus.

Just then, the room began to shake.

"Whoa, better get out of here" remarked Sora.

Yuna summoned Bahamut and got on its back, signaling Luffy, Tidus, Robin and Sora to join her. At Yuna's instruction, Valefor flew as fast as it could before the chamber collapsed.

Above, Crocodile appeared to be unconscious. Sora and his group landed near him. Yuna silently thanked Bahamut by patting him before dismissing the Aeon. Nearby, the Heartless and Nobodies were nearly wiped out.

"Sora, Luffy, thank goodness" Nami met up with them, battle-worn.

"Yeah, it was too easy. Everything okay?" Sora asked.

Nami shrugged"Yeah. The two Marine Officials left to arrest the Baroque Works agents, while the rest of us put a stop to the remaining monsters with the help of both the Rebels and the loyalists. A fight apparently broke out, but then they formed a truce to defend Alabasta against the monsters."

Tashigi approached, walking towards Crocodile's inert body"Now that's over. Captain Smoker instructed me that Sir Crocodile is to be hereby stripped of his rights and privileges as Warlord of the Seas. Sora, Strawhat, thank you for your assistance."

"No problem. Where's Ace?" asked Luffy.

"He said something about having unfinished business elsewhere and left, not too long after helping to fight off the initial wave of monsters" said Nami.

Vivi joined them"Not a moment too soon, I warned my people and my father about Crocodile's treachery. Alabasta should once again be at peace."

Tidus showed Sora the Dawn Crystal Shard, he had managed to hold on to it"Sora, I have the crystal shard. Apparently, Robin, here found it first."

"So that's what it looks like" said Sora, astonished.

Tidus grinned, addressing Vivi"Well, Sora and the rest of my group have to leave, soon."

"You're all leaving?" Luffy asked.

"Yeah, there are other worlds waiting. I need to find the rest of the Dawn Crystal Shards, my friends and I are after a guy called Yoran" explained Sora.

"Yoran? Who's that?" asked Nami.

"An ancient Keyblade Master. Apparently, he's bad news" grimaced Tidus.

Tashigi frowned"What's all that about?"

"Never mind, we need to get going" Sora, Serenia, Tyler, Tidus, Yuna, Kain and Cecil regrouped and headed to the center of town to get ready to teleport.

Luffy piped up"Wait, can't you take us with you? We could sure help you."

"Sorry, but if we take you to another world, we'd just be meddling. Maybe we'll come back, sometime" smiled Sora.

"Sounds good, but Luffy, the rest of our crew and I will be on our own journey. You could maybe find our ship though, it has a mainsail with a strawhat-wearing skull and crossbone on it" said Nami.

"We'll keep that in mind" said Sora, grinning.

Sora's group channeled their energy and vanished in a ball of light, transporting away from the Grand Line.

Finally, I got this chapter ready. Sorry if the fight scenes were a bit rushed, but I figured Crocodile would be a pushover to Sora, Tidus and Yuna. I could I always go back and edit this chapter if I have to. I also know I really deviated from canon, but apparently, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 doesn't use a canon storyline.

I did try to make this somewhat action-packed, and it would've dragged out the story if I followed canon every step of the way.

Two more OCs will pop up next chapter. The OCs in question aren't mine, I borrowed them from Infinitestories.

Please feel free to review.