A/N: Y'know what really sucks? When this story is at it's high peak of popularity and favoritism and some random person who decides to take there time and read the whole thing before even commenting on it in a review. If you'd all like to know what the reason for my long updating time was, then go check out the reviews for this story and look for the one that mentions the person wanting to gauge their eyes out. Blame them for the long wait, because quite frankly, that review seriously put me down, despite the critiquing. I'm sorry, guys =) You know I try awfully hard to update stuff as quick as I can, especially this story, since I love it so much. But when your stuck with a story written by an authoress who is constantly getting more and more ideas for stuff and has an overly active imagination, then updates can tend to become less frequent ^-^! Either way, I try my best to meet up to yall's expectations, even though I'm pretty sure I fail most of the time. I've realized that I get more and more questions about the story from some of you now. I'm happy to answer questions about this story that any of you may have, so just PM or ask in a review!

Also, I'd like to thank one of my anonymous reviewers, Amanda, for calling me inspiring to you. It makes me feel happy to know that I can affect people like that : ) Oh, and to answer your little question that you had, I've seen Tokyo Mew Mew and Lucky star :D Hope you keep reviewing up until the end! Please enjoy this new chappie, my loyal reviewers!

Disclaimer: Unfortunately for me and my overly active imagination, Mr. Nomura still has ownership of the Kingdom Hearts Series, therefore meaning that I am not the owner of said series. The only thing I own is Hope and this story.

Hope sighed as the wind blew through her hair, a contented smile on her face. The sea was always something that she found calming.

"Why are you so fixated on that compass?" Will asked Jack as said man was holding a compass in his hand.

"It'll be she who leads us to Isla de Muerta-where Barbossa's headed. Savvy?"

"How do you know?" Sora asked.

"Ah, lad…he and I once had our eyes on a treasure- Aztec gold. 'Twas hidden on the Isla de Muerta. But he turned traitor and stole my ship."

"So he's after the treasure, then." Hope said, Jack turning to look at her.

"Treasure's already his. So's the curse upon it. I've no desire for such treacherous spoils. But I will have back what's mine- the Black Pearl."

Within several minutes, we reached Isla de Muerta, docking and hopping off of the ship. Will and Jack went off to find Miss Swann together while Sora, Donald, Goofy, and I stayed behind with the ship. Apparently, guarding the ship was the "bravest" task for any pirate.

"I think he was trying to fast-talk us…" Sora concluded as he had his hands crossed behind his head, a frown on his face.

Donald snickered, "And you fell for it."

He ignored the comment, turning to stare at me. "What's keeping those two?"

"Dunno, but whatever the reason is, they sure are taking their sweet time…We could've wasted away already when they get back…" I said, mumbling the last bit to myself mostly, though Sora and the others heard it most likely.

"If Pete's hanging around, there must be Heartless here, too. And Jack and Will aren't used to fighting Heartless…" Sora said, all of us realizing that he was right. "Let's go see."

We all hopped off and went off into the direction Will and Jack had gone in. We bumped into several heartless, which we managed to get rid of easily. As soon as we had finished them off, I turned to look at Sora.

"Listen, I'm going to go look for them ahead. If I find them, I'll come find you guys and take you to them."

Sora and the others nodded. "Sounds like a plan to me."

"Great! I'll be back!" I exclaimed, taking off ahead. It didn't take me less than 10 minutes to locate them. I opened my mouth to say something, but Jack turned around and saw me, clamping a hand over my mouth before I could say anything. He pointed ahead where Miss Swann stood with Barbossa and his crew.

"And now, the blood will be repaid to free us from this curse forever!" Barbossa exclaimed. I frowned, my eyes widening when I saw Will getting ready to go after Miss Swann. Jack stopped him, waving the one free hand that he wasn't using to clamp over my mouth.

"No! Not yet. We wait for the opportune moment."

"When it's of greatest profit to you?" He asked angrily, though quietly.

"May I ask you something?" Jack asked, removing his hand from my mouth and letting me go. "Have I ever given you reason not to trust me?"

'I've only known him for a few hours, but I'm sure I can name several…'

"Stay here…and try not to do anything stupid." He began to move off, only to stop when Will hit him in the back of the head with a paddle. Will began to move off again, but I stopped him.

"Mr. Turner, I know that you want to help your friend, but…" I trailed off when I saw Barbossa drop something into the chest of whatever was in it, but the item had blood on it. When nothing seemed to happen, Barbossa turned to her angrily, grabbing her wrist.

"You! Maid! Your father. Was your father William Turner?"

"No."

Barbossa threw her off to the side angrily, and Will and I moved in. I ran over to Miss Swann's side and helped her up while Will grabbed the discarded medallion.

"Hurry you two!" Both of us nodded and I helped Miss Swann up, taking her hand in mine and running after Will, while the pirates shouted after us.

We met Sora half way, and he looked at us in surprise.

"Quick, they're after us!" Will exclaimed.

"Actually, I think they already got to us…" I muttered, pointing in the direction that three pirates were coming from. I summoned Hope's Sky while Sora told Will and Elizabeth to head back to the ship and give us a sign when the ship was ready. They were gone quickly, and I tsk'd as the Pirates got closer to us, one of them thinking it was funny that I had a sword.

"You think a little girl like you can stop us with a flimsy little sword like that?"

I sighed, shaking my head. I moved quickly, kicking him back into a wall. They all looked at me in shock while I sent them a smirk. "I'm 21 years old, and I know how fight like a pro. Who want's to be next?"

Sora took care of them for me, Donald and Goofy helping out. I turned around and saw smoke coming from the ship. Sora looked back at it as well. "The signal!"

"Time to go then!" I took off towards the ship, my comrades behind me. As soon as I stepped on, that's when I realized something really important.

'We forgot Jack!'

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While Will explained what had exactly happened to Sora and the others, Hope laid on the floor, staring up at the sky. She let her thoughts drift as to why the hell she was here in the first place.

'I miss Axel…'

She smiled as she thought back to when they had been children, and Axel had decided to play a game.

"Lea, this isn't fair! How come I have to be the one who needs rescuing? I wanna be a pirate like you and Isa!"

"You're the princess who needs to be rescued by me, the hero, while Isa plays the evil pirate! Please, Hope! You're the only one who can do it!"

She pouted, sighing reluctantly. "Fine! I'll do it!"

"Yea!"

Her smile turned into a sad one when she realized something else.

'Things between the three of us…will never be the same again…'

A/N: Ohmygawd, I'm so TIRED! That's why this isn't that long. The guilt of not updating in a while finally got to me, and my conscious and I couldn't take it anymore! I give you the update that you've all be anticipating! I'm tired, so I'm gonna chill for the rest of the evening and watch anime…LATER TATERS!