One Piece belongs to Eiichiro Oda
Kingdom Hearts characters belong to Square Enix and Disney
OCs belong to me.

-Chapter One Hundred and Eleven-

"Godland Skypiea" I read aloud, squinting my eyes just a little to make sure that I was reading that right.

"Godland? What is Godland Skypiea?" Robin asked.

"This isn't an exit—it's an entrance!" Luffy grinned just as the ship was forcibly thrown forward through the clouds and off of the lobster's back where it then proceeded to come crashing right back down onto another sea of clouds. "There it is! Sky Island!" the captain cheered, excitedly pointing towards the island that was now a little distance away from us.

"Wait, didn't the sign we pass say Skypiea?" Robin asked.

"I'm pretty sure it did" I hummed.

"Yeah" Nami nodded. "That's the same name scribbled on the map Luffy found, so I guess that galleon that fell on us actually did come here—the last time they set eyes on this place was 2,000 years ago, I'm amazed that this place has stayed beautiful for so long" she smiled as we sailed toward the island and docked.

"You can smell the adventure hooting in the seaweed and summer!" Luffy laughed as he quickly jumped off the ship and onto dry land.

"Wait for me—I like adventure!" Usopp shouted as he hastily scampered over the ship's railing and dived right off of the boat.

"Kind of shallow" Luffy giggled the minute the sharpshooter faceplanted into the clouds instead of splashing into them like he had thought he would. "Usopp, did you hurt yourself? Hello?" he asked when the sharpshooter didn't respond to him right away.

"Hey, is it just me, or is this whole place made of clouds?" Usopp questioned the minute he sat up.

"Big fluffy ones" Luffy grinned.

"Seems so" I laughed down to the two. "But I'd expect no less seeing how we're in the sky."

"I love this stuff" Usopp sighed in contentment before bursting out into a fit of laughter alongside the captain the second they exchanged glances.

"Come on, let's go explore!"

"Yeah!"

"Wow! Wait—I'm coming with you guys!" Chopper eagerly shouted as he quickly followed after the two that were now sprinting toward the shoreline. I huffed a smile at the sight, silently laughing at how childishly cute it was watching the reindeer chase after the two older teens.

"Me too! But I got to change first" Nami said, causing me to automatically peek down at my own clothing. Currently, I adorned a simple white tank top and jeans that were being held up with a belt—a simple and comfortable outfit that felt rather fitting for a place like this, so there was no need for me to really go and change. Casting a glance toward Nami, there wasn't even a reason for her to change as well as the clothes she currently wore looked rather appropriate...but then again, who was I to judge what she wanted to do? If she wanted to change then she was allowed to change.

"Luffy, we may have a problem with dropping anchor here—there's no seabed at the bottom of this cloud" Zoro pointed out, hesitating to drop anchor as he peered down at the cloud below us.

"You know, I thought about that and...who cares?" the rubber man smiled before he was playfully shoved by Usopp.

"I love the way you think" the sharpshooter grinned just as he was playfully pushed right back.

"Thanks!" the two started laughing as they now began to playfully bump into each other.

"Me too, I want to play too!" Chopper shouted as he ran around the two and tried to join in on the fun.

"Like, I know you two are having fun, but perhaps making sure the ship stays in place should be a top priority" I called out to the two while leaning against the railing. Soon I lifted my feet up so that my stomach was balanced on top of it—my body now swaying back and forth as if trying to decide if it wished to fall forward into the clouds or back onto the safety of the ship's deck.

"Careful, you might fall" Zoro said as he finally let the anchor go and watched as it splashed into the clouds.

"Don't tell me what to do—I'll fall off this ship right now just because you said that" I grinned, playfully sticking out my tongue.

"I won't catch you if you do" he deadpanned with the roll of his eyes.

"Alright then, here I go then" I smiled, dangerously leaning forward some more until I could feel gravity start to take over as my body started to tilt—stomach now sliding across the railing in a discomforting manner that I ignored. Despite feeling my heart stop for a minute due to the fear of almost falling, I couldn't help but laugh as Zoro shot an arm out and pushed me back onto the railing until my feet were once against safely touching the ship's deck. "Thought you said you weren't going to catch me?" I teased.

"That was until you looked like you were about to have a heart attack" he grinned, causing me to giggle as I looked up at him. A peaceful sort of silence fell between us the moment our eyes locked and for a moment, I felt as if we were both lost in our own little world the longer we stared.

"Come on down and check this out, guys!" Luffy's shouted, voice cutting right through the peaceful atmosphere and causing us to jolt as our faces exploded with warmth the second we both realized just how close we had suddenly gotten to one another. I tensed at the sudden sensation of warm breath brushing against my lips as the blush on Zoro's face slowly started to spread as a look of panic suddenly overtook his features once he realized what was happening. Quickly did he pull back, awkwardly coughing and turning his head as he now rubbed the back of his neck.

"Well, regardless of how the ground may feel, it sure is an amazing sight—better than I imagined" he quickly praised, clearing his throat as he desperately tried to distract himself from what had just nearly happened.

"Yeah..." I mumbled in a faze, slowly nodding as the warmth in my cheeks only seemed to persist and grow the same way that his did.

"It's a piece of work that's for sure, but I think our shipmates our overreacting—bugs me when they get all worked up..." Sanji grumbled before kicking off his shoes and diving straight into the cloudy water...it took all my willpower not to just sigh in utter relief the moment I realized he hadn't seen what happened. Heaven knows what would have happened if he of all people had witnessed that.

"When they get all worked up?" Zoro sweat dropped as I softly chuckled.

-Everybody's P.O.V-

"Ow! You're hurting me—I said I was sorry!" Nami winced as she came back out onto the deck, the South Bird from before now flying around and pecking at her with its beak. "Uh...we forgot about the South Bird, we really shouldn't have let him go, he'll never survive here" she sighed once the bird stopped attacking her and took flight.

"I wouldn't sweat it, birds adapt very quickly to their environment and if not, there seem to be some people living up here—don't worry about it, he'll be fine" Zoro assured, causing the navigator to turn her head and raise a questioning eyebrow the minute she saw just how flustered he and the brunette beside him looked. Skylar's face was practically bright as a tomato as she anxiously shot glances at the swordsman beside her before quickly looking away anytime she'd stared for more than a minute. Zoro was no different, but the red that stained his cheeks was already starting to lighten up into a light pink as if his embarrassment from earlier was already starting to pass.

"Yeah, I guess" Nami nodded. "Hey, the anchor" she remembered as she continued to suspiciously look between the two sword users.

"All taken care of, it hit the heavier cloud below which is what I think this place floats on" Zoro assured her while offering his own explanation as to why the anchor didn't just fall right through the clouds and throw the entire ship off balance.

"That means that Sky Island floats on a sea of cloud cover" Robin explained.

"Hm" Nami hummed in thought before perking up when she suddenly noticed the sudden shift in Skylar's posture—her cheeks no longer flushed as they seemingly returned to normal the minute she looked toward her and Robin. Silently did her gaze flicker as she looked over the two before eventually looking down at herself once more. Like a person self-conscious of their own appearance, she suddenly started to nervously fiddle with the hem of her tank top, anxiously pulling and twisting it around in her grip as she seemed to no longer be fine with what she currently had on...

In Skylar's mind, it was always like comparing apples to oranges whenever she would look at the two women and then herself—she understood they weren't the same, yet the more skin they showed off the more she felt out of place when right beside them. She almost felt like an oddity sometimes when she saw how confident the two were with their bodies...she almost felt childish compared to the two when it came to her sense of style. It's not like she hated the clothes she wore or anything, having always heavily preferred comfort over all else whenever she got dressed.

Still...

"I wonder if it's stationary in the sky or if it moves with the tide" Robin curiously pondered as she examined the sea of clouds that currently surrounded them.

"We can sit on the deck all day and pick this whole thing apart, but come on, what fun would that be?" Nami huffed with a dismissive wave. "But face it, most of this makes zero sense, so let's make the best of it" she grinned, looking just about ready to jump off the ship and follow in the lead of the others that were already on shore before suddenly stopping right beside Skylar. Gently resting a hand on the brunette's shoulder, she gave it a comforting squeeze. "Nice top" she smiled as she watched how that self-conscious frown on the brunette's face softened into a small, shy smile. Pleased with the response she had gotten, the navigator wasted no time in jumping off the ship.

-Skylar's P.O.V-

"This is why we came here, you guys—welcome to Sky Island!" Nami happily laughed as she looked back up at us. Already could I feel my own smile start to slowly widen as I watched her...funny how one small compliment can sometimes change a person's mood around so quickly. "Come on, if I can do this, so can you—just jump!" she encouraged.

"Swordsman? Swordswoman?" Robin questioned. "You both joining us?"

"Me? Yeah, I'll be along soon" Zoro dismissively waved.

"Huh? Uh...yeah, guess I still need to get used to the thought that I won't fall through the clouds the minute I step off the ship" I bashfully smiled as I scratched the back of my head. It was a lie. I knew I wouldn't fall through, not after witnessing the others land perfectly safely in the watery clouds. I just wanted to…

I'm not even sure what it is I wanted to do...stay by Zoro's side or something?

"The captain smells adventure, huh? I never stopped to think of any of this as an adventure, maybe I should reconsider my stance" Robin softly smiled before jumping down and joining the others. Zoro's gaze followed her for a second or two before suddenly flickering over to me.

"Something a matter?" he asked, causing me to jolt and look up from where I had started to nervously fiddle with the hem of my shirt once again.

"Uh...no..." I shook my head, already was the compliment that Nami had given me starting to disappear to the back of my mind and be consumed by the negative thoughts that usually plagued me until I was left once more to be enveloped by an overwhelming sense of self-consciousness. In the back of my mind, I could already hear the cruel whispers of a voice—a voice I haven't really heard from in years, yet still clearly remember as if I had only spoken to the person yesterday—snarling out insult after insult toward me about my appearance. About my lack of feminine charm and sex appeal—things that Nami and Robin both clearly have...that she clearly has.

"You know..." he suddenly said while grabbing the strap of my tank top and pulling at it as he pinched the fabric between his fingers. "Nami's right, this is a nice top" my cheeks flared up once more upon hearing the same compliment come from him this time.

"Is it? It's not that great...man, it sure is hot up here..." I nervously laughed, removing his fingers from my clothing before fanning my burning face with my hand in an attempt to cool my blush. Instead, it only darkened as he suddenly leaned in closer toward me, carefully moving his arms on either side of my person as he now positioned himself right in front of me as if attempting to block me in...

He didn't say anything at first.

Instead, he silently drilled holes into me with his gaze as if he was quietly examining my person at this exact moment—scrutinizing every little flaw and detail he could possibly find. There was something glossy and almost hazy about the look in his eyes as he became caught up in his own thoughts. I shrunk back the second he started to lean forward until his lips were finally stationed near my ear. His breath felt light and airy against the shell of my ear as if he was preparing to tell me something that only I could hear—that only I was allowed to hear...

Something about that thought made me tense.

Already could I feel the pounding of my heart as I nervously started to sweat—there was a lump in my throat that made it difficult to now only swallow, but to also breathe as I felt my chest shakily rise and lower the longer we both stood there in tense silence. I'm not sure what caused it, whether it was out of embarrassment from how close he was or the fear that consumed me at the thought that one of us might do something rash and end up regretting it later. But the second I felt him blow warm air into my ear and sound as if he was ready to just speak, I threw myself back and over the railing. There was a rush of blood followed by the vicious pounding of my heart in my ears as I fell back. Painfully did it stop and skip a beat the minute I splashed into the cloudy water below which sent a sudden and terrifying shock through my system all while Zoro stared down at me with a dumbfounded expression.

"Uh...you okay?" he asked after a moment of silence.

"Yeah...nice and cool..." I weakly croaked, taking a moment to just enjoy how nice and refreshingly cold the cloudy water felt against my skin as it soaked into my clothes and hair. Already could I feel the warmth of my face starting to cool and return to normal the longer I lay there and stared up at the sky...

I don't know why I jumped.

There were a million things he could have been about to say, one of which could have been the confession that I've been wanting to hear him say since I first laid eyes on him again...or maybe he was just about to say something simple and embarrassing as a way to playfully tease and poke fun of my already flustered state.

It didn't matter.

Whether it be a confession or just a silly little remark, all I knew was that I didn't want the possibility of regret to be thrown into the mix. Regret was such a terrible feeling, one that made your skin crawl and your stomach churn every time you thought back on it—it was a feeling that tainted and ruined the best of memories and made you just want to forget it all. It was a painful feeling and one that I desperately tried to avoid out of fear. Similar to feelings like pain and humiliation, I just wanted to avoid it all and keep my head down...I just didn't want to give the voices in my head any more reason to taunt and belittle me than they already do...

Zoro stared at me for a few seconds before snorting as he shook his head.

"I'll be down in a minute" was all he said before disappearing and leaving me alone with my thoughts...that glossy, hazy look in his eyes was no more I noted before he completely disappeared out of view...

Perhaps that was it.

Perhaps I didn't want the guilt of taking advantage of a man who seemed lost in his thoughts—a man that didn't look all there because he was stuck in his own memories and felt like he was only running on nothing more than autopilot and instincts alone. It didn't matter if those memories of his were when we were children and happily played together. To take advantage of him when his mind was a million miles away just didn't feel quite right in my opinion. I want him to be fully aware of his surroundings, I want him to be fully aware of where he is and what he's saying when he confesses to remembering me...

There was a cruel voice that suddenly whispered in my head and reminded me of my crush that still lingered there beneath the surface and seemed to only grow with every passing day the more time he and I spent together. I wanted to laugh at the reminder—I wanted to turn my head and ignore it, tell myself that such feelings had no influence on my decision even though I knew that was a lie. Deep down I knew that my reasoning for wanting him to be cogent when he confessed to remembering me is because I wanted him to see and potentially think of me as something more than just a childhood friend...

I keep telling myself that I don't mind if his feelings for me are nothing short of platonic since it's been so long, but even I know deep down that's not true...

"Just be patient...it'll work out in the end..." I heavily sighed to myself after a moment's silence as I sluggishly stood and dragged my feet ashore, quietly recounting the words Cloud would always tell Sora and me whenever we'd grow impatient and frustrated over something. Patience was key and if there was something I had a lot of, it was that. It's not like it matters as already I found myself pondering if there really was any point in any sort of verbal confirmation. It felt ridiculous how quick my mind was to bounce back and forth between wanting one and not caring. It felt nauseating how the voices in my head both tried to soothingly reason with me and mock me all the same into a state of anxious panic that made me desperately want to justify every little thing I did when it came to this nerve-wracking topic of remembrance no matter how stupid or ridiculous it seems.

By this point, I don't even know if my actions were being done out of self-preservation or self-destruction.

"Something about the squishiness of this island makes me wanna sleep all day" I heard Chopper sigh in contentment as I came to a halt beside Robin who was just standing there and quietly watching everyone.

"Hey" I lifted a hand in greeting the minute her attention was suddenly turned toward me. She only nodded in greeting before looking elsewhere.

"Ahoy! This is your captain speaking, I must inform you this place is too much fun for me to make any more captain decisions!" Luffy grinned as he dangled upside down from a tree.

"Aye, aye! Captain, what do you say that we just sit around and do nothing?" Usopp suggested while playing with the clouds around him like they were snow as he looked up at the rubber man.

"That thing sounds like a plan to me—denied!" was the answer he got.

"Huh? But denied means no!" he frowned.

"Such mysterious flowers, I've never seen anything like them" Sanji said to himself as he examined a patch of flowers nearby. "I wonder if they're balloon-like, like that sea monster—they'll pop when I pick one" he assumed, plucking one just as Chopper rolled by.

"This is great, those Marine losers can't follow us up here so we can all cut loose" Nami blissfully sighed as she stretched her arms upwards and began to relax. "Hey Chopper, what do you think that thing is over there?" she suddenly asked, pointing off toward something in the distance I couldn't see.

"What?" the reindeer asked as he stopped in his rolling to look toward whatever it was the navigator was pointing at. I couldn't help but laugh as I instantly relaxed upon seeing just how peaceful and cheery everyone was. Just the sight of them all enjoying themselves was enough to distract me from my nerves and cause my anxiety to melt and slink back into the depths of my mind where I no longer had to think about it or anything else that currently plagued me for the time being.

"Is something funny?" Robin curiously asked, looking at me with questioning eyes.

"It's just, they've all adapted so quickly to everything" I chuckled. "Their expressions are like that of childlike wonder and they seemed to have quickly warmed up to this place based on how relaxed and comfortable they are with their surroundings—it's almost like they're familiar with it already" I smiled as my gaze switched between everyone before finally settling on Luffy.

"Alright Mr. Giant Fruit, you're all mine" the captain grinned as he held up a squared shape fruit in his arms. Leaning down, he practically unhinged his jaw and attempted to just bite down on the fruit...only for tears to quickly prick the corners of his eyes as cracks appeared on his teeth. "Ow! That hurt—why is this thing so hard?!" he frowned while aggressively knocking on the surface of the fruit before finally looking down below him. "Hey, Usopp!" he suddenly called out.

"Yeah?" Usopp mindlessly answered, not really bothering to look up at the rubber man and see what he wanted.

"Got some fruit for you" and with that, Luffy dropped the squared fruit in his hands right on top of Usopp's head, loudly bursting out into a fit of laughter the minute it hit its target. Usopp looked dazed for a second before sitting up straight as he now began to scream in frustration up at our captain.

"Wait up, Robin! Skylar!" Sanji suddenly shouted as he ran toward us. "I got a present for you two—an island flower" he was gentle in placing the flowers in our hair—gently placing them between the tops of our ears and nestling them within the strands of our hair. "And one for…Nami!" he raced off, already heading off in search of the ginger. "Nami, baby, where did you run off to? I have a gift for you!" he cooed as he attempted to find where the young woman had disappeared off to.

"Thank you!" I called out, waving to the retreating blond as Robin removed her flower from her hair and silently stared down at it. She looked confused as she peered off in the direction that the blond had disappeared into as if she didn't understand why he had given her the flower in the first place. Gently, I removed my own flower as well—my fingers now lightly ghosting over the petals as I twirled the steam twirled between my pinched finger. For some reason, just looking at the flower seemed to cause such a pleasant memory to bubble up to the surface of my mind.

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