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

-Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Six-

"Oh! Now you're just rubbing it in!" Usopp snapped.

"Moving right along" Itomimizu said, ignoring the raging sharpshooter. "Let's explain the rules of combat—everything that is fifty meters from where the cannonball landed is considered a part of the battlefield, in other words, it's a hundred-meter-wide circle measuring from the center of the ship" he explained. "Weapons and anything else found inside the designated battlefield are allowed, however, outside crewmembers are strictly forbidden from entering the ship. Knock your opponents out of bounds then you win the match—simple as that. Also, as long as you're in the circle, fighting in the air or water is fine" he concluded.

"F. O. X. Y! Foxy!" the cheerleaders continued to cheer. Skylar only ignored them as she came to a halt near one of the booths closest to where the two men had finally stopped. She made sure to keep out of sight, sticking as close as she could to the side of the booth as she silently listened to the men finally get back to discussing the topic that had gotten her to start following them in the first place.

"So we're not keeping her? Then what was the point of even choosing her?" one of the men asked, clearly confused as to why his captain would even bother picking someone he had no desire to really keep on the crew.

"Boss said it had something to do with her status—apparently, someone mentioned how they've seen her picture somewhere before" the second man explained as he got himself something to eat, something that would help tide him over during the match that was about to begin. "He plans on sending someone to go and trade her in for the reward—someone that isn't easily recognizable as being from the crew" he clarified—with how big they were, he doubted all of them were easily recognizable at a glance as being apart of the Foxy Pirates without their masks.

"Still, the fact that the Straw Hats had her on their crew for this long is baffling..." the first man muttered, still finding it hard to believe what he'd just been told. "Why do you think they haven't turned her in yet themselves?" he pondered. Skylar felt her fingers twitch, slowly curling into a fist as she felt her breathing start to become labor.

"Who knows? Their captain's weird—for all we know, those idiots aren't even aware of the riches they had in their grasp" the second man scoffed, rolling his eyes at the other crew's stupidity. "If I'm being honest, I bet they know where those brothers of hers are as well—if the boss wins, we might be able to find out about their whereabouts too and get even more cash. In addition to strong crew members, we'll be filthy rich!" he grinned as he and his friend burst out into a fit of laughter.

"Heh...so that's the reason..." Skylar weakly laughed, wrapping her arms around herself in a pitiful attempt to try and stop her trembling as her vision began to blur and her nails started to bite into her flesh. It was getting harder to breathe as she suddenly felt her throat start to close around the lump now lodged within it as choked sobs broke through her clenched teeth. Her knees felt so weak as fell back against the booth, trying her hardest to keep herself upright as panic slowly started to take hold...

She didn't want to go back...she didn't want to go back...she didn't want to go back...she didn't want to go back...

She never wanted to go back—they can't make her go back.

"While we're busy preparing for the main event, Porche's lovely Flower Cheerleaders are performing on stage" Itomimizu reminded everyone. "If that's not your thing, you could also check out a warm-up match being held on the front of the ship—and, as always, our assortment of stalls is holding limited edition Davy Back Fight merchandise, so be sure to check that out as well" he brightly informed everyone.

"Nobody wants your junk! Just start the match already!" Nami impatiently snapped before growing irritated once she noticed that Luffy and Usopp were purchasing themselves some Foxy pins. "Haven't you seen enough of his dumb face?!" she growled at the two.

"Miss Swordswoman?" Robin questioned, stopping when she noticed the brunette that had separated from her and the doctor earlier. Raising an eyebrow, she quietly took note of the faraway look on the young woman's face as she stood there, slightly trembling. Her breathing was labored and her eyes were glazed over with unshed tears—she looked to be in agonizing distress as she stared off into the distance, desperately trying to dissociate and detach herself from everything at this exact moment. From all the noise to the overwhelming emotions that now plagued her as various words and sentiments began to bounce around her now aching head. She looked like she wanted to cry...like she wanted to just curl up and scream at the top of her lungs and make everything just go away because it was slowly becoming too much the longer she thought about it all.

"Skylar?" Chopper worriedly frowned as he walked over to the teen and grabbed hold of the bottom of her shirt, lightly tugging on it until finally, she shook her head and peered down at him with curious blue eyes. Eyes that silently questioned where he had come from and where exactly was as it took a moment for her brain to process what was happening.

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Skylar blinked, causing the two pirates to exchange glances with one another. It was as if a switch was flicked, her tears now gone as the distressed look she once wore instantly melted, it was almost as if a wall had been erected the second she realized the two were there.

"The match is about to begin—shall we go find our seats?" Robin cleared her throat.

"Oh...yeah, sure..." Skylar slowly nodded, silently approaching the two and following alongside them as they began to walk.

"We're ready, where's your captain at?" one of Foxy's men asked, fearfully rearing back and away the second Nami whirled around and turned her venomous glare right on him.

"He's right there! Now take him before he buys something else!" she snarled, shoving the man in the direction that her captain was in—angrily pushing him away from her and silently demanding him to take her captain and leave before he wasted any more money of useless souvenirs that he didn't need.

"So what are you getting angry about this time?" Zoro asked.

"What do you think?!" Nami hissed. "I'm mad at you idiots for not taking this seriously! If everybody sits back and lets Foxy run the show, we're going to get cheated out of our whole crew!" she angrily ranted.

"He's running the show because he has the manpower to do it" Zoro frowned as Usopp and Luffy were led away from them and toward the dressing rooms. "His guys outnumber us a hundred to one" he reminded the ginger.

"Exactly!" Nami huffed. "That's why we can't let him have more!" she argued as she threw her hands up in exasperation.

"Luffy won't lose, why don't we just sit back and enjoy the show for once?" Sanji suggested. "Now, you go on ahead—I'll run and get us some drinks, okay?" he happily offered before taking off, not giving the ginger any time to really respond.

-Skylar's P.O.V-

"Hey, you three—come here for a second! I got something for you!" a stand vendor suddenly called out as he motioned for Robin, Chopper, and me to come closer. "Some snacks for the show" he offered with a friendly smile the minute we stepped up to his booth.

"How much?" Robin asked.

"Huh? Free of charge" the man assured her, quick to wave off her attempts to pay him for the snacks he was giving us

"Oh, how kind of you" Robin gently smiled, taking the food as she handed the bag of popcorn to Chopper and the drink to me.

"Oh yeah, even if Luffy loses the last round, at least we'll all be a part of the same crew again" Chopper smiled as he attempted to look on the bright side of things. "Sure beats having everyone split up, don't you think?" he asked.

"Always positive, a good thing to have" I softly chuckled, patting the top of his head as I nodded in agreement.

"Well yes, that may be so—but even if we are together, the captain won't be our captain anymore" Robin pointed out. "Actually, he won't be a captain at all since the whole crew will be serving under Foxy" she reminded us.

"You're right, but I have faith Luffy won't lose" I grinned. "It's something I've picked up on after being on his crew for this long—he clearly has a dream he determined to fulfill, so I doubt he'd give it up that easily even if he were to lose" I said.

"That so? Tell me, Miss Swordswoman, what is your dream?" Robin suddenly asked—Chopper looked to be in a daze, currently lost in his own thoughts as he silently mulled over what the older woman had said. Completely unaware and uninvested in the current conversation. "I rarely ever hear you mention your own" she remarked, taking note of how I never seemed to speak of my own desires like the rest of the crew tended to do.

"That's because I'm not sure myself what it is I'm reaching for..." I truthfully confessed with an awkward smile. "I...I've never really stopped to think about what it is I've wanted before...I guess you could say that my dream is something that hasn't really revealed itself to me yet" I chuckled, not exactly sure where I was going with this.

"How so?" Robin curiously questioned.

"I'm sure it's there and is just barely within reach...but my fingers just aren't long enough to grab at it—maybe it's something simple and will be easy to accomplish or maybe it's something that will take years to do whatever it is" I shrugged, not really knowing how else to explain it to her. Everyone on our crew had a dream—a desire they clearly wished to fulfill...

I...I didn't have one at all because I never thought about it before—I never dared to dream before because I never imagined I'd get this far into life. I never thought I'd even be asked such a question...I always thought I'd be...

"But that won't happen because Luffy's going to win, right?" Chopper suddenly asked, snapping out of his daze and unintentionally interrupting our conversation and my line of thinking as we looked down at him. "He has to because we have our own adventure we got to finish together, no matter what!" he huffed, puffing his cheeks out just a little in a pout as if he didn't want to believe that Luffy would willingly stop being his captain.

"You're right, we do" I sweetly smiled.

"I'm sure that's exactly what the captain is thinking" Robin nodded as we discarded our shared conversation between each other and instead focused our attention on the doctor. I softly chuckled as Chopper cutely grabbed hold of Robin's hand before being taken aback when the woman suddenly grabbed my own hand in return as we made our way to the stands.

-Later-

"That cannon means the preparations are complete!" Itomimizu announced at the sound of a cannon being fired. "So if the entertainment could please leave the stage, thank you" he said as the two men that were currently on the ship jumped right off. "And now, it's time for the main event! The fighters are in place and the bell is ready to sound out—grab a seat in the spectator's stands before it's too late!" he urged in encouragement.

"That's odd, it's cloudy all of a sudden" Robin remarked as the sky suddenly grew dark.

"Maybe a storm was supposed to happen later today" I suggested, scooting forward until I was at the edge of my seat. Although I've never been that big of a fan of fighting, that didn't mean I wasn't excited for this particular fight as I now waited in anticipation for it to begin. There was a lot at stake with just this one fight.

"Nami, I'm back!" I perked up to the sound of Sanji's voice, curiously looking further down from where Robin, Chopper, and I were currently seated, I found that I could easily see the others seated near the bottom of the stand. "Where are you?" the blond asked as I couldn't help but snort when he suddenly tripped—I couldn't tell if that had been his own fault or if Zoro had been the one to trip him.

"Today we have a real treat, ladies and gentlemen!" Itomimizu announced as two pictures suddenly flickered to life on the dark clouds—displaying an image of both Luffy and Foxy's wanted posters. "A captain vs. captain showdown!" he proclaimed.

"Just ignore them..." I quietly told myself after catching a glimpse of Sanji and Zoro already starting to fight.

"First, in the left corner, we have the reigning Davy Back Fight champion! The man among men who never turns down a challenge and boasts a legendary combat record of nine hundred and twenty wins and zero losses!" Itomimizu praised. "Our one and only boss, the Silver Fox Foxy!" he shouted.

"My eyes!" I couldn't help but dramatically cry out the minute I spotted that the man didn't have a shirt on. I grinned as Chopper and a few surrounding men snickered while Robin patted my back, silently chuckling in amusement at my antics. Although...it didn't take long for that grin of mine to deflate the second I heard the hateful and snide remarks that were now being tossed around and directed toward Luffy.

"And in the right-hand corner, our challenger hailing from the East Blue with a crew of only eight and a massive 100,000,000 bounty—the rubber wonder they call Straw Hat, Monkey D. Luffy!" Itomimizu announced as the rubber man stepped out into the open, appearance hidden by only a bedsheet that made it rather difficult to distinguish his features. Curiously, I tilted my head before a grin broke out across my face the second he removed the bedsheet and revealed what exactly he had been hiding underneath it.

"Yeah!" Luffy cheered as everyone else stared in shock at the afro the rubber man now wore on his head. It wasn't long though before the crowd burst out into a flurry of cheers as loud laughter bubbled up from the back of my throat.

"Wow! Luffy sports a larger-than-life afro with a personality to match!" Itomimizu whistled.

"Yeah! Looking sharp, buddy!" Sanji cheered.

"That's messed up..." Zoro grumbled.

"Wow! Luffy's cooler than ever!" Chopper sparkled.

"I agree" Robin giggled.

"Looking good there, Luffy!" I whistled.

"Both fighters have entered the battlefield and both look like they're ready to rumble!" Itomimizu announced. "Now that Luffy has turned in his straw hat for a mighty afro, does he have the power to protect the pride of his crew and his unborn children alike, or will Foxy's unbeatable fists strip him of all his hopes and dreams? Only time will tell as this faithful fight round of the Davy Back Fight explodes into action!" he proclaimed as the dark storm clouds finally disappeared and let the sunshine return.

"Hey, Straw Hat, I'm really digging the new look!" someone from the crowd praised before quickly covering their mouth in both shock and shame. "I mean, you suck!" he quickly corrected himself.

A/N: Enjoy

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