A/N: Those of you who waited so long to read a new chapter of SCP: Saving Arabasta, I apologize. I was planning on doing an omake and was having several writer's block on it. Thanks to my Beta Reader, though, I managed to finally finish one chapter before deciding to cancel it and wasted my time typing it for no reason. Well, then, to make it up for your wait, enjoy~.

We continued to sail to Little Garden, our first stop on our way to Arabasta. And we would've been there in a day or two, if the wind doesn't stop constantly stopping. In other words, every once in a while, the wind just stop, therefore caused our ship to just float in the Grand Line. I swear, if the wind keeps stopping like this, I'll summon Fang, Wyvern, and Torpedo and have us pull the ship to Little Garden. It's better than to just keep waiting for the next wind to come.

Right on cue, the wind stop. I took a short break from my training and walked to the front of the ship where everyone else are. And yes, I was training on the back of the ship. I like to train in peace and no one was ever at the back, so why not?

"Yosh! Let's go fishing! Fishing!" came Luffy's voice, as I stood next to Nami and Princess Vivi.

'Yeah! Fish! Fish! Fish!' Carue agreed. I'm still a bit freaked out on why I can understand animals, but I'll get use to it eventually.

"Oh, Xion. Done with your training?" Nami asked when she noticed me.

"For now I am," I replied. "I'm just taking a short break. As soon as the wind comes, I'm going back to my training."

'NO! I don't want to be use as bait!' came Carue's panic voice. I turned to where the boys are and saw Luffy and Sanji chasing after the poor duck. Seeing this situation made my bad habit kick in and stopped the predators from chasing after the prey by wacking them with the back of Starlight, forming big bumps on their heads.

"God, I hate this," I muttered. "Why did you chase after Carue anyway?"

"To use him as bait," Tweedledee (Sanji) and Tweedledum (Luffy) responded.

"Again, why?"

"Because Luffy ate all of our bait," Usopp answered for them.

"Say what?! You're not suppose to eat baits; those are for the fish!" I scolded the rubber idiot.

"Speaking of fish, can you summon that fish guy of yours?" the certain idiot asked.

"Why?" I questioned, already guessing his reason.

"So Sanji can cook him." WHY MUST I BE RIGHT?!

"Oh, sure. Sure. Just let me summon him and tell him." That said, I summoned Torpedo. "Our certain idiot wants to eat you. Teach him a lesson," came my orders, as the Fin Fatale instantly stabbed and slashed Luffy. Honestly, can't he use his brain? No, wait. An even better question: does he have a brain? And if he does, how small is it?

"Ah~ Xion is wonderful when she has her Dream Eaters beat up the rubber bastard~!" Tweedledee complimented. Compliments from someone like him just makes me want to vomit.

"It's so strange," I heard Princess Vivi said. "Your captain being worth 30 million and your quartermaster being worth 60 million, you'd expect the captain to be worth more than his crewmates. And for a quartermaster, she acts more like a first mate. If not, then a captain."

"Well, Xion is more reliable than Luffy," Nami said. "Then again, she was known as a demon, back in East Blue."

"Oh. I heard about that. In fact, everyone in Baroque Works heard about that. Well, the members at least. How did you even convince her to join?"

"They didn't," I replied for Nami. "I already decided to become a pirate. However, I don't feel like I'm qualified to be a captain. So I waited on my island for a good pirate crew to come by and ask me to join them. Sure there are a lot of pirates that stop by Tanoshi Island, but most of them want to either force me, kill me, or just take over the island. And me being here right now obviously shows that I beat up all those pirates and gave them over to the Marine. Still, I can't believe that those guys already printed out a wanted poster of me. And gave me a bounty of 60 million to boot."

"Well, you did say that you took out a group of pirates and bandits with a combine bounty of 50 million," Nami said.

"A-a group with a combine bounty of 50 million?!" Princess Vivi repeated in a surprise tone.

"Yeah. But it's not that big a deal compared to Luffy," I said. "Of what I heard from Nami, he took out a fishman named Arlong, the Admiral of 50 warships, Don Krieg, and a trickster pirate, Captain Kuro."

"There's one more," Zoro said, being woken up by Luffy's scream. "There was this Marine bastard brandishing a huge axe for a hand."

"An axe for a hand?" I repeated, before I remember a Marine that fits the discription. "Ah, Axe-Hand Morgan."

"Axe-Hand Morgan?" the princess repeated. "I've heard of him. He was a Marine Captain feared throughout East Blue for his cruel supremacy. He defeated someone like him?" We all looked at Luffy, who is still running away from Torpedo.

"He's not the only Marine Captain who was defeated by one of us," Usopp added. "Back on Tanoshi Island, Xion beat up a former Marine Captain. He's this guy who changes into a panther. What's his name again? Drizzle? Hazel?"

"Close; it's Haxel," I told our sniper. "And it's Marines like them that makes me refuse the offer of joining them before I met Luffy and the others."

"You were offered to join?!" Princess Vivi asked in an even more surprise tone.

"Yeah. But I declined, repeatedly. And by that, I mean that the World Government constanly offered me a position in the Marines. I kept turning down the offer, but they just increase the position, hoping that I would then join if they did. If there's one thing that I hate most, it's the World Government, unless if some managed to get out of my 'People I Hate' list." Luffy's scream became annoying, I returned Torpedo back in his card.

"Damn you, Xion! Why did it take you this long to return that fish of yours back in in there?!" he asked.

"Why don't you think of it as a lesson, you rubber bastard?" I ask back. "THe first should be the obvious lesson. And as for the second: do NOT eat our bait!"

"But they're mealworms!" he protested.

"That doesn't mean that WE eat them!" I yelled at him.

"I still find it hard to believe that he's the captain and she's the quartermaster," I heard Princess Vivi said. "And I can barely believe that Luffy defeated Axe-Hand Morgan, Arlong, Don Krieg, and Pirate Captain Kuro."

"Speaking of which, I wonder what happened to that guy I was with," Luffy spoke, instantly forgetting our conversation. "I wonder if he's still at that Marine Base."

"'That guy'?" Nami repeated.

"His name's Coby. A friend of mine."

"Now that you mentioned it, I wonder what's going on with those Marines back on my island. And my replacements," I spoke, thinking about everyone on Tanoshi Island.

"'Replacements'?" everyone asked.

"You know. Miki and the other kids. They're also my students."

*MEANWHILE, BACK ON TANOSHI ISLAND**SOMEONE ELSE'S P.O.V*

It's a nice day outside. I was running around town with my friends. After Xion left, the Marines went back to their usual jobs and all of us students were training more than usual. Since we all promised to protect the island in her place, we have to do more training.

After our run, we all sat down for a short break.

"Man, we're pushing ourselves more than usual," one of my friends, Aimi, stated.

"Well, we have to. Xion-nee left this island in our hands," another one of my friends, Chris, reminded. "After all, she's a pirate now. And thanks to the Marines, she has a bounty of B60,000,000."

"Man, why did they have to give her a bounty anyway?" the last of my friends, Jack, complained. "She's our hero. I know that Xion-nee said that she hates Marines, but that doesn't include any of them on this island!"

"Hmmm. What do you think, Miki?" Aimi asked me.

"I don't really know myself," I replied. "But if I know Xion-nee-chan, she might be happy. Since she's a pirate and all, she might be having fun fighting some stronger opponents. Especially with the pirate crew that she joined in."

"Yeah. They sure are a lot of fun," Jack agreed. "I like their captain out of all of them. He's way more fun than the rest of them."

"I agree. But I like the swordsman better," Chris stated his opinion.

"I like the long-nose and the girl," Aimi said. "They were really funny when they first met Xion. I wonder if Xion is training them like she did to us."

We all then sat there and thought over what Aimi just said. It might be possible. Though it's also possible that they might actually be strong in their own way. Then again, they did just cheered for their captain. Maybe they're just scared to fight?

"Don't know," we all said in unison.

"Well, we already wasted enough time," Chris spoke, standing up. "Miki, what's next on our training scheduel?"

I looked at the said scheduel that Xion-nee-chan left behind for us. It's like our usual training scheduel, but my friends and I made it longer and harder.

"Next up is shooting practice," I informed. "And instead of just stand-and-shoot, we have to run around and shoot down the targets."

"All right! Let's go, guys!" Chris ordered, as we all cheered in agreement.

"PIRATES ARE COMING!" a person from our town yelled. "It's the Shell Pirates!" When he announced that name, everyone paniced. Well, everyone, except my friends.

"Shell Pirates? Who are they?" Aimi asked.

"They're a group of hard-skinned pirates, especially the captain," I answered. "I know because I was looking at Wanted Posters with Xion-nee-chan. The captain of that crew, Albert, has a bounty of B5,000,000."

"Well then guys! Change of plans! Let's go to the docks and check out those pirates!" Chris ordered. We all agreed with the idea and headed for the docks.

When we got to the docks, we saw a group of pirates attacking our town. The Marines are holding them back. But, no matter how hard they swing their swords, the pirates are unharmed. Even the bullets doesn't work on them.

"Wha-what's going on?!" Jack asked.

"Shell Pirates are a good name for them," Aimi said. "The bullets and the swords all means nothing to them!"

"But how?! Is it because of their armor?!" I asked.

"It can't be a devil's fruit! It's impossible to find two of the same kind in the first place!" Chris said.

"If it's not a devil's fruit then what is it?!" we all asked him.

I looked back at the battlefield and trembled as half of the Marines are getting beaten. 'Is this really happening?!' I wondered. 'What... What can we do?!' An image of Xion-nee-chan appeared in my head as I shut my eyes. 'Xion-nee-chan... Please help us!'

'I'm leaving this place in your hands,' came Xion-nee-chan's voice. I snapped my eyes open in realization. Xion-nee-chan can't help us now. We promised to watch the island for her. And we will!

As I observed the battle harder than before, I noticed that the captain, Albert, is nowhere on the battlefield. I looked at the pirate ship and saw him, but with no armor like his crewmates.

"Hey guys. Look over there," I told my friends, as they all look at the direction that I'm pointing to.

"Is that the captain?" Aimi asked.

"He looks like one, but where's his armor?" Jack questioned.

"Maybe he's a devil fruit user?" Chris guessed. "Ah, who cares! Now that we found Albert, we should attack him!"

"But how? If he is a devil's fruit user, he can just protect himself when he sees us attacking him," Aimi reasoned.

"Then we'll just give him a surprise attack! Come on!" At Chris's order, we all followed him to a hiding place near Albert. Until I realized something.

"Wait, how are we going to surprise attack him?"

"We can use the guns that Xion-nee had the Marines give us," Chris answered.

"But we don't have them on us," Jack complained.

"Don't worry, I got my spare."

"Okay, but what if one bullet isn't enough? I doubt a surprise attack can work twice," I said.

"We'll figure it out along the way." After that, Chris just went on without the rest of us.

"I'm starting to worry about him," Aimi said.

"Let's just catch up to him," Jack told us girls.

When we caught up to Chris, he was pointing his gun at the captain. Before we can stop him, he shot his gun. He made the shot, but Albert doesn't seem to be injured by it.

We saw him looking at us and I dragged Chris out of his spot before the pirate sees him.

"That shot... He didn't even wince..." I heard him mumble.

"You tried, at least," I said, trying to cheer him up.

"So I almost died by a kid," a scary voice said. We all turned to the source and saw the pirate captain. "If I just kill a kid, I'll get a nightmare."

"S-s-so you'll let us go?" Aimi stuttered.

"Sure I will, if you help me with a few things." Before we can ask what, he snatched Chris away and ran over to the battlefield.

"CHRIS!" we cried.

"We have to save him!" Jack told us.

"How? He has devil fruit power," Aimi pointed out.

"We have to do something!"

I just sat there in fear. Fear of what Albert will do to Chris. Fear that he might torture him in front of the Marines. Fear that he'll take him with them as a slave and use him as a hostage.

'What can we do?' I mentally asked, trembling. 'Xion-nee-chan... what will you do in this situation?' I stopped trembling when I realized what I just thought. My mind then went to the lessons that Xion-nee-chan gave us when she was here.

After remembering all the lessons that might help us in this situation, I ran to the battlefield, as Jack and Aimi called me to come back. As I ran, I picked up a sword that one of the Marines dropped and continued to run to the pirate captain. I swung my borrowed weapon at his hand that was holding Chris and managed to give him a small cut.

Chris was then dropped to the ground and he ran to pick up a near-by sword, getting ready to fight with me. "Thanks for the save," he told me.

"What are friends for?" I said.

"You brats! I never wanted to do this, but you left me no choice!" Albert exclaimed.

He was going for a punch on Chris and my friend blocked it with his sword. Surprisingly, no blood is coming out of the pirate's fist. I heard the sound of the battle between his crewmates and the Marines dies down when he made his move.

"Not bad, kid. But not good enough." When he said that, he pulled his other fist back and hit Chris. The punch was strong enough to have him cough out a little blood and lose a tooth.

"CHRIS!" I screamed.

"Now then, if you don't want me to kill the boy, bring all your treasures and food and the demon of this island!" Albert demanded. My eyes widened when I heard that.

'He wants Xion-nee-chan... But she's not here!' I mentally said.

"If you want the demon, you have him!" came Chris's voice, as I saw him stood back up. "And since you want me like all the pther pirates, you have to promise me to leave this island alone!"

I was lost when he said that. Sure we promised Xion-nee-chan that we'll take her place and protect our home, but that doesn't mean that he has to play the hero!

"Hah! Are you kidding me?! Do you really expect me to believe that a kid like you is the demon?!" Albert laughed.

"Ever heard of the phrase 'don't judge the book by its cover'?" Chris asked. And that's the question that Xion-nee-chan always asked her opponents when she has her Keyblade out.

"Oh? That sounds like what the demon would always say, going up against her opponents. Or so I heard." When Albert said that, I trembled in fear again. "Well then, demon. Since you're here, let's fight! I heard about your reputation. And I'm not just going to take you without a fight."

I looked at Chris with a face that says 'don't do this'. He noticed my expression, and ignored it.

"I thought that was the point from the beginning," he said. "Here I go!" Chris then charged at the pirate, getting ready to slice him with his sword.

"Congelo," I heard Albert muttered, as he blocked the sword again. And this time, it broke when it made contact. "Hmph. What a disappointment." Albert then raised his arm. "Statua: Manus Manus!" He then hit Chris with his forearm, knocking him back several feet!

"CHRIS!" I shrieked, looking at my friend in a beaten form. "That's enough, Chris! Stop fighting!"

"No! I already promised Xion-nee that I'll protect this island in her place! And I ain't breaking it!" he argued. When I heard those words, it made me remember why Xion-nee-chan left the island.

She wanted to leave so she could regain her memories and find all those Dream Eater Recipes. But she couldn't, since she has to look after this island from any bad pirates. That was when my friends and I promised her to look after this island for her when she does leave. It's also the reason why we had to go through all that training. But that wasn't my real reason. My reason was because of what happened six months ago, when Xion-nee-chan regained conscious. I was weak, I couldn't help myself when Haxel took me as a hostage in front of my father. I froze when he ordered his men to kill everyone on the island. That's why I took Xion-nee-chan's training with my friends, so I can protect everyone. And I'm not going to go all that training for nothing!

"Then I'll fight with you!" I exclaimed. "We all made that promise for a reason! However, unlike you guys, I took that training, so I can protect everyone like Xion-nee-chan!"

"Then it seems that we're the same," I heard Chris say. "I took those training so I can protect everyone and bring peace to this island. Seeing everyone's smile is what makes me really happy! If pirates like these guys comes here and destroy or take over this island, I won't be seeing any of their smiles then! That's why I took Xion-nee's training! So, Miki-chan, will you fight with me, for everyone?!"

"Of course, Chris!" I replied. As soon as I answered his question, light came from my and Chris's right hand. Both light extended until they were the size of a sword. They then became weird weapons.

My weapon's blade is like a water sprout. In the center of the guard is a shell with a blue pearl in the middle. There's also a white shell connected to the handle which is made of assorted shells by a gold chain. Chris's weapon's blade is like a large plume of fire that curls at the tip, leaving a circular gap in the head of the blade. The base of the blade resembles a flaming bomb. The guard is round and has a black outer edge lined bby short spikes and a red inner edge. The handle has some sort of blue wrapping on it. The chain connected to the handle has three links that resembles small flames. On the end of those three small flames is a somewhat bigger flame.

"H-hey!" I gasped.

"Aren't these-?"

'Yes...' a voice spoke, interrupting Chris. 'Those are your very own Keyblade... From the ceremony that you did with Xion... The Mysterious Abyss and the Frolic Flame...'

"Ce-ceremony?" my friend repeated in confusion.

'Oh? Didn't the two of you hold a Keyblade without it having to be returned automatically to its weilder?'

The two of us thought about it. I then remember that Xion-nee-chan did let us hold her weapon once.

*FLASHBACK*

It was a month since her stay on the island. Chris and I were watching her train in secret. Xion-nee-chan was training for hours and she didn't seem tired. Nee-chan suddenly sat down, taking a break from her training.

"I know you two are there," she said, surprising us. "Why don't you both just come over here, get a better look of my training? After I rest that is."

We both nervously did as told and sat next to her.

"Why were you guys spying on me anyway?"

"We want to know your secrets!" Chris and I replied.

"Secrets?"

"To be strong enough to protect everyone!" we said in unison again.

"... I'm not sure if it's a secret, but most of my powers are not my own," Xion-nee-chan said. "They come from my Keyblade."

"Keyblade?" I repeated.

"You mean your weapon?" Chris guessed.

"Yeah. So far, I'm starting to remember a little more about it. It's not may not be on who I really am, but at least it helps me defeat the pirates and bandits."

"Can we hold it?!" the two of us asked in unison again. We then looked at each other, finding the situation a bit weird.

"Uh... Ladies first," Chris said, being a gentleman.

I saw Xion-nee-chan smile as she handed her weapon to me. I held it firmly, then I swung it around a little and then took a good look at it. It's really light, almost like a feather. It's hard to believe that something so light can hurt so much to bad guys. I handed it back to Xion, who then handed it to Chris. He observed it a little, then he stood up and swung it like he's fighting a bad guy.

"Alright, alright, Chris," Xion-nee-chan spoke, giggling a little. "Now be a good boy and give it back."

"Can't I hold on to it a little longer?" he asked.

"Heheh. Alright. Go ahead. But you better not run off, or I won't be able to protect anyone if pirates suddenly came."

*END OF FLASHBACK*

"We did hold Xion-nee's Keyblade," Chris said, remembering that time as well.

"Then that means..." I spoke, realizing what it meant.

'Yes... You two are also Keyblade Weilders...' the voice told us. Those words made us happy, I felt like I forgot something.

"What are those weird weapons?" a familiar voice asked, snapping us out of our trance. "And what are you two muttering about? You think that those little 'weapons' of yours are going to defeat me?"

Chris and I turned back to our enemy, remembering that we have a fight to fiinish.

"Small fries like you two can't beat me!" Albert said, charging at us.

"Chris. I think I know how to beat him. Can you distract him for me?" I asked.

"No problem!" he happily replied, running towards our opponent. Both exchanged blows, and this time, Chris is evenly matched with him.

I stood in the sideline, looking for an opening for me to freeze him like how Xion-nee-chan did. When I saw my chance, I pointed my weapon at Albert. "Blizzard!" I shouted, firing an ice magic at the pirate. Chris heard my shout and got out of the way, pushing Albert towards it.

He froze in place, unable to move. "Wha-what is this?! Some kind of trick?!" he asked.

"It's not a trick!" I corrected, running over to him. "It's magic!" When I got close enough, I forced his mouth open. "Chris! His weak spot! It's his inside!"

"Got it!" I heard him say, as he ran over to us. He then stuffed his Keyblade in the pirates mouth. "Hope your inside can take the heat. NOT! Fire!" At that command, I got out of the way, as the fire magic was fired.

Albert screamed in pain, and seemed to have fainted, seeing that he isn't making a sound. Chris took his weapon out and checked on the pirate, only to see that he's completely knocked out.

"C-captain Albert...""No way...""Those kids... They beat our captain!" I heard some of the crewmates said. "Th-th-this is bad! We can't raid this island without our captain to guide us!"

"Then don't raid this island," a guy voice spoke. We turned to the source and saw a muscular-like Marine, wearing a dog mask. "I, Vice Admiral Garp, arrest all of you pirates!"

"A V-v-vice Admiral?!""You're kidding me?!""And out of all of them, it has to be Garp the Fist?!" some of the pirates complained, as they were being arrested by some of the Marines that were with the Marine.

"You two!" Garp-san called, pointing at us.

"Y-y-yes?!" we both responded, stuttering.

"I saw how you fought. You got guts. I like that. How would you like to be Marines?" he offered.

"We can't!" Chris instantly replied. "What would happen to this island then if we leave?!"

"That's the reason, huh? Oi! You three! Put up a sign that can ensure this island's safety to our two new recruits!" Garp-san ordered.

"Yes, sir!" they saluted, doing as told. Within seconds, they put up a big sign near the dock that says, "Security - Navy HQ Vice Admiral Garp". Sounds reassuring enough.

"Now this island won't have any problems with pirates coming here," he said, facing us. "So come with me to the Marine Headquarters!"

"Well... Excuse us," Chris spoke, dragging me by the hand a few feet away from Garp. "What do you think we should do?"

"Xion-nee-chan hates Marines. But then again, she likes the Marines on this island. So she probably won't hate us if we become Marines," I said.

"Then it's decided?"

"It's decided."

"Wait, Vice Admiral!" came my dad's voice. "Did I hear right?! You're going to take my daughter! I refuse!"

"Please understand, Vice Admiral! She's our only daughter!" followed my mother's voice.

"Let Chris stay as well!" came my friend's mother. "And besides, they're only kids!"

"And the first pair of kids to beat pirates," Garp said. "If they train under me, they will become strong Marines in no time."

When I heard that, it made me think that I might then be strong enough to protect anyone from bad pirates.

"I-i accept the offer!" I spoke.

"Me too!" Chris spoke afterwards.

"Wait a second!" came Aimi's and Jack's voice.

"Are you sure about this?!" Aimi asked.

"What if we never see you again?! What then?!" Jack questioned.

"Don't worry," I said. "We will come by and visit all of you guys."

"Yeah. And when we do come by and visit, this island won't be in Garp-san's protection! It will be in our's!" Chris proudly said.

"I refuse!" my mother protested. "First it's Xion. And now it's my own daughter."

'Mommy...'"Don't worry mommy," I assured her. "Besides, I want to find ways to get stronger anyway. If I refuse this offer, I'll stay weak. And maybe I'll meet up with Xion as I train under Garp-san."

"Miki..."

"You two sure about this?" Chris' mother asked.

"Of course!" we replied.

"Then it's settled. Come along, you two!" Garp-san ordered us.

"Yes, sir!"

"Are all the pirates on the ship?!"

"Yes, sir!" all the other Marines saluted.

'It's different from how I imagine it, but at least I'll see Xion-nee-chan in person again, some day on the Grand Line,' I thought.