I do not own One Piece or claim too, I am just writing a fanfic about it.

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It was two days ago that the Straw Hats had defeated Warpol and his subordinates, and they are now stocking up on supplies so they can leave they next day. Of course, Luffy isn't giving up on the stubborn Chopper, who has denied Luffy's offers of joining his crew more than once.

To get him to join, Luffy does the only thing he can think of, he keeps running all over the place yelling, "MONSTER! Join my crew and be our nakama!"

Zoro- POV

Luffy, you will never get the reindeer to come out of hiding like that, let alone get him to join us. Thought Zoro. I need to know where he is hiding so I can keep him away from that idiot captain, and I think I know how to find him.

"Baka. You are just going to keep scaring the little tanuki, running around like that." said Zoro.

Chopper, who is hiding behind a tree the wrong way, yells, "I am a reindeer not a tanuki!" Oh, so there you are. He then shifts into walk point and bounds out of the area, all while Luffy is still looking around for where the voice had even come from.

"I could have sworn I just heard that little guy say something, but I don't see him." Luffy says while he scratches his head.

Zoro, ignoring Luffy, heads out to find Chopper. When he is turned the other way he smirks and thinks to himself, good I know which direction he went so I can go after him.

zoro then heads into the woods he say chopper go into, or so he thought. With Zoro's bad sense of direction, he goes the wrong way and is now going to wind up getting himself completely lost.

Oh man, what happened?! I could have sworn Chopper ran this way, but I have been walking for hours and haven't seen him. Zoro thought to himself

"Night has already fallen, and no sign of that reindeer. Luffy probably hasn't even realized that i am missing yet, and Usopp is freaking out about me being eaten by some animal. This crew is screwed up."

Zoro thinks to himself, I wonder if I should even consider trying to get Chopper to join us? He seems to nice to be stuck with weirdos like Luffy.

"I guess I should find a place to sleep for the night, and worry about that stuff tomorrow."

Just as Zoro sets up his tend to go to sleep, he finds himself worrying about the little reindeer. I hope Chopper is okay. He is probably scared being by himself. I just want protect him, and be with him...

Zoro bolts upright from his sleeping bag, with a slight blush on his face. "Why am i thinking of Chopper. It isn't like I know the little guy. It isn't my fault I feel the need to...protect...him..." Zoro's blush deepens as he is saying this.

He then thinks, shit, did I just say that out loud? I shouldn't feel like this towards him... or anyone for that matter! That little reindeer can take care of himself.

With that thought in mind Zoro lies back down to go to sleep. He closes his eyes and mutters to himself, "Stupid reindeer... getting me all worried."

"HEEELLLPPP!"

Oh no! That was Chopper's voice. He is in trouble! Zoro jumps up and dashes out of his tent, running in the direction he heard the voice. "Hold on Chopper, I'm coming!"

Chopper-POV

"Baka. you are just going to keep scaring the little tanuki, running around like that." Wait, did he just call me a tanuki? "I am a reindeer not a tanuki!" Yelled Chopper before running off. I need to get out of here before that cray captain finds me.

Chopper keeps running through the forest while crying. Chopper runs around not paying attention to where he is going and gets lost. Night has fallen some time ago and Chopper starts to get worried.

"I don't know what to do. I am lost and to tired to find my way back to Dr. Kureha." Chopper says as he frantically looks around. He then stops and spots a cave. To tired to find anything better, he goes in for the night.

What should i do? "Dr. Hiluluk, I know you wanted me to be a pirate and I do to, but are these the ones I should go with? They are really nice and I can tell they care because the captain won't give up on making me their ship doctor, but they are all strong. I don't want to be a burden on them, no matter how much I want to go." Chopper says out loud, to his dead father figure.

I really wish i could join them. I am sure we would have tons of fun adventures all across the sea. That swordsman seemed like a great guy too and I want to be his nakama...but I would probably just be in his way all the time. I would be nothing but a bother to all of them...they only asked me to join them because they felt sorry for me. With these thoughts, Chopper starts crying again.

"Ya that's it! They must pity me and feel sorry for me, that's all. Like that swordsman would give a second thought about a stupid little reindeer."

While still crying to himself, Chopper lies down. He tries to fall asleep and forget about Zoro, but he can't. I can't believe I thought I could be his nakama. I am an idiot. Just then, Chopper heats footsteps approaching the cave...and a lot of them!

"Wh...Wh...Who's the...there? Choper stutters out as he sits up. His gaze turns towards the cave entrance and he sees his entire herd, or former herd to be correct, enter. Chopper then realizes that their scents are all over this cave and that the cave is their territory. "Oh no, even with my powers i can't beat them all."

The herd enters the cave and all of them turn towards Chopper. As one, they charge at him with their antlers down.

Knowing that he was in trouble and was going to get severely hurt, Chopper does the only thing he can think of. He yells-

"HEEELLLPPP!"

Zoro heard Chopper, but will he get there in time to protect the little reindeer? Friendships shall be made, but will they be all for not?

Okay, that concludes the end of chapter one. I shall try and get chapter 2 in as soon as I can, but it may still take me a bit of time.

Thanks for reading!