Ch. 1- Cherry Blossom Party


One Piece © Oda

Blizzard and Blight © Me


It is a bright and sunny day in the New World, and on the Thousand Sunny, something lively (and rather hilarious) is taking place. It suddenly started raining cherry blossom petals, out of nowhere, and the crew immediately started to celebrate. Also, a strange face had appeared on the ship as the sound of someone singing is heard, and it stretched up and down, become wide, and then thin, and then wide again.

"Aw~, YEAH~!

Come on~!

Come on, baby~!"

It is soon revealed that the face actually belonged to the yellow skull shirt of Monkey D. Luffy, who had a giant bellyful of meat…and apparently, he was still hungry, for he stretched his arms and grabbed to skewers of meat and began to eat.

On deck with him, it is revealed that the one singing is none other than Brook, who, to mark the occasion, had dyed his afro pink, wearing a blue Hawaiian shirt with orange polka dots, a cherry blossom necklace, and, oddly enough, a hat in the shape of a cat's head.

"I am such a lively skeleton~!" Brook sang.

"WHOO-HOO~!" Luffy cheered.

"Ow, ow, ow~!" cried a singing cherry blossom tree.

Nearby, Roronoa Zoro is sitting on a picnic blanket with two bottles of sake, watching his crewmates enjoy themselves.

"It's always nice to drink when cherry blossoms bloom," Zoro mused. "Don't you think, Chopper?"

"Uh-huh!" answered Tony-Tony Chopper, who is dressed up like a cow and had a bottle of milk tied around his neck. "I love drinking my milk while I watch the cherry blossoms fall!"

"Cherry blossoms?!" said a familiar. "Oh, no! It's just me! SUPER~!"

It is revealed that the "singing cherry tree" is actually Franky, dressed up in pink. He even made his hair and shoulders pink and poofy, just like the branches of a cherry blossom tree.

Luffy, Franky, and Brook all stood on deck, dancing around like a bunch of idiots, just like they always do.

"Meat!" Luffy cried.

Nearby, lying next to the tree on deck is Blizzard, who is dressed in a blue hoodie jacket with the word "MEAN" printed on the back in big red letters, and on his crown is a brown hat in the shape of an angry bear's head. Right now, the wolf-dog is also enjoying a nice nap under the cherry blossoms, dreaming sweet, slow dreams. His secret: he had finally learned to tune out Franky's voice.

As the Straw Hats continued their little party, they didn't notice that a mysterious purple mist had appeared in the sky, until Chopper took a sip of his milk, and then gagged.

"Yuck!" he cried. "That smell! It's horrible! It must be…"

FWUMP! The little reindeer fell to the deck, dropping his milk bottle.

"A…deadly poison…!" he finished before he collapsed.

At that moment, everyone stopped what they were doing and ran to Chopper's aid, especially Blizzard, who had awoken from his nap and became overwhelmed with worry when he saw his little brother collapse.

"Chopper!" he cried. "Chopper, can you hear me?!"

"What's wrong, Chopper?!" Franky asked.

"Did he breathe in the poison?" Zoro questioned.

"Chopper!" cried Luffy, who had shrunk back to his usual frame.

"Chopper!" Blizzard called as he took his little brother into his paws. "Chopper, hang in there! Whatever you do, stay away from the light, Chopper! STAY AWAY FROM THE LIGHT!"

"The poison," said Brook. "Now I remember!"

"You mean you know what kind of poison it is, Bones?" asked Franky.

"Listen to this song," said Brook. "The Poison I Breathe."

"That's what you remember?!" Franky questioned angrily.

As Brook started to sing his song, Blizzard looked at Luffy desperately.

"Luffy, do something!" he cried. "Anything!"

"Hey, don't look at me!" Luffy said. "If I could do something, I'd do it!"

GLUG! GLUG! Zoro took a nip of his sake and then stopped.

"Now that you mention," said the swordsman, "my sake tastes a bit differently."

Luffy noticed the purple wisps of mist in the air and took a whiff. He managed to track the smell coming all the way from the upper deck where Nice Robin is watering her flower garden.

"Well," said Robin, "everyone's as lively as ever, I see."

Nearby, Usopp, wearing a pair of trousers, a red bandana with golden stars, and wearing a hat in the shape of a shark, is tending to a garden of his own: his Pop Green farm, and it purple mist came from the tank that Usopp is carrying on his back, and that same mist is being sprayed onto his garden.

"Taking care of plants~!" the sniper sang. "Taking care of plants~! Okay, you guys! All you have to do is bring up plenty of Pop Greens for me, and I, the Great Worm Exterminator, Captain Usopp, shall protect them with my life!"

"Hey, Usopp!" Luffy called, getting the sniper's attention.

"What?!" Usopp asked.

"Stop spraying your poison around!" Luffy shouted. "You're gonna kill somebody! Look! Some of that stuff got into Chopper's mouth, and now he's probably dead!"

"DON'T SAY THAT, MORON!" Blizzard shouted with comical tears.

"Hey, it's not my fault!" Usopp argued. "Besides, the poison is meant for worms and bugs and such, so if you're a bug, that means you die!"

"I get it," said Zoro. "That means we can relax, since we're not insects."

"Oh!" Chopper said, suddenly coming back to life. "So I'm okay!"

"CHOPPER!" Blizzard cried as he hugged his little brother tightly. "YOU'RE ALIVE! IT'S A MIRACLE!"

"Hallelujah!" Luffy cheered.

"Okay, okay!" Chopper cried. "Now can you let go, Blizzard?! You're hurting me!"

"Oh, right!" Blizzard said, sheepishly as he put Chopper back down. "Sorry, Chopper. Guess I don't know my own strength, after all."

GLUG! GLUG! Zoro took another swig of his sake and grinned.

"It does taste a little different," he started, "but it's still pretty good."

Chopper grabbed his milk bottle and took another drink.

"My milk still tastes a little bitter," said Chopper. "Is it because I'm growing up and I don't need it, anymore?"

"Here!" Luffy said as he snatched the bottle of Chopper's hooves. "Let me have a try!"

GLUG! GLUG! PTOO! Luffy took a drink from the bottle, and then spit it back out.

"Yuck," he said.

Blizzard sighed and decided to return to his nap. Chopper, deciding that he, too, could use a bit of a rest, followed after his wolf-dog brother.

"It looks like chemicals like bug poison can also affect the human body," said Robin. "Well…except for Luffy that is."

While the others were busy, they didn't notice Franky tiptoeing away, leaving a trail of cherry blossoms behind him.

"I am the cherry tree," he said, "and I'm slowly drifting away."

"Mister Luffy!" Brook cried. "The cherry tree! He's leaving! The blossom festival will be over!"

"Hey!" Luffy called. "Come back here, Mister Cherry Tree!"

On the other side of the upper deck, a certain navigator, dressed in nothing but a rainbow bikini, is reading a book. Or at least she was trying to, but all the noise going about on the deck kept making her lose her place. She sighed before she put the book down.

"Good grief," Nami muttered. "I don't mind the cherry blossoms, really, even if they're coming from Franky…but must they make so much noise? I can barely read!"

"Hey, you idiots!" Sanji barked as he walked up the stairs, holding an orange drink with three straws on a platter. "Shut your mouths, will ya?! Nami's trying to read, dammit! Good grief."

He then twirled over to Nami, carefully balancing the drink in his hand.

"Oh, Nami, my dear~!" the cook swooned. "I present to you a special orange juice, made especially from your prized tangerines!"

"Thank you very much, Sanji," said Nami as she took the drink. At that moment, she noticed that there was more than straw.

"Why are there three straws in my drink?" she asked.

"Well, I figured you may want to share it with someone," said Sanji.

Like me, perhaps? the cook thought.

"Hmm," Nami hummed. "Good point."

Sanji grinned with hearts in his eyes, but then…

FWEET! The navigator put her thumb and index finger in her mouth and let out a short but loud whistle.

"Oh, Luffy~!"

Sanji's eye went wide and his grin fell when he heard the navigator call the captain by name, and speak of the devil, up came Luffy, holding a leg of meat in his hand. THUD! In his rush to get to Nami, Luffy accidentally slipped on the floor and landed on his back.

"I'm okay," he said.

"Luffy, come here, you silly boy," said Nami with a giggle.

Luffy stood up and approached Nami.

"What's up?" he asked.

Nami took out one of the straws from her drink.

"Here," she said to her boyfriend. "A drink for us to share."

"Ooh!" Luffy chirped. "Looks tasty!"

SIP! The captain and navigator both took a sip of the drink through their straws, simultaneously. The glass was empty in a matter of seconds.

"That was good," Nami said as she placed the glass on the table next to her.

"Sure was," said Luffy before he lied himself down, right on Nami's chest and stomach, and let out a content sigh.

Nami smiled before she began to rub Luffy's belly, which seemed to make him even sleepier.

"Mm," Luffy hummed. "Having you rub my tummy feels so nice. I think I might take a little nap."

"That's good," Nami said. "Why don't you rest your eyes for a while?"

Maybe now, I can finally get some reading done, she thought before she noticed Sanji, slumped down on the floor in a depressed state. The navigator sighed.

"Sanji!" she called. "I'd like some dessert, please!"

"Yes, Nami!" Sanji cheered with a salute. "Right away!"

"Can I have some dessert, too?" Luffy asked. "And some more meat, maybe?"

"You only get a little dessert, Luffy," Nami said. "I don't want you to make your tummy upset, you know."

Sanji glared at Luffy, but then he heard calls coming from the rest of his crewmates.

"Mister Sanji!" Brook called. "I'd like some sweets, too, if you please!"

"And maybe some cola!" Franky added.

"Get some more booze while you're at it!" Zoro ordered.

"Blizzard says he wants peanut butter!" Chopper called.

"Can I have dessert, too?!" asked Usopp.

"Shut up, bastards!" Sanji barked. "If you're gonna ask for something, ask nicely! Besides, I only give dessert to the ladies!"

As Sanji was yelling at the boys, he suddenly noticed that some dark clouds had suddenly appeared in the sky, and not long after, small, gray flakes began to gently float down from the sky, like snow…but it was anything but snow.

Luffy, who is still relaxing with Nami, didn't seem to noticed that these strange flakes landed on his meat until he took a bite out of it. When he swallowed, he suddenly stuck his tongue out.

"Yucky!" he said.

"What's wrong, Luffy?" Nami asked.

"My meat tastes bad, now!" Luffy complained. "Hey, Usopp! Your damn bug poison got on my meat!"

"What are you talking about?!" Usopp asked. "I'm not using it anymore!"

"What in the world is this?" Robin asked, noticing the flakes floating down.

Blizzard woke up, once again, and looked up at the flakes.

"Wow!" Chopper said. "It's snowing!"

"Chopper, I hate to burst your bubble," said Blizzard, "but I don't think this is snow."

"It's not snow?" Chopper asked in a disappointed voice.

"It doesn't feel cold," Zoro said, "so I guess not."

At that moment, Nami finally noticed the dark clouds in the sky, as well as the flakes falling, and gasped.

"Luffy," Nami called to her captain. "Get off, honey. I need to stand."

Luffy nodded and got off of his navigator, who stood up and looked up at the sky. She reached out her hand, letting one of the flakes land on her fingertips, before she gave it a closer inspection.

"Just as I thought," Nami said. "These are…volcanic ashes!"

"Volcanic ashes?!" the rest of the Straw Hats repeated, questioningly.

TO BE CONTINUED…


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