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One Piece's Odd Socks

Prompt: 75. Alone

Chopper loved his crewmates.

Each one of them was kind and strong and loved him back. They where always with him and while they where around him, he was safe and secure and loved. He was not a monster to be feared, but a respected doctor (by most of the crew anyway) and a valued friend. The more Chopper traveled, the more he gained experience, strength and the confidence to open up to his friends. To rely on them like he hadn't done to anyone before.

He knew that the 'monster trio' of the group would always protect them. They terrified the opponents, leaving them defeated and broken but then they would return to the crew and laugh and play. They where never scary in Chopper's eyes, they where just his friends.

Sabaody Archipelago was just another adventure where Luffy, Zoro and Sanji would look after them.

How it ended threatened to break his young heart. Lying on his back in the paw-shaped creator, tears falling from his eyes like rain, the reindeer wept for his friends. The wounded Zoro so determined to fight for them, even though he could barely stand, had disappeared. Chopper sobbed harder, his chest heaving, burning and with the occasional stabbing of pain that came with suspected cracked ribs.

Without Chopper, Zoro wouldn't be able to look after his wounds; he wouldn't rest to let himself recover from his terrible wounds. He wouldn't ask for help. He would stubbornly sit in a cold, damp cave until he was too weak to ask for help, even if his pride would eventually let him do so. The idiot would die alone.

The idea brought fresh tears to his eyes.

He didn't know what had happened to the others either. Zoro hadn't been the only one to go – Brook, Usopp Sanji, Franky, Nami had disappeared too. Had the others escaped? Or had they disappeared too? Where were they now? Where they all okay?

Chopper sobbed and sobbed until the fur around his eyes was wet and matted and his chest was on fire. Even his stomach ached.

Finally he accepted that he didn't know what had happened to himself either and shakily sat up. He was in a forest, but not like the one on Drum Island where his doctor and doctrine where, no. He…He was…

He didn't want to finish that thought. If he accepted he was alone – but what suggested he was alone? What if his nakama where around, but just out of sight? What if they needed him? The thought brought a little strength to the youngest Strawhat and he sat up shakily.

He got to his feet and staggered through the trees, finding a piece of tree to use as a walking stick.

Luffy…

Guys…

Where they all get killed by those three?

He couldn't believe that. He announced it to the world – He would never accept it!

His tears still hadn't stopped falling down his face.

Luffy's voice broke across the silence, and there he was, laughing down at him from his spot high on a tree branch. The crew around him all smiled fondly at him, amused that the reindeer had thought they would die from such a thing. Chopper rubbed the back of his head and laughed sheepishly.

But they were just images created by his mind, living inside his dreams and inside his heart. They faded as he woke to the situation on the island that Kuma had sent him too. He was bullied by the birds, nearly eaten by the men but when he resolved the problems between the two races of the island, he had the chance to relax, and his mind started to spin again.

What where the crew doing? Where they okay? Had Zoro crawled into that cave yet?

Chopper's new friends on the island tried to cheer him up and he set off for Shabody, a little happier now that it seemed he was doing something.

When he got his hooves on the newspaper, he hoped that Luffy had come to the same conclusion as him as he read through the article. - they where not alone, and in the picture Luffy definitely wasn't either. Luffy looked okay in the photo, well looked after with bandages around his body. He was grieving for his brother, but it was obvious that he had a plan. Luffy wanted to get stronger and there was determination behind the calm pose he held in Marinefold.

Chopper would get stronger. So that when they gathered back together, this would never happen again.

The Strawhats had 2 years apart. Not alone.

It didn't mean that Chopper didn't miss them all.

Aww, Chopper :( Do love him. This episode just showed how young he is and how dependent he is on the others… And I attempted to write that. And most probably failed :/

I had to re-watch this episode, and couldn't resist watching Sanji's bit after it. This has reminded me about an evil idea that a friend and I came up with when we saw the episodes for the first time. That's coming out when I edit it to put onto the site - because this one is so short... and terrible. Forgive me!

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