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Remember, first we will have this short, sweet, slice of life, style of chapters, but soon enough we will head to new adventures.

So now its turn of Uncle Chopper...

Disclaimer: This chapter can cause cavities and spikes in blood sugar. Diabetics beware.


Growing up with the StrawHats
Chapter 4: Uncle Chopper

Uncle Chopper, the adorable

Edd was a clever little boy and he could understand a lot of things, but short of turning three years old he was still more than just a baby, and like every child his age he was FASCINATED with cute furry little things, and that meant CHOPPER.

The sweet duo was playing on Sunny's grass deck while the ship sailed towards the South Blue on a warm, spring like afternoon, the pair looked adorable while they piled up colorful toy cubes into towers, with the doctor twisting his tongue to the side as he carefully placed the last cube on the tallest of the towers which was taller than himself.

Edd smiled wickedly, "Noo Edd!" The doctor shouted as the baby kicked the base of the tower, toy cubes flying everywhere as the baby cracked with laugher

"hihihihi"

Chopper sighed and feigned sadness, shaking his head as he picked some scattered cubes...

"ohh my poor poor tower!" The reindeer whined, pretending to be crestfallen he sat on the grass, " ...what will I do now! I don't have a tower anymore!"

Edd opened his eyes in surprise as he didn't think this would make Chopper look sad like that so he rapidly began to pick up cubes trying to build the tower again,

"here" he said pointing at the four cubes he managed to pile by himself which made Chopper smile, so small and already noble, like his dad...

Robin, who was close by reading a book on her reclining chair, couldn't help smile at their antics, they were both so adorable she was afraid she'll get diabetes just by looking at them, and desiring to join in their little game, she made a hand bloom close by their tower and nocked it off.

Edd's eyes widened in horror when he saw Chopper's important tower being destroyed like that so he gave Robin an angry look (he knew the arms that bloomed everywhere where hers).

"No aunti Lobin!" He complained angrily, rushing quickly to pick up the cubes and trying to pile them up again.

Robin's eyes widened, "Oh my, fu fu fu, I'm sorry" she quickly apologized while Chopper just had to smile,

"Awww" the little Reindeer said, "don't worry Edd, I'm not sad anymore, here! Lets pile the tower again and make it REALLY tall this time, ne?"

"Yup!"

A short while later, as Nami stretched her arms lazily as she came out to deck after a long session of map drawing, she smiled as she noticed her baby fast asleep, cuddled up on the middle of the grass deck alongside Chopper, and on his head was the doctor's pink hat, both looking adorable as they snored peacefully, their little bellies sticking out their shirts.

Robin winked at her, and made a camera appear out of nowhere... this, just had to go to the picture album, no doubt.


Uncle Chopper, The Doctor

Chopper knew of parents, good or otherwise... as... his biological father, the leader of his herd and the figure who should have protected him since he was born, had shunned him off because he deemed him a blue nosed abnormality, and later on, when he ate his Devil Fruit, he was cruelly expelled from his only home...

He was glad to have met the person he considered his true father, Dr. Hiluluk, whom, in his opinion, was the best father he could ever had.

So, Chopper had a pretty clear idea what kind of father his captain was, he knew it immediately when he witnessed the love and care in which Luffy held his newborn son, more than two years ago...

That afternoon while anchored at a peaceful island, when Luffy unexpectedly barged into his infirmary screaming nonsense with Edd whimpering loudly in his arms, Chopper just went full doctor mode right away.

"LUFFY!" The doctor snapped, "Step back and let me work!" He ordered, because no matter how much a captain or pirate king Luffy was, inside that room, on a medical emergency, he was the one dishing out the orders.

The distressed father placed the child on the stretcher, and pranced back and fro besides the doctor, who just started the exam on the small patient.

"but... But Chopper, I don't know what to do anymore! Look! I make funny faces to him and he doesn't laugh!" He said desperately, pulling his face in bizarre ways in front of the child, who seemed to be whimpering in pain as tears streaked down his face.

The first obvious symptom the doctor could notice... was that the boy's tummy was sticking out his dark orange shirt, obviously very swollen.

When Chopper realized there was no bleeding or something broken he sighed and relaxed a little, and continued the exam by asking:

"What did you have him eat, Luffy?"

"Meat" the captain answered quickly, and then, annoyed, he snapped, "Bu... but Chopper! Meat is good, DON'T BLAME THE MEAT!"

Calmly, as he probed Edd's tummy with a stethoscope, the doctor inquired further, "And what else? And how much"

"Hmm... let's see... first we ate that giant boar at the tavern, well, I ate the boar, and he just ate the whole leg..." He muttered thoughtfully with a hand on his chin, "and then we went exploring the town, we were with Zoro but he got lost... then we stopped for ice cream, it was yummy, I ate lots and we left the ossan at the ice-cream shop with nothing hahaha"

"and... how much ice cream do you think he ate?..." Chopper asked with a sweat drop on his head.
"Dunno, like a whole bucket or something hahahaha... and then we stopped in a candy shop and..."

"Luffy! ALL THAT JUST THIS AFTERNOON?"

"Yeah, what is the problem? He was hungry and kept asking for more" Luffy said nonchalantly.

"THAT ITS TOO MUCH FOOD FOR A CHILD HIS AGE!" Chopper snapped, "Even if he asks for more, he doesn't know when to stop Luffy! He's just a baby!"

"Chopper..." Luffy started as a shadow fell over his eyes... voice deadly serious...

And then he snapped with passion,

"A MAN CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MUCH FOOD CHOPPER!"

The doctor jumped and punched him on the head, making Luffy's eyes bulge, "THAT'S BECAUSE YOU ARE RUBBER! BUT EDD IS JUT A SMALL BABY, IDIOT!" he roared.

The doctor quickly turned back to his patient, he was standing on a stool next to the stretcher so he was at eye level with the child, caressing his forehead gently he said,

"Easy there Edd, I'll give you something and your stomach ache will go away real quick, you'll see" he sighed and turned to face Luffy,

"Nami isn't back yet?"

"No..." Luffy muttered as his uneasy eyes watched on the whimpering boy laying on the bed, "She's gonna kill me..."

Chopper sighed, he would rather have Nami here... because OF COURSE she was the responsible parent of the duo... still...

"I'm going to mix some herbs, you can pick him up" the doctor said as he jumped down and went to his work table, quickly gathering his supplies.

While Chopper mixed the ingredients on a mortar, out on the corner of his eyes he couldn't help noticing the way Luffy picked the boy up and patted his back as he smiled for the boy's sake,

"Ne you see Edd, Chopper is the best doctor in the world and you'll feel better soon and we'll play lots, right?"

The boy was feeling so bad that he only managed to rub his crying face on his dad's shoulder mumbling brokenly...

"Daddy..."

Even if deep down he knew everything was going to be fine, still Luffy felt horrible about the whole thing and muttered... "Chopper is he... going to be alright?"

Chopper couldn't help a small smile, touched, "Of course Luffy, it's not your fault, you just didn't know, so next time just watch he doesn't eat to the point his tummy gets this swollen, doctor's orders" he said with a wink.

Luffy sighed in relief as Chopper approached with a small spoon, "Now all we have to do is get him to take this medicine, and he'll be fine"

"Thanks Chopper! You are the best!" Luffy said with a bright smile.

"Calling me the best, doesn't make me happy, JERK!" The doctor danced a little, and then, he gave the medicine to the boy... who was clutched at this father's shoulder for a couple of hours longer… that is…until mommy came back from her shopping trip.

Chopper had no doubt what kind of father Luffy was... just as Luffy knew what kind of doctor Chopper was...

The best on the world... no doubt...


Uncle Chopper: Crazy Strawhat crewmember

"ONE! TWO... THREEE!" Usopp and Luffy shouted at the same time, each of them pushing a barrel making it roll across the grass deck...

Inside the barrel, shouts and giggles could be heard and, as one of the barrels crossed a white finishing line painted across the deck, Luffy cried in glee:

"YEAHH!" He shouted as he stretched his arm and brought the barrel back to him, his son's head popped out... eyes in spiral... looking dizzy but giggling, the boy said

"again daddy~"

"Ha Usopp! You owe me dinner now!" Luffy claimed, very happy.

"Of course not! Both barrels crossed the line at the same time!" The crew's liar claimed with passion, but Brook, acting as the game's referee just whistled loudly and said

"Sorry Usopp-san, I clearly saw Edd-chan's barrel crossing the line first... Or would have... If I had eyes to seee YOHOHOHOHO!"

"MWAHAHA" Luffy goaded, "~Now I have double dinner~"

Usopp obviously outraged and with shark teeth complained, "You always have double, triple and quadruple dinner asshole!"

The shouting and yelling made Nami come out to deck and her mouth opened in horror as she witnessed her child crawling out a barrel, looking dizzy and disoriented.

"moomy spins haha..."the baby said falling back on his bottom. Nami rushed to him and picked him up on a hurry.

"My poor baby! What the hell are you playing at?" she demanded.

"~its okay Nami~…" Chopper's voice was shaky as he crawled out of his own barrel, also looking dizzy he took a couple of steps and fell down on his face...

"I'm not surprised Luffy and the others are doing stupid stuff , but I expected better from you Chopper!" she roared like a devil.

And yes... Chopper could be an excellent doctor, very responsible with his patients... but without a doubt, he was a Strawhat and as crazy as any of them...

The baby went to Chopper, falling into the (barely) taller adult and said "mommy... uncle Chopper good"

"Aww..." Nami said sighing... that was so sweet she almost couldn't stay mad...

Keyword... almost

Luffy just approached unaware and said, "See Nami? We were just playing and thanks to Edd I won an extra dinner"

Usopp snapped with shark teeth, "Damn you, its MY DINNER; I GONNA KICK YOUR ASS LUFFY!"

One of Nami's eyebrows started to spasm as she made a fist...

"You think I'll allow you using my son in your stupid food bets Luffy?!"

Of course Nami chased Luffy around deck for a while as the others ignored their usual antics, Chopper then turned his attention to the child, whom even after those violent games appeared unharmed.

The little doctor offered his hand which the toddler took gladly, the small pirate prince was almost reaching Chopper's height now and they looked like playmates, and for the boy, it was like having a little friend his age.

"Lets pick up your toys Edd?"

"yip" the boy said smiling and following the little reindeer.

Robin, watching from the third floor's railing smiled in tenderness... thinking that definitely she should watch her sugar intake...

Luffy's pain filled cries where heard across the sea…

All was well on that Pirate Ship...


I just puked a rainbow...

Sorry about that haha, anyway, I adore this slice of life chapters, them being happy and having little adventures. Do remember they still get on islands and have adventures and they DO get attacked now and then but they are so ridiculous strong is not worthy about them fodderizing enemies lol

Fights and adventures will come soon! Next chapter, Uncle Usopp? Or Uncle Bones and uncle Super?

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