Authors Note: Okay, I'm sorry! I can't stop updating! And I KNOW that Leviticus is also the name of something holy or something. I had history class right before I came up with the name! Anyways, the two new OCs that are gonna be introduced in this chapter are gonna be main. Any character from canon that you feel should be in this story, tell me about it. I need suggestions, seriously. Seriously is my favorite word, if you can't tell from all the author notes.
Disclaimer: Don't own One Piece, simply as that.
Dr. Isho and Nurse Kankoshi-sama
Today was one of Ensign Leviticus' busier days, as right now he was busy barking orders at his men.
"The dockworkers have alerted us of pirates docking, a rather uncommon event for Coldfish, ignoring the fact Coldfish is part if the Grand Line, almost bordering the New World. The pirates are called the Quick Kill Pirates, lead under Captain Fedrico Watsamo who currently holds a bounty of 72,000,000 Beli. Now, the plan is decently obvious, GET OUT THERE AND APPREHEND SOME PIRATES!"
The Marines flinched at the volume of the last part of his briefing, but soon sweat dropped at the—
"All right, be safe!"
"Bipolar mental," the Marines muttered to themselves. Of course, deep down everyone loved Coldfish's only officer ranked Marine.
With the brief still in mind, the Marines confidently marched out of the miniature Marine headquarters.
The small group of Marines had soon reached Coldfish's hub, the marketplace. Their smug smiles faltered, though, as a crowd began to appear in their line of vision.
The back row of the crowd seemed to realize that the Marines were in their presence, as the backed away. Some tugged on their fellow crowd members' shirtsleeves, and the process continued until everyone was aware of marine presence.
"Ma'am, what happened here," a Marine questioned a random audience member.
The said member moved to the right, no longer blocking the Marines sight. The marines now took in the sight of a fainted Ruby, a shot man, a sobbing barmaid, roughly forty terrified pirates, and one decapitated Fedrico Watsamo… head and body not intact.
"Um…"
Okay, not what we were expecting, was the only thing the Marines thought.
One Marine recovered faster than the rest and yelled out uncertainly, "Um, you better... like—," the Marine paused, "Come with us now... pirates?"
Okay, not completely recovered. Anyways, the pirates looked up, and three... two... one...
"Sure."
The Marines almost fell over. Seriously, 'sure'? No fight or anything, just sure! Like, they were okay with going to prison sure!?
While the Marines proceeded to stand there like idiots, the pirates started to cry out, "Now we don't have to pretend to be pirates! Fedrico Watsamo is DEAD!"
Cheers rang out through the pirates, as the Marines just stood there, mouths agape, still resembling idiots.
"Are you going to arrest us, or what?" Came a high-pitched voice shouting out from the middle of the pirates.
"Um, sure... but you have to walk to the base where... we keep the cells?" A Marine said, pointing towards the base.
"Okay!" And with that, the pirates walked themselves right to the headquarters. The Marines continued to dumbly stand there, but soon began to offer each other 'wake-up pinches'.
"Are you gonna help clean up the mess here or what!" An elderly woman soon interrupted their actions, bonking the nearest Marine on the head with her cane.
The Marines looked over, and it seemed the crowd was doing more to help the current situation then they were. Two bystanders, who happened to be a doctor and a nurse, were looking at Ruby, who all the Marines knew since she was a baby. A group of women started to help the still-sobbing barmaid up, while some men were busy carrying the corpse of a shot civilian to the local morgue. Some dockworkers were mopping the streets clean of blood, while other lifted the bloodied body and head of Watsamo to the sea, where they would likely dump him.
"Should we report back to—"?
"Yah, just... yah."
With that, the Marines awkwardly headed back to their base.
"Hey, doc, how's Ruby doing?"
Doctor Isho Humiyo was currently examining an unconscious redhead.
"She's doing what she as been doing for the last five minutes, SLEEPING!" Humiyo yelled.
"Jeez, what is with it with people now-a-days. I said she was fine but unconscious just a few seconds ago. Is Ruby suppose to magically teleport to the middle of the Calm Belt and get run over by a Sea King in the few seconds I turn my back?" Humiyo muttered to himself.
The woman who just asked the question huffed and crossed her arms at Humiyo's retort.
"I'm sorry for wondering," the woman snapped back.
"Well, stop being sorry and help me move her into some sort of shelter she can stay in until she wakes up."
"Why should I help you? I'll help carry her when you ask me to, politely."
"Fine. Oh great Kankoshi-sama, please, could your greatness spare a moment to help carry this poor, dying girl?"
"That's more like it!" Dr. Isho's assistant, nurse Kankoshi Rikona, beamed, ignoring the overflowing sarcasm.
With that, the doctor and nurse gently picked Ruby up. The doctor's arms were hooked under Ruby's armpits, while the nurse's arms were hooked under Ruby's knees.
"So, are we gonna just drop her off at the marine base to stay with Leviticus. Ruby is quite popular among Coldfish's Marines." Rikona said.
"Nah, I think Damene and the rest of the dockworkers are pretty worried about her." Humiyo replied.
"Marines it is!"
"WHAT! If you've forgotten, you're the assistant here, while I am the certified doctor!"
"Yeah, but this is a great excuses to see Leviticus! And, boy, is he just steaming," Rikona drooled out.
"I don't get what it is with females and Leviticus. Why does he get all the ladies attention, even though he always brushes off the countless amount of women who throw themselves at him?" Humiyo exclaimed, while still carrying Ruby.
"That just makes us women like him more."
Humiyo and Rikona continued to bicker until they arrived at the Marine headquarters on Coldfish.
"Nurse Rikona, pleasure to see you. And why, may I ask, are you carrying Ruby with you into the Marine base?" A polite Marine asked, taking off his cap while bowing.
"Why, what a polite Marine! Something you don't run into that much anymore!" Rikona joyously said.
Humiyo ignored the fact the Marine didn't acknowledge him, and said, "We are here to give a proper Marine checkup to our friend here. We would appreciate you letting us inside."
The doctor made sure to emphasize we, as if trying to make a point.
"Sure, nurse Rikona. Please follow me down the Marine corridors to medical bay. If you are in need of any medical instruments that you do not find there, find a passing Marine and alert them of the issue. I'm sure they will get you what you need."
"Thank you." Rikona curtly bowed, while Humiyo let out an inaudible growl.
The Marine led them through a couple of passages before arriving in a big, white room that looked like a miniature hospital. Nurses where running right and left, hurriedly bringing bandages to injured Marines and citizens, as the Marine medical bay was also used as Coldfish Islands' hospital.
The Marine guide silently left, leaving Humiyo and Rikona standing at the doors to the room. Many locals were taking up beds, as the doctor and nurse had to scan the room a few times before they saw an empty bed.
Well, it is flu season. Humiyo told himself inwardly.
"I'm guessing the bed to the far right will be where we lay Ruby down, as it is the bed you're staring at. Let's go put Ruby down." Rikona said.
Dr. Isho nodded, and they walked over to the bed and laid Ruby on it. The bed was a white, twin sized bed that had an IV bag hanging over it. A white bed table with an assortment of medical instruments sat next to the bed. The bed was favorable in the corner, reducing the risk of being run over by one of the many panicking nurses.
"So, are we just going to leave her here until she wakes up or something?" Rikona asked.
"I don't know! You were the one who wanted Ruby to stay here until she regains consciousness!"
"Ugh! Well, you're the certified doctor here!"
"Why do you only acknowledge that when it can be used to your benefit?!"
"Whatever! I'm gonna go ask my Levitie-chan on a date! You figure something out!"
"Levitie-chan! You can not be ser-"
The argument was cut off when the girl on the bed began to let out a grumble. Both Dr. Isho and Rikona snapped out of their argument, and turned their heads to Ruby.
Ruby arched her back up in a flexing motion as she started to stir from her sleep.
Ruby felt herself starting to awake. The redheads' eyelids lifted open, and she saw two blurry figures.
As Ruby slowly reached absolute consciousness, she said the first thing that came to mind—
"Who are you?!"
The man and woman lifted their gaze off Ruby and gave each other a quick glance, before looking at Ruby again.
The man started to introduce himself first.
"My name is Doctor Isho Humiyo. My lovely assistant here is—"
"Nurse Kankoshi Rikona, pleasure to make your acquaintance." The woman said, cutting Dr. Isho off.
Ruby scanned over the two. The man, Dr. Isho, was on the taller side and looked to be in his late-twenties. He had wide, hazel green eyes, and had short, messy brunette hair. He had a very faint beard, as he looked like he hadn't shaved in a few days. He was wearing a white lab coat over a black tunic top, which was tucked into a pair of khaki pants. His footwear was a pair of geta sandals, with black straps.
The woman, nurse Rikona, was just about a head shorter than Dr. Isho, and was probably in her mid-twenties. She had sleek black heir, reaching mid-back. Her most noticeable feature was definitely her eyes, which were narrow but also a deep amethyst purple. She was also wearing a white lab coat, over a brown tank top tucked into jean capris. On her feet was a pair of webbed, black high heels.
"So..." Rikona started, abruptly breaking Ruby's thoughts. "Do you remember what happened earlier?"
Ruby thought about the question, and then made a face that made her look like she was in deep concentration.
Huh, what happened earlier? Well, stupid Damene forced me to spy on some pirates. Yeah, I'm gonna remember that later on. Watch out Damene. Then, there was that bar, and that barmaid. Spilled sake... 'I'll have my way with you now!'...Phil—
Ruby let out a startled gasp as she started to remember the second part of the morning.
Oh no, PHIL! Poor Phil... Then, song? Some deep-voiced song about murder and stuff? You know what, I'll come back to that thought later. Red, lots of red and blood. Wait a minute, did I—
"Did I kill Fredrico Watsamo?" Ruby said, stating the rest of the thought out load.
"Yeah, well... I guess you did..." Humiyo answered awkwardly, using his wonderful social skills.
Rikona glared at Humiyo, mouthed out 'idiot', and then turned back to the poor panicking girl to say, "Its okay, hun. He was a bad man, you probably saved that poor barmaid from her soon-to-be fate."
Ruby realized the truth behind the statement, so she nodded and then asked, "So, why again am I in the Marine medical bay."
Ruby knew the Marine base by heart, so she would automatically recognize where she was.
"Because, Rikona here wanted to see her Levitie-chan," Humiyo replied in a mocking fashion, just as Rikona opened her mouth.
'Levitie-chan? Is that suppose to be Ensign Leviticus?' Ruby thought, snickering.
Humiyo caught on to Ruby's snicker, and joined her.
"Urgh! What is wrong with calling him Levitie-chan?!" yelled Rikona.
"Only the part where he is a thirty-two year old Marine!" said Humiyo humorously.
"You know what? Why don't you two be testimonies to his marriage proposal?"
Humiyo started to laugh up again. "Ha, him marry—"
Humiyo didn't get to say the rest, as Rikona grabbed both him and Ruby by their ears and dragged them out of the room so quickly that the rest of the nurses could only see the trail of smoke following the three.
In which way is Rikona going to torture poor Leviticus? And how will Ruby be dragged into this? Figure out... next chapter! XD