Ok this chapter is longer than the last one i promise! Anywho when i was writing a got a sudden burst of inspiration so we'll see where the story goes from here!
Enjoy :)
The Night Sky was like an endless vortex of black that engulfed all light except the stars shining in the sky like the many beacons of a lighthouse. The waters were silent as they slowly rocked the boat back and forth in a rhythmic pattern. Zoro was slouched in his usual spot by the mast pole but tonight he was not asleep. He buried his head in his hands as he desperately tried to think of what he was going to do about Mizu "I might have to give up the best thing that has ever happened to me." He thought with despair as he listened to the soft ocean waves lap against the ship's hull. "Ugh" he moaned, Zoro massaged his temples and tried to think "I still have a few days to make a decision about her." Zoro said aloud as he leaned back against the smooth wood of the mast and closed his eyes.
Mizu peeked out from behind the upper deck and sank to the floor, she didn't like how much trouble she was causing for her big brother. "I have to do something to show him I can work hard too!" she said eagerly "I'll show him that I won't be a bother!" Mizu scampered down the steps and crawled into Zoro's lap; she cuddled up against his chest and promptly fell asleep with a smile on her face.
She woke up early the next morning before any of the crew was up, "ok!" Mizu exclaimed "Time to get to work!" she carefully avoided the creaking floor boards and made her way to the kitchen. Mizu poked her head into the kitchen and looked around to see if the coast was clear "all right" she whispered "I can do this" Mizu dragged a chair over to the kitchen counter and struggled to climb up. "unngh" she moaned as she finally managed to get atop of the chair. "Oh!" she exclaimed "a good chef always has an apron" she remembered, Mizu reached out and grabbed onto one of Sanji's dish towels. But she reached too far and lost her balance, "aah!" she yelled, Mizu would have hit the floor if it were not for a certain fuzzy doctor who just so happened to wander into the kitchen. Chopper ran and grabbed Mizu before she hit the floor
"Mizu?" Chopper asked "what are you doing?"
She dusted off her dress looking distraught "I was trying to show everyone that I can help too…but" she sniffled "I'm too small"
Chopper put a hoof on her shoulder "I'm small too Mizu" he said as he pointed to himself "and I help everyone all the time, so if I can help out the crew then that means you can too."
Mizu's face lit up "really!?"
Chopper nodded his head "come on let me help you out"
"Ok!" Mizu extended her hand "Big brother said that you should always shake hands with your partner before you do anything else!"
Chopper smiled and shook her hand "Ok now how about I make breakfast while you sweep?"
Mizu enthusiastically reached for the broom and began to sweep the dust into a pile
"Aah" Chopper thought "Sanji better be grateful! I just saved his kitchen" he chuckled to himself as he cracked an egg into a sizzling pan.
Nami was sprawled out on her bed in her light blue pajamas, half of her body was under the covers and half was sticking out. Her hair was mess, and her blankets were all wrinkled. Mizu crawled up onto Nami's bed and looked around; Maps of all kind covered her half of the wall. Some were incomplete, some had various lines and colors on them, but one in particular caught her eye, this map was old the corners were frail looking and yellowed with age, light gray shapes were scattered out through out what appeared to be the ocean. A faded dotted red line was the only speck of color on the entire page, "ooh!" Mizu cooed she went to touch it but she remembered her original task. She crawled over to the sleeping Nami and noticed a large blue tattoo on her shoulder "huh?" She questioned as she poked it, Nami twitched and Mizu shook her head back and forth "stay on task" she thought "Auntie-Nami" she gently said as she shook her shoulder
Nami awoke with a flinch "what? Who is it?" she asked groggily
"It's Mizu" she answered "I brought you some breakfast"
Nami sat up and patted her head in approval "really?"
"mmhmm!" She replied with enthusiasm as she crawled down off Nami's bed and lifted the breakfast tray up to her. "Me and Puppy made it" she exclaimed proudly with a smile.
Nami took the tray and looked at the plate piled with scrambled eggs and toast she smiled at Mizu's attempt. "Mmm it looks delicious, thank you Mizu you're such a big help!"
Mizu's smile widened and she gave out a tiny laugh "really!?"
"Yep" Nami agreed "breakfast is the most important meal of the day!"
Mizu smiled and looked over to Robin who was the complete opposite of Nami and was sleeping in a graceful manner, her side of the room was very neat and tidy, a small bookshelf sat along the far wall and was stacked with books of all shapes and sizes. A stack of paper and more books occupied the desk while the two of them shared a small closet for all their clothing. "Robin doesn't eat much in the mornings" Nami said stuffing her mouth with eggs, "She'd probably like it if you peeled a few tangerines and made some toast for her." Nami hinted
"Thanks Auntie-Nami!" Mizu exclaimed as she scampered out the door to pick a few tangerines off Nami's trees.
"Hmm" Mizu thought as she examined the bushel of ripe orange fruit, "This one looks yummy" She gingerly plucked it off the tree "Ok now for the toast"
Mizu looked out at the ocean for a brief moment "I hope I can stay here forever" she thought "I love it here" She walked down the stairs and into the kitchen "Puppy! Auntie-Nami said that Auntie-Robin would probably want toast and fruit" She handed him the small tangerine
"Ok you're the chef!" Chopper said as he turned around and began peeling the fruit, "hey I made some eggs for Sanji" he began "do you wanna take them to him?"
"Yes!" Mizu grabbed the plate in excitement, glad that she could be useful. She walked out of the kitchen slowly waked down the stairs to the guy's bunker where they slept. Holding the tray in both hands she looked amongst the men for the blond chef who was peacefully sleeping with one leg hanging out of his hammock and a smoldering cigarette hanging off his bottom lip. "Uncle-Sanji" Mizu said as she placed the tray onto the floor
"uuh" Sanji moaned as he woke up "what is it now Luffy?!" he scolded as he rubbed his eyes.
"umm" Mizu said "I-I"
Sanji realized that it was not Luffy's whiney voice "Oh!" he said when he saw Mizu "well now, you're much prettier than Luffy!"
Mizu giggled and handed his the tray of food "M-me and Puppy made everyone breakfast."
Sanji raised an eyebrow "really now, how cute you are my little chef!" He took the tray and eyeballed the food "Hmm this looks great! Good job Chef number 2!" Sanji praised.
Mizu giggled again and looked to Luffy who was snoring rather loudly "he eats a lot" she said "I guess I'll have to feed him last!"
Sanji laughed and stood up holding the tray in one hand "that plan will work as long as he doesn't wake up!"
"Hmmm I guess I'll have to be quiet then" she whispered "ok bye bye Uncle-Sanji, I have more of my friends to feed" she smiled gleefully.
"Ok then" he whispered back "get to it my little chef, make me proud!"
Mizu tip toed back upstairs to the kitchen to help chopper "I'm back Puppy!" she sang as she stepped back into the kitchen "Is Robin's breakfast ready?"
Chopper glanced up from the sizzling eggs he was tending to "yep it's right over there" he pointed over to the table.
"Ok thanks!" Mizu grabbed the plate and made her way to Robin and Nami's room once more.
"Good morning Mizu" Robin said as she folded her blankets and pressed them flat, Mizu offered her the plate "my my" She exclaimed with surprise "this looks delicious is it for me?"
"Yep" Mizu smiled "me and Puppy are makin breakfast!"
Robin flashed her a pleasant smile "that sounds like fun, thank you for breakfast Mizu."
"Mmhmm!" Mizu exclaimed returning her smile, she walked back to the kitchen and sat on the floor in exhaustion "whew" she wiped the sweat off her forehead "this is hard work."
"But you're doing such a great job" Chopper said as he shoveled some eggs onto a plate "I already fed Luffy" he said "He smelled Sanji's food and came to pester me"
"that's ok puppy" Mizu smiled as she looked up at the ceiling laying on her back "Puppy?" she asked
"What is it" Chopper replied as he cracked an egg into the pan
" Am I a…bother?"
Chopper looked confused "now why would you say that? Mizu of course you're not a bother."
"Well I always remember my momma calling me a bother when she did things like you guys do for me, like buying me a new dresses, taking me to the beach, making me food, stuff like that" Mizu paused "I just wanted to know if I was bothering anyone that's all."
Chopper walked over to her and leaned over to her face "Mizu everyone here loves you, I can't imagine anyone calling you a bother."
"Ok thanks puppy" She sat up and looked at the counter "all right next order goes tooo…?"
"Here take these two to Zoro" Chopper said handing her two plates heaping with food
Mizu took the two plates looking a little confused "why two?"
"Because" Chopper smiled "you deserve a break, go ahead have some breakfast. I'm going to wake up Ussop and give him his food and eat mine as well."
"Are you sure?" She questioned
"Yeah don't worry about it" he said with a smile "go ahead"
"thanks puppy!" She said happily as she took the plates and walked out of the kitchen and over to the mast.
Mizu set the plates on the ground "big brother" she said "time to wake up"
"eeh?" Zoro said groggily "oh Mizu, good morning"
"look! She said happily as she held out the plate "me and puppy woke up reeealy early this morning and made breakfast!"
"mmm" Zoro drooled "looks good!" Mizu handed him his plate and sat down next to him
"I'm gunna eat mine too ok?" She said grabbing her plate and fork.
"Ok you go on right ahead" Zoro smiled as he took a bite of the eggs, it warmed his stomach and tasted great "mm! Good job Mizu this is delicious!" he praised
Mizu looked up from her food and smiled "I'm glad you like it, we worked hard to be useful!"
"You're much more than useful!" Zoro exclaimed as he gave her a loving pat on the head.
"Mizuuu" Nami sang "You commin?" She stood by the ladder of the ship waiting for the small girl
"Yep!" Mizu ran over to Zoro and hugged his leg "I'll be back later big brother!"
"Ok Mizu, you be good now" Zoro said as she ran back over to Nami
"Ok Auntie-Nami I'm ready!" She followed her down the ladder and the two of them headed into the town. Nami asked Mizu to come help her buy groceries but her true intention was to buy Mizu some things in case Zoro decided to keep her.
Nami stopped outside of a small dress shop "You buy groceries here?" Mizu asked confused
"No honey, I'm gunna buy you a few things ok, so don't you dare say no!"
Mizu gasped "b-but"
"Ah!" nami scolded playfully as she wagged her finger "I said not to disagree"
"Ok" Mizu said realizing that she couldn't fight against her Auntie-Nami.
They walked in to the small shop and picked out a few dresses and some assorted shirts and pants. Mizu smiled happily as she hugged Nami's leg
"Mizu why don't you get an ice cream while I pay?" She suggested
"Ok!" Mizu exclaimed as Nami handed her a few coins, She walked out of the store and over to the ice cream cart. After buying her frozen treat Mizu went and sat in the shade of a nearby tree. "Mmm" She said as she licked her ice cream "Oh what's this?" She questioned as she reached for a small pink fruit that was inside a hole in the tree. Mizu examined the fruit with curiosity, "It's pretty" she exclaimed as she turned it around in her hands. It was a vibrant pink and about the size of a golf ball, but the most curious thing was that it was in the shape of a heart. Mizu sniffed it "mm smells sweet" she brought the fruit to her lips and took a bite of it, "yummy!" She exclaimed as she finished eating it.
"Mizu!" Nami yelled as she waved over to her "let's go"
"Ok!" Mizu yelled back, she ran to Nami but when she reached her she didn't feel so good "…Auntie-Nami" Mizu said weakly "I don't feel good"
Nami bent down and held a hand up to the girl's forehead "hmm you don't have a fever…" She sighed "maybe it was that ice cream; come on you can lay down when we get back ok?" She said concerned.
"Ok" Mizu took hold of Nami's hand and they both walked back to the ship
Once they were back, Nami told Zoro that Mizu didn't feel good; Zoro freaked out and immediately went to go see her.
He knocked on the door "Mizu? Are you ok?" Zoro walked in and saw her feverishly scratching her stomach "It itches" she replied with frustration
"hmm?" Zoro walked over to her and felt her forehead just as Nami had done "no fever"
He lifted up her shirt where she was itching underneath it was a pink heart forming on her stomach. "Oh my god…what is that?!" he yelled
"B-big brother…what's wrong?" She asked nervously
"I don't know… Mizu what did you do today?"
"W-well I went with Auntie-Nami to get some things, a-and I had some ice cream"
"Is that all" Zoro asked as a cold sweat started to give him shivers
"Well I did find this yummy fruit" She answered hesitantly
Zoro's heart skipped a beat with fear as she told him about the fruit "d-devil's fruit" All the sudden he felt faint and sat on the edge of the bed.
"What's that?" Mizu asked "I'm scared big brother"
Zoro pulled her into a hug "It's what Luffy ate to get his stretchy powers"
"But I don't feel any different" she said looking up at him
"I know Mizu, it's going to be ok, I'll be right here"
Zoro thought of all the devil's fruit that he could remember, all signs pointed to the lovely lovely fruit. "I'll have to look into this" Zoro thought "But this might not be a bad thing… Depending on what it does…she might just be able to stay."
Allright so how was it? Did you all like the plot twist? Sorry i would have elaborated more towards the end but ugh! My hands started to cramp up! Ok so review and tell me if you liked the chapter and if you like where this is going
:) thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far:)
