Soooooo... This story is by hard my hardest story to write. It's not even that complex and I think that's why. So if any of you guys want to continue it just let me know. I'm going to try to continue while I have it but... it's MY TOUGHEST OPPONENT YET!
It took a couple of days but Chopper was content with the improvement of her injuries. Many of the wounds had to be cut and burned and that had been a horrible experience in itself….
"Huh?"
Rina looked at chopper who was going over her vitals,
"Is something wrong?"
Robin who was also in the room with a white jacket of her own narrowed her eyes at her but it wasn't negatively more like trying to figure out a puzzle, then she sighed,
"Should have figured if her body is built against poison, anesthesia would also be impractical"
Another word Rina was lost at,
"Um.. is there something i can do?"
Rina said looking over the two surgeons. But Chopper shook his head looking down,
"I can't do it...If i can't numb the pain i can't do it"
Robin looked at Rina who still wasn't following and looked down,
"You have to."
Chopper glared at her,
"You said so yourself that the only way for it to heal is to cut off the excess. If you don't she won't heal and it will always be like that. Are you okay with that?"
"OF COURSE NOT! BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME TO PERFORM WHILE SHE'S WIDE AWAKE AND CAN FEEL IT!? DO YOU KNOW HOW PAINFUL THAT WILL BE?! I DON'T WANT TO PUT HER IN PAIN!"
Ah... so he was being kind again. Rina had come to learn that Chopper had the softest heart on the crew. He worried for everyone and cared for her like no other, making sure that sanji didn't give her too much food, that she didn't do anything strenuous and that she was okay. She smiled,
"It's okay chopper"
Chopper looked at her incredulously,
"Even if it hurts, i trust you. I can bare it for a bit."
Chopper's lip quivered and Rina wondered if she had said something wrong. But Robin smiled,
"Thank you Rina. Indeed it will be painful but once we do this your body will start to heal naturally again."
Rina didn't really care about the wounds on her back, sometimes they itched and sometimes weird goo leaked out but… Well if they wanted to do this she would. Rina turned back to Chopper holding his hooves in her hands so that he would look at her; and he did.
"Please, Maybe i'm being cruel to ask this of you but i believe in you…."
Like Bo always believed in her,
"If i can do this.. You can too."
Chopper couldn't defy those determined blue eyes and caved,
"It will be most likely the most painful thing…"
"No"
Rina said leaning back to sit on the infirmary bed
"Losing Bo was the most painful thing i'll ever experience"
Neither crew members said a word as they understood,
"We'll need to hold her down."
Chopper said and Robin simply nodded before she left the room. When she returned in tow were Zoro, Luffy and Sanji.
"So what's up?"
"Sanji no smoking in the infirmary!"
Chopper scolded and Rina could help but pout a bit cause honestly Sanji looked cooler when he was smoking,
Zoro sighed,
"Why did you want us? Isn't she doing that surgery thing today?"
Chopper nodded,
"Yes however due to the composition of her body….anesthesia doesn't work."
Luffy looked lost and Rina took comfort that she wasn't the only one who didn't understand.
"Her body essentially has an ability to break down the chemical formula of anything that goes into her body and change it to nutrients. If the influx is too great of course she'll throw it up."
"What about a tranquilizer?"
Another word Rina didn't quite get but Zoro did if the glare was anything to go by. Sanji raised his hands in playful surrender,
"Anything to help the young lady"
She blushed at the comment. But chopper sighed,
"We tried that, we even used enough anesthesia to kill a man but nothing's worked."
Luffy looked up with a smile,
"So you want to put her to sleep then just knock her out!"
"That sounds like a good idea"
Zoro sent Sanji another glare, Robin smiled if only at their antics.
"That would be feasible if we could numb her body but unfortunately the pain from the surgery will without a doubt rouse her even if she's knocked out"
That brought a silence...pain from the surgery…
"It's going to be that intense?"
Zoro said quietly, chopper frowned,
"We have to cut and seal the flesh… so yes"
"You alright with this Rina?"
Rina jumped as Luffy addressed her, for a second she had felt pretty invisible.
"It's gonna hurt, real bad. You gonna do it?"
Rina looked around the room, they weren't going to force her, they wanted her permission like it was of value. She smiled as she looked at the downcast reindeer; then looked back to Luffy.
"I believe in chopper, and Robin. Even if it hurts i can take it!"
Luffy smiled at the answer then looked at Robin who was also smiling and Chopper who was blushing,
"Alright let's do it."