A/N: I managed to meet my goal, yay! The next one will probably be again in another fortnight, all the reading I'm having to do is doing my head in.
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Chopper didn't think he had ever felt as relieved as he did when he realised that the entire crew was back together again after the trials of the afternoon.

Traveling on the Knock-Up-Stream that morning had been terrifying, and maybe a little exhilarating and the first view of the sky-sea had been incredible. There had been a few moments of utter terror when the oxygen levels had stopped Luffy, Zoro and Sanji from fighting, but that had passed quickly enough.

It had been fun meeting Conis and her father, new friends in a new place, an adventure learning in the way things work in the sky. It had been too bad that he hadn't been able to talk much about the way they go about healing up here, whether there were any new things he could learn as a doctor for his patients.

But then had come those white hat guys and told them that they had managed to break the laws of Sky Island and in order to try and get away before something happened they had tried to set off. Leaving Luffy, Sanji and Usopp to gather supplies while the rest of them readied the Merry.

Then that lobster thing had grabbed them and pulled them away, leaving the others behind. To Chopper that journey had been a mass of confusion and fear, wondering if the others would be able to find them again.

Chopper could clearly remember Zoro calmly telling Nami, Robin and himself to abandon ship while still close to the beach, offering to stay aboard and protect Merry. At least, before the sky-sea monsters made it clear that that was not an option. (Probably not the swordsman's best thought out plan, Chopper thinks back on it now, given that he and Robin were both Devil Fruit users and the "Luffy experiment" back at the beach proved that the cloud sea had the same effect on them as the blue one they knew.)

Chopper remembers the pride and confidence he had felt when he had been left to protect the Merry in his own while the others explored. The trust the others had shown in him for it had been incredible, that they thought him capable of such an important job on his own was a great honour.

He shies from the thought of what had happened after, the guilt and shame he felt for not living up to the trust they felt in him still fills a large section of his mind and heart. It had only been slightly lessened by the comments of the rest of the crew about what he had been able to do, and their lack of comments on his weakness. Still it had been a blow to his small store of self-confidence.

He remembered the panicked reaction of Nami at the sight of the Merry when the explorers returned. Her panicked calls for him over the space between the bank and the alter. He hadn't been able to bring himself to answer her, nor the softer, calmer calls of their newer crewmate. But when Zoro had called his name he couldn't ignore it. It had been against what he had learned of the crew for him to attempt to ignore it.

But it had only been his welfare that they had been able to ask about before, the others had joined them and calls to check on each other had been made. No-one turning to the state of the Merry until after all had been declared well with the crew.

Now they partied together because for now all was well and there would be gold for them to find tomorrow.