***Author's Note: I do not own One Piece, Oda does, I do own the characters I made up in this story (ex: Ivy, Cecily (Shadow), and any other made up characters throughout this story that I might create). Also, please do not copy this story and claim it as your own***

Chapt. 53: The Rush Towards the Doctor, The Witch Appears, and The Waffle Gang Strikes Again

"How many times has Ivy told you, Luffy," Shadow frowned over at Luffy, as they were walking through the snow, dodging a small white rabbit that came at her, "When it's snowing, or raining outside you need to wear the proper clothes."

"Yeah," Sanji agreed, walking next to Luffy, also dodging the small white rabbit that had come after him, "Nobody wears sandals when there is almost 5 feet of snow on the ground."

"Just looking at your feet is painful.," Sanji and Shadow deadpanned, once again dodging the same white rabbit.

"I'm not changing my police," Luffy glared at Sanji and Shadow, dodging the rabbit same rabbit that tried going after him now, "Someone told me a long time ago that everyone has something they wear that their known for, so my red vest, my Straw Hat, and my sandals are what I'm known for."

"I'm pretty sure that you mean policy," Shadow intoned, a sweatdrop on her head, glancing over at Luffy, dodging the rabbit again, "And you're only known for your straw hat you dummy."

"Well whatever," Luffy grinned, ignoring Shadow, turning towards Sanji, avoiding the rabbit, "Did you know that people who live in snow countries don't sleep at all?"

"Huh," Sanji sweatdropped, glancing over at Luffy with a raised eyebrow, sidestepping away from the rabbit, "Why is that?"

"Cause if they do sleep then they'll freeze to death in their sleep." Luffy grinned over at Sanji, shuffling towards Sanji to avoid the rabbit again.

"That's the stupidest thing that I have ever heard," Sanji deadpanned, a large sweatdrop on his head, ducking his head down to avoid the rabbit, "Everyone has to sleep at some point, nimrod."

"It's the truth," Luffy glared, walking beside Sanji, swerving his body at an angle to sidestep the rabbit, "Someone told me that a long time ago."

"Who? Usopp?," Sanji intoned, rolling his eyes at Luffy, lifting his leg up and avoiding the rabbit, "You believe things way too much."

"No, it wasn't Usopp," Shadow deadpanned, an expressionless voice, moving closer to Sanji to dodge the rabbit once again, "Ivy's boyfriend told him that when they were younger, because he knew Luffy would believe pretty much anything someone says."

"Nu-Huh," Luffy pouted over at the two, ducking his head down to dodge the rabbit, "He said that it was a proven fact."

"Back then, those two didn't exactly get along," Shadow explained to Sanji, ignoring Luffy, turning her body to miss the rabbit's attack, "Actually, it was more Ivy's boyfriend that had issues with Luffy and Luffy didn't have a problem with him."

"I can believe that," Sanji smirked, shaking his head, sprinting up a little to evade the rabbit's attack, "Luffy can be annoying at times."

"He wouldn't lie to me." Luffy defended, frowning at the two of them, shuffling to the left to evade the rabbit coming after him.

"Yeah, now he wouldn't." Shadow muttered under her breath, rolling her eyes, sidestepping out of the way from the same rabbit charging at her.

"Ok if what you say is true Luffy," Sanji challenged, leaping a little up in the air as the rabbit charged at him again, "Then why does that Dalton guy have a bed in his house?"

"Hmm…good point," Luffy frowned, scrunching his eyebrows together in concentration, snapping his fingers and grinning over at the two, dodging the oncoming rabbit flying towards him, "I got it, it's for when he dies."

"What an idiot." Shadow groaned, face-palming, (or paw-palming if you prefer), a sweatdrop on her head, and avoiding the rabbit again.

"That's even more stupid," Sanji claimed, jumping up into the air as the rabbit came after him again, "Ok then, did you know that women in snowy countries have skin smooth as silk?"

"No I didn't know that," Luffy frowned, bending down a little to dodge the rabbit, "How come?"

"It's because when you're cold you rub your skin together to get warmer," Sanji explained, sidestepping the rabbit coming after him again, "So that's why women in snow countries have snowy smooth skin."

"Ok," Luffy spoke slowly, furrowing his eyebrows, stepping closer to Shadow when the same rabbit came after him again, "Then why is their skin snow white?"

"The snow dyes their skin white." Sanji explained, in his heart-mode, moving out of the way of the rabbit.

"Sanji, you're pretty dumb you know that." Luffy commented, raising an eyebrow over at Sanji, evading the rabbit.

"LIKE YOU'RE ONE TO TALK!" Sanji bared his teeth at Luffy, a huge tick mark on his head, and kicking the rabbit when it came to attack him again, "YOU'RE BECOMING A PAIN IN MY ASS!"

You both are idiots Shadow thought, a sweatdrop on her head, glancing over at the two.

"No kidding," Luffy frowned, watching the bunny soar away, walking next to Sanji, "What was that thing anyways?"

"Ummm…" Shadow called over her shoulders, widening her eyes, skidding to a halt upon seeing gigantic bunnies blocking their way, "Sanji, I really don't think you should've done that."

"Huh," Sanji wondered, tilting his head sideways in confusion, coming to a stop next to Shadow, widening his eyes when he saw the bunnies blocking their path, "Why do you say tha…shit."

"What's the matter you two?" Luffy questioned, furrowing his brows in confusion, stopping beside Sanji, widening his eyes when he saw the rabbits too, "What are those things?"

"My guess," Shadow began, looking at those rabbits, "It's those Lapins that Dalton warned us about."

"Nu-Huh," Luffy countered, frowning slightly at Shadow, "They're obviously polar bears."

"HOW DID YOU COME TO THAT CONCLUSION ?!" Sanji bared his teeth at Luffy, "THEY LOOK NOTHING LIKE POLAR BEARS YOU DIMWIT!"

"Because, we're close to the mountains and they're big and white, duh," Luffy spoke slowly, explaining to Sanji like it was the most obvious thing in the world, "What else could they be?"

"Well whatever the hell they are," Shadow shrilled, looking at the two boys with an edge of panic, "They're coming, so we need to get away from them right now."

"LUFFY WATCH OUT!" Sanji shouted, seeing one of the huge bunnies soar at Luffy, "How can they move so fast when they're so freaking huge? Are they gorillas?"

"I already told you Sanji, they're polar bears," Luffy frowned over at Sanji, dodging the "polar bear", "You don't listen do you?"

"YOU'RE THE LAST PERSON THAT I WANT TO HEAR THAT FROM!" Sanji bared his teeth at Luffy, running alongside Shadow with Luffy on his other side, "AND THEIR RABBITS, STUPID!"

"How did you get from gorilla to a rabbit?" Luffy puzzled, tilting his head in confusion, running next to Sanji.

"WHO CARES WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE YOU MORONS!" Shadow bared her teeth at them, running alongside Sanji, "WE NEED TO HURRY AND GET IVY AND NAMI TO A DOCTOR!"

"Move it you damn bunnies," Sanji glared at the bunnies, turning towards us as we run and dodge those stupid bunnies, "Listen Luffy and Shadow, just leave those annoying rabbits to me. You two just keep dodging them."

"Got it," Shadow nodded, running beside Luffy, while Sanji flanked us from behind, "You'll watch our backs then."

"Why can't we fight them?" Luffy whined, glancing back at Sanji.

"Because if we did then it would only make Ivy and Nami's condition worse," Shadow explained slowly, glancing over at Luffy, "Think what would happen if either of them got hurt if we fought those bunnies."

"Damn, it's so annoying that we can't fight them when they're coming after us though," Luffy grumbled, dodging the bunnies, calling over his shoulder at Sanji, "Sanji, then what are we supposed to do?"

"Just dodge the rabbits," Sanji directed, kicking rabbits away from us as he ran, "Let me handle the fighting."

"It's kinda difficult when we have rabbits coming after us," Luffy bared his teeth at Sanji, "But that's the only thing we can do right now."

"We need to get rid of them somehow," Shadow observed, turning her head back at Sanji, "It'll take us hours to fight all of them."

"I know, and with all this snow I can't get a good footing to land a solid kick at them," Sanji grumbled, running behind us, and kicking the rabbits, "Damn, these rabbits sure are persistent."

"Sanji, Shadow, there's a cliff up ahead," Luffy pointed out, running towards the cliff, bouncing on the bunny, landing on the cliff, and sticking his tongue out at the rabbits when Sanji and Shadow came up beside Luffy, "Can't get us now you stupid bunnies, bleh."

"NICE GOING YOU MORON!" Shadow bared her teeth over at Luffy, running alongside, Luffy and Sanji, glancing back to see that the bunnies are chasing them, "NOW THOSE BUNNIES ARE REALLY PISSED!"

"DID YOU REALLY HAVE TO GO AND TAUNT THEM?!" Sanji bared his teeth at Luffy, running alongside Shadow.

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Back at Dalton's

"I've been wondering something," Dalton stated, glancing over at Usopp and Vivi, "You guys are pirates traveling the seas, yet you guys still don't have a doctor isn't that a pretty reckless thing to do?"

"We've been meaning to get one for a while now," Usopp grinned, scratching the back of his head, "But our captain doesn't actually think of things ahead of time, he's more the type that deals with the problem when we get to it."

"I suppose that is one way to live." Dalton chuckled softly.

"Dalton," the voice of the lady that Usopp thought she was a polar bear called, knocking on his door, "I've heard that you've been looking for Dr. Kureha?"

"Yes that's right," Dalton nodded, opening the door and ushering her in, "These people have two very sick friends that are in dire need of her help."

"That's a shame," the lady stated, standing outside the door, "I just heard that she was seen in Coco Weed."

"Bow to the bear." Usopp muttered, bowing to the "bear".

"Dalton, we need to get there as soon as possible," Vivi stated, looking over at Dalton, then smacking Usopp upside the head, "Quite being rude."

"Yes, we can get there using my sleigh," Dalton nodded, running out the door with Vivi and Usopp right behind him, "Let's go."

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At Coco Weed

"WAHHHH!" Tamachibi cried.

"Would you mind doing something about your kid?" a random customer sitting at a stool inside a restaurant frowned at the owner.

"Tamachibi, please tell me what's wrong?" the father inquired, looking his son in the eyes, "If you don't stop crying then you'll have to go up to your room."

"That doesn't sound like a very nice father," an old lady cackled, kicking the door off its hinges, "HAPPY I'M HERE? DO YOU WANT MY SECRET TO STAYING YOUNG?"

"DR. KUREHA?!" all the people in the restaurant exclaimed with bugging eyes, running towards the other side of the restaurant, "No thank you."

"Hmm," Dr. Kureha smirked, walking closer to the boy, turning towards the father as a creature walked through the door, "Do you want me to treat the boy?"

"No, he's not sick or anything.," the father stuttered, putting his arms around his son.

"Well excuse me…doctor," Kureha smirked, starting to walk towards the door, "Since you know so much about sicknesses, my friend here and I will leave then."

"Ah, wait come back.," the father pleaded towards Kureha and her "friend" before they could leave.

"Do me a favor and get my medical bag from the sleigh," Kureha directed down towards her friend, motioning for the father to put the boy on the table, "Place the boy on the table."

"Alright," the father nodded, placing the boy on the table, looking at his son, "Be good for the doctor alright."

Just as I thought, Kureha thought as she glanced over the boy, looking down at the boy with a smirk, "Could you tell me what hurts little boy?"

"My arms.," Tamachibi hiccupped, glancing up at Dr. Kureha.

"Uh-Huh," Kureha smirked, touching the boy's leg, "Does…this hurt?"

"AHHHH!" Tamachibi screamed.

"There, now you forgot all the pain in your arms," Kureha cackled, grabbing the medical bag from her friend that came back into the restaurant, "Thank you."

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?!" all the people in the restaurant bared their teeth at her.

"Calm down, I barely touched the boy," Kureha smirked over her shoulders at them, reaching into her bag, pulling out a scalpel, and turning towards the boy, "He has an infection that needs to be operated on quickly, if we're not too late he should be fine."

"You're doing the surgery here?" the father puzzled, glancing at Kureha, "Shouldn't you be giving him anesthesia?"

"This is the anesthesia," Kureha cackled, her friend had knocked the boy out by head butting him, then she went to work on fixing the boy, and she wrapped his legs up when she was done, "All you have to do is wrap his legs, now for my payment I'll be taking your trash bags, toilet paper, plume wine, all of your food, oh and 50% of this shop's assets."

"50%? That's way too much.," the father glared at Kureha.

"Thanks old lady," Tamachibi smiled over at Kureha from the couch that he was laying on, "The pain's all gone."

"Your son just gave me a nice tip, so I'll reduce my fee to 49%," Kureha smirked, turning towards the boy before walking out of the restaurant with her friend behind her, "Oh and boy this happiness you're feeling don't ever forget it."

"Thank you," the father smiled up at Kureha, watching her leave the restaurant, "I'll pay the cost."

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Back at where the Going Mary is

"We've finally made it back to our home," Wapol grinned creepily, landing on Drum Island with his cronies, as Chess and Kuromarimo had killed all the guards on the cliff, "I wonder if the citizens of Drum Kingdom missed me."

"I'm sure they have your majesty," Chess assured, glancing around, noticing a ship, and pointing to it, "Hey Kuromarimo isn't that those pirates' ship that we bumped into earlier?"

"Yes it is," Kuromarimo nodded, turning towards Wapol, "Your greatness Sir, it appears those disrespectful scum have landed on this island."

"What?" Wapol hissed, glaring over at the ship, "How dare they lie to me when they said they never heard of this place before. FIND THEM AT ONCE!"

"Judging from these footprints," Chess guessed, glancing down at the snow, "It appears that they were heading to Big Horn, Wapol Sir."

"Shall we go after them, your majesty?" Kuromarimo smirked at Wapol.

"Oh yes we will," Wapol smirked darkly, "I'm going to teach that Straw Hat a lesson."

"A fine plan indeed, your greatness," Chess smirked, calling over to the other soldiers, "You heard your king, now let's move out."

TO BE CONTINUED…