Crazy trouble with love part 8
Poire and Chopper
Series: One Piece
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"I… I can't believe he's gone.." Nami said as she slumped down as she watched Bege roll away. "Sanji…"
"I...I can't just let him get away with this!" spoke up Chopper with a frown. "Sanji's our friend!"
"I know but… what can we do? He wanted to go!" She said in desperation.
"Then… I'll go after him!"
Nami turned to the reindeer before seeing him start running. "Chopper stop!"
"Tell Luffy I'll be back soon!"
"Chopper wait!" Called Brook as Chopper kept his eyes on Bege and morphed into his running point.
'I don't know what's going on Sanji, but dealing with it on your own isn't something you shouldn't have to worry about! We can help you as friends, as a crew!' "You need to stay, you need to tell Luffy where we went and to guide him to us!" He called back to Nami while said navigator bit her lip.
'Damn it, I know he's right…. Be safe Chopper, please!'
"I'll go after him!" Spoke Wanda.
"No Wanda, don't." Spoke up Nami stopping the mink who looked confused.
"But if I don't, they'll-"
"It's ok." She spoke while trying to give a smile. "Chopper knows what he's doing. We'll find out where they went and be there ready to help."
"But… what if they can't?"
"They have to… I know they can." She said as her eyes began to water.
Wanda looked at her friend with concern and back where Chopper ran to and nodded. "Alright Nami-san."
"Thanks…" She sniffed as we cut to Chopper running as fast as he could in deer form.
'I need to keep up with him and try to keep from getting spotted, if his body can shrink a person down into it like a building, then logically it should have an opening I can go into.' He thought as he ran closer and closer. 'As long as I stay quiet and smart about it he shouldn't notice me hitching a ride!'
Bege himself kept his eyes straight ahead, and thought he heard something behind, but shrugged it off while spotting the edge of the forest coming up ahead, which would also be where his ship was anchored down at the bottom on the water. 'Good, once I get there, the faster I can get to Chiffon and our little boy.'
But as he got near it, he had to skid the tracks to an abrupt stop when he heard some commotion going on inside him making him get annoyed before changing the treads back to normal legs, then allowed himself to go inside his own body, which Chopper noticed.
'He stopped? Does he know I'm following?' He thought as he kept racing forward. 'No, if he was he would have turned to face me or something, is it something else?' He wondered before slowing down and looked at a small rock near him and then at the body. 'I wonder…'
He gave the rock a hard tap and watched it roll near him, only for it to shrink when it reached a point making him grin. 'Yes! He must be inside his body, which means now's my chance!' He thought as he ran forward and took a leap, shuddering as he grew smaller and landed on his shoulder. He braced himself to keep from slipping off and returned to his normal form while pumping his hooves up. "I made it!"
He looked around before scratching his head. 'Now where do I hide where he won't find me… and how do I get in?' He looked around the body while trying to keep from falling before spotting what looked like stairs on the neck leading downward. 'Yes! A way in!' He thought as he charged downstairs.
Said stairs lead downward towards what looked like a balcony area with a door leading to the body right under the chin. 'Ok, all I gotta do is go in and I'll be able to find Sanji!' thought Chopper as he reached the bottom and moved to the doors. 'This was easier than I-'
"S-Sorry boss, it won't happen again!" Cried a grunt as he slammed the door open, hitting Chopper hard and sending him crashing into the side of the balcony, wedging him between the door and the chin. "It was an accident, I swear!"
"Well you shouldn't have been taunting him! We need him alive and in one piece!" growled Bege walking towards the grunt with a frown. "Now there's a hole right in my body, and you know how much that hurts."
"I know, I know boss! I'm sorry, I'll work hard to fix it, I swear!"
"Damn right you will, or-" Bege stopped when he heard a groaning sound. "Learn to keep your balls at least until after I take them. I haven't even shot you."
"Uh...boss, that wasn't me."
"Then who the hell was that?" He growled in annoyance.
The grunt was about to say something, but saw the door slowly close and saw Chopper slide down to the balcony with swirls in his eyes with his head swaying. "I think that boss."
"Huh?" He said as he turned to Chopper and groaned. "Great, it's one of that blondes crew mates, how did he get on board?!"
"I don't know boss, should I toss him over the side?"
"Well I don't get what good we're gonna get out of him. Frankly I should just shoot him if he thought he could try and sneak on here to get his pal back."
"Yeah… or we could keep him captive, maybe give him to Big Mom on the side? Don't she like animals that are kinda weird?" Suggested the other man with Bege raising an eyebrow.
"You got a problem with my decision?" He raised his gun at him making the man sweat in fear.
"N-Not at all boss, just a suggestion!" He said fearfully. "I-I just figured, maybe she'd appreciate the gesture. You know, something to help get on her good side."
"I already am, I married her daughter." He muttered as he glared at Chopper before getting an idea. "Daughter….I think I know how to punish this idiot." He lowered the gun and turned to the doors. "Get him inside and make sure he's tied up and put in a crate, we're gonna be making a delivery."
"Really? To who?"
"None of your business who, and drug him if you have too, I don't want him waking up until we arrive."
"Yes boss." Nodded the man as they went back inside with him picking Chopper up who groaned while out like a light. 'Poor guy, he's pretty much dead already.'
(Later)
Chopper snoring with a snot bubble while on his belly and in somewhere dark. As he snored he didn't notice the area he was in start to shake, as if the whole world was moving. But he did roll on his side and hit something making the bubble pop and him start to stir. "Hu- what? What's going on?" He groaned as he tried to sit up only to hit his head on something. "Ow, hey what was that? Why's it so dark?"
He began to feel around and all he could feel on all sides was wood. "Am I in a box?!" he went wide eyed and tried to stand up, but his antlers hit the top and he noted his arms were pinned. 'Wait, have I been captured?! Did they bury me alive?! What's going on?!'
He looked around and tried moving around, but tripped and yelped when the area shifted again and he fell on his back. "Ow… ok, so I'm not buried… or is there an earthquake?!"
"Ugh, what'a in this thing, bricks?"
"Don't know, but it sure ain't feathers."
"You can say that again, now where are we goin' again?"
"We gotta drop it off at Lady Poire and Galette's home, it's made to go to Lady Poire, so that gives an idea what's in here."
"Fur, money or booze?"
"Exactly." Said one grunt as Chopper tilted his head in confusion.
'Lady Poire? I've never heard of that, but if I'm being sent there ...oh no! I was found out!' He thought as he began to move around frantically. 'I gotta get out of here!'
"Hey, is this box shaking to you?"
"I think it is, I guess there's some animal in here or something."
"Boy, I sure wouldn't wanna be that poor bastard."
"Yeah, well, we're almost there anyway, I just hope they're home."
Chopper groaned and squirmed against the ropes as best as he could. 'Come on, get loose! I can't change until they're off or they might kill me!'
The box soon began to stop as Chopper felt it get set down and heard a knock.
"Hello? Is anyone home?" Called one of the men.
"We've got a package here for Lady Poire." called the other one.
They waited and heard nothing before sighing. "I guess they ain't home, huh?"
"Wanna leave this here and go get some booze?"
"Sure." Said the other before Chopper felt the box fall to the ground.
"Ow." He groaned when he hit his head and shook it while tugging at the ropes harder.
"Come on, I heard there's a good place to drink down the road."
"Great, I've been meaning to get shitfaced all week."
'They're leaving? Yes! This means I can call for help!' Thought Chopper who inhaled. "Help! Someone get me out of here!" He called as he kept struggling. "Someone, please, help!"
That's when he heard the sound of a door along with yawning. "Man, I needed that nap."
'Who is that? Wait, is that who they were delivering me too?'
"Huh? What's this crate doing here? Maybe it's the money Pudding owes for those favors I did for her." The voice called as the crate was picked up. "Oof, whatever is in here sure is heavy."
"Hey! Let me out!" He cried before the crate was dropped and he hit his cheek. "OW!"
"Whoa! What the hell?! Is there someone in here?!"
"Help! Get me out of here!"
"Ok, ok, calm down, let me get you inside first." She picked the crate back up while shutting the door. "Honestly, is this some kind of prank? Was it Cracker who did this? He's still mad over that whole cake fiasco I just know it."
"I-I don't know." Lied Chopper nervously. 'She's probably the enemy, right? That means I can't let her know who I am!'
The person put the crate down and moved away to grab a crowbar, wedged it under a plank, and started pushing upwards against it. "Don't worry, I'll have you free in no….time?"
"Ahh, thank...you?" He said as he looked up to see a woman with a large grin full of sharp teeth and what looked like a panda hoodie on.
"Hey, you can talk!" She spoke up with Chopper feeling nervous seeing the teeth glisten in the light as she leaned down to look at him closer.
"Yeah… can you untie me now?" He said as he struggled a bit.
"Wow, I've never run into a talking reindeer before."
"Y-Yeah, one of a kind I guess, I ate the human-human fruit."
"Oooh, and a devil fruit user? You're one of a kind I'd say." She chuckled. "That's something Momma would be interested in."
"W-What?! Big Mom?!"
"Yeah, but then again I'm pretty interested myself~" She said with a grin. She reached down and picked him up and started carrying him under her arm. "Why don't you come with me, I've got a great spot that you will love."
"Um...ok?" He said in confusion and being unable to resist due to the rope. 'What is she talking about?'
"You can call me Poire by the way."
"Ok, Poire… can you untie me? I can walk on my own."
"Now now little guy, I'll untie you AFTER you see my special room." She said as she patted his head. 'Even his fur is soft, perfect!'
'Something's not right.' He thought with a frown. 'Why is she refusing to untie me? What's so special about this room?'
Poire went down some steps under a trapdoor with her humming as Chopper saw it was getting darker and darker.
'Ok, this is really not right!' Chopper thought as he began to struggle to get free. "Really, you can untie me now."
"No, no, no need for that." She chuckled as they reached a large metal door. She pushed it open and grinned wider. "We're here~"
Chopper looked in and gasped in horror, inside was a giant room full of different knives, scalpels, chemicals and large vats that had several pelts floating in them along with long racks full of different animal pelts with part of it housing a large amount of tailoring tools.
"Sorry about some of the blood, I've been meaning to clean up around here." She remarked walking in and set him down on the counter with a few pelts hanging near him making him pale. "Now you sit right here, I need to grab my tools."
"W-What?! What do you plan to do to me?!" He cried out as he doubled his struggles.
"Well you see little guy, I have a passion, and that's collecting pelts." She smiled walking over to some of the knives. "Whenever I find an animal that's unique in a way, or is so soft, I want to take their pelt and make it so I can wear them. It's like how some people like to make dresses, well I prefer to collect pelts only since it's so much easier, and cheaper by comparison. Do you know how much silk costs to have it shipped here? That's not cheap at all, but animal fur? All natural and easier to get." She chuckled as she looked him over. "And you? A walking, talking animal that ate a devil fruit? Why that's pretty rare~"
"Ah! N-N-No way! You don't want my pelt!" He cried out sweating bullets as she picked a large knife up and saw it glistened in the light.
"Oh but I do, I REALLY do~" She chuckled. "It may be small but I'll find a good use for it~"
"Really, it's all dirty, smelly, and...and...I've got fleas!" He cried out desperately.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure to wash you and stick your pelt in that tank to kill all the bacteria." She chuckled as she began to approach him.
Chopper let out a scream and jumped back, causing his ropes to get snagged on a knife, causing them to get cut. He and Poire just stared at the ropes in disbelief for a second before she bolted forward right as he jumped away. He ran to the door as she scowled.
"Get back here!" She shouted as she raced after him, grabbing several knives as she ran.
Chopper ran as fast as he could up the stairs with Poire right behind him. "I gotta get out of here!" He cried before a knife embedded itself in the stairs right in front of him.
"Get back here! I'm not going to let you just run off when my tools are just aching to be used!"
"No! I don't want to die!" He cried as he shifted into his deer form, throwing her for a loop.
"Wait, you can transform? Oh you are SO becoming my new pelt~!" She laughed as she raced after him. "I wonder how soft you are in that form? Oh my, you're big enough for a coat and a hat now!"
"I'm not gonna become either!" he cried out as he got through the trapdoor.
"No! Get back here!"
"No! I have to find Sanji and get us out of here!" He spoke as he ran to the door, only for it to suddenly lock on it's own and him to run smack dab against it. "Ow!"
"You're not going anywhere." grinned Poire as she hit a button while coming out from the trapdoor. "Now that every door and window in this house is locked up tight, we can get back to business~" She chuckled as Chopper gulped nervously before changing to his heavy point. "Oooh, you changed again. I wonder how many more you can do that."
"You won't know, because I will beat you and get out of here!" He said as she frowned.
"No, you won't!" Poire growled before throwing several knives. "Stop moving, I don't want to put more holes in you then I have too!"
"No!" Chopper cried as he barely dodged said knives. "Just leave me alone, stop trying to kill me!"
"Then calmly hold still and give me your pelt!"
"No you crazy woman!" He cried as he charged at her.
"I'm not crazy, I'm persistent!" she grinned before pulling out a long jagged knife that needed two hands to hold and charged at him.
"Persistent doesn't mean trying to skin me alive!" He yelled narrowly avoiding a slash and punched her in the stomach, sending her flying back.
"Augh, come on, you gave up the right to live when you arrived on my doorstep, now hold still and I can make this quick!" She groaned as she picked herself up.
"I didn't come willingly!" He yelled with his fists raised up. "I was just trying to save my friend and got knocked out."
"Well too bad for you, you failed, so just let me skin you!" She growled lunging at him and making him swing, but she flipped over by pushing off the fist and landed on his back before wrapping her arms and legs around him. "Gotcha!"
"Nooo!" He cried as he shifted into his horn point, surprising her once more.
"Wow, that's-AHHH!" She screamed when he used his horns to lift her up and send her flying backwards and against the ceiling. "Owww… ok, no more mister nice Poire."
Chopper turned his body around and started charging at the door.
"No!" She roared as she lunged at him. "You can't escape!"
"Yes I can!" He yelled as his horns hit the door, but he stumbled back and heard a ding making him blink confused, only to find Poire landing on his back.
"Ha, I got you now! Your pelts are mine!" She tried to bring a knife down, but he started bucking around wildly making her drop it. "Augh! Damn it! Hold still!"
"No! Guard point!" He cried as his fur suddenly grew out incredibly fast, knocking the crazed fur obsessed woman off of him.
Poire backflipped and stuck the landing with a grin. "The more you keep changing the more I want your pelt!"
"No! I won't let you, I can't die here!" He spoke firmly. "If you want my pelt, you'll have to work for it!"
"I wouldn't have it any other way!" She laughed as she charged at him. 'Oh I can't wait to get my hands on him, this is going to be the crown jewel of my collection!'
"Kung-fu point!" He spoke before his body expanded out in mass and took a martial arts stance.
"Another one? Not bad, but I prefer your furrier ones." She chuckled as she passed the knife from hand to hand. "Any other big ones I should know about?"
"Only monster point, but I can't use that here." He said with a frown.
"Oooh, now I REALLY wanna see it." She chuckled as she charged towards him. "Show me! Show me so I know what I'm dealing with when I start working on your pelt!"
"No!" He spoke managing to pivot away from the knife and grabbed her arm and judo threw her over his head. "I won't let you turn me into some kind of coat!"
"Oh don't worry, you're going to be an amazing one!" She chuckled as she looked him over before pausing. "Hey…. how do you change forms?"
"Why does that matter?" he asked, keeping his guard up.
"I just need to know, if you die in that form can I change you back to say your deer form afterwards?" She asked as she took another leap towards him pulling out another knife as she did, this one looking like it was made of stone.
"How should I know!" He declared before thrusting his hoove out in a palm thrust. She grinned as she ducked under it and pressed the knife against his arm, making him cry out as he suddenly felt all his strength leave him.
"I need to know because I want to make sure that I get the right pelt out of you, I want them all!"
Chopper's eyes widened and stumbled back while rubbing his arm. 'Oh no, is that made of seastone?'
"Now then, how about you change into that nice deer form, the one with the large pelt~?"
"Forget it. Jumping point!" He shrunk down to a slimmer size and jumped past her when she took a swipe.
"No fair! Come on, just work with me here!" she called as she pulled out another stone object, this one in the shape of a collar. She ran after him as he jumped down a hall and entered what looked like the kitchen and looked around for another door.
'There has to be another way out of here!' He thought in a panic.
"Oh deer boy, come out come out wherever you are~" She sang with Chopper looking around faster before spotting an open cupboard.
'Yes! I can hide in there!' He thought as he shrunk down to his brain point and crawled in. He shut the door and held his breath as he heard Poire run into the kitchen.
"Oh deer boy, where are you~?" she called as she looked around slowly. 'I don't hear his footsteps, is he hiding?'
'I can try and slip past her if she doesn't find me.' He thought as he heard her footsteps in the kitchen before heard her opening the cupboard next to him.
"Are you in here~? No? Well then maybe in here~?" She said as she opened up the cupboard on the other side of the one Chopper was in. "No? Then maybe...in here~?"
Chopper gulped as the door was opened and yelled before lunging out and latched onto her face, blocking her vision.
"Found you!" She laughed as she grabbed him and held on. "You can hold on all you want, but I'm not letting go now!"
'Augh! Damn it! I didn't think this through!' He thought as he hit at her head with hi small hooves. That's when he felt the collar go around his neck and groaned feeling his strength get sapped away. "No ...no...please…" He groaned as he began to lose his grip.
"There we go, now was that so hard?" She chuckled as she pulled him off her face. "It fits you just right, now let's get you back downstairs."
"No...I don't want to be a coat!" He cried as she just chuckled.
"Don't you worry now, I won't take your pelt yet, at least not right now. I need to figure out just how to get all your pelts without damaging them." She said as she rubbed her chin. "For now I'm going to make sure you're taken care of." She said as she began to head towards the stairs. "A happy animal is a happy pelt afterall."
"I'm not…" He groaned while unable to break from her grip. 'How do I get out of here, I have to get away from her!'
"Now then, let's get you nice and clean before we do anything else… I'm sorry, do you have a name?"
"Chopper…" He groaned as she patted his head.
"Chopper.. I like it!" She chuckled. 'Although, it does sound familiar.' She thought as they got further downstairs. "Now Chopper, I have something important to tell you, this is a special collar, it has sea stone but I can also adjust it to how severe it affects you, I can dial it back to where it just keeps you from changing and having enough energy to run away, or I can keep it as it is, understand?"
"Yes…"
"Good, now if you promise not to run I'll dial it back, deal?" She asked as they began to approach the room once more.
The reindeer groaned and could only give a nod.
"Good." She said as she turned a small dial on the back of the collar.
Chopper himself could feel some of his strength coming back to him, but not completely.
"Feeling better?" She asked as they entered the room before she closed the door behind them.
"Yeah...a little." he nodded while gulping when he saw the sharp tools again. 'She could kill me now and I can't stop her!' He thought before she began to take him towards a large metal table with a sink next to it.
"Now let's get you nice and clean."
"I-I don't need to be cleaned!" He argued as he began to struggle.
"Yes, you do, all my pelts have to be cleaned."
"Well I'm not gonna let you take mine!" He cried out in a mixture of fear and frustration. "Let me go! I don't wanna be turned into a coat!"
"Relax, I'll make sure to clean and de-flea you all over so you'll be nice and shiny."
"You're still gonna turn me into a coat! Let me goooo!" He squirmed while Poire moved over to the table.
"Don't worry, I'll be gentle~"
"No you won't!" He cried as he kept struggling. He pushed at her face as she grabbed a bar of soap.
"Hey, stop struggling, I need to get you all nice and clean and soft and silky smooth." She said as she began to scrub the bar against him. "If you struggle you're gonna get soap in your eye."
"Shut up, just let me g-Augh! My eyes!"
"See? I told you!" She frowned while scrubbing across his back. "I hate when they don't listen."
"Why would I? You're crazy and you want to skin me alive!" He yelled while trying to push the soap away and slap at her face with his hoof.
"Ow! Hey, stop struggling, you know you can't escape me, so stop being so difficult!" She growled while using her sharp teeth to catch his hoof, not biting it or his fur, but holding onto it while lathering up the soap on him with some water from the nearby faucet.
"No! Just let me go!" He cried as he tried to free his hoof and get the suds out of his eyes. 'It burns!' He thought before she put his head under the faucet to help wash the soap out of his eyes.
"There we go, we'll get all that soap washed out, just stop squirming or you'll get us both soaked."
"I don't care!"
"We really have to fix this attitude of yours." She huffed and made sure all the soap was gone before moving him away as he coughed and sputtered. "Now to dry you up."
"I can do that on my own!" he said as she placed him on the table and grabbed a towel.
"Either I dry you myself or I'll turn that dial back to where you can't feel your legs." She threatened, making him groan.
"Fine." He huffed as she smirked.
"Good, I knew you would start seeing things my way." She started to move the towel around and over his body. "Huh, maybe I should have taken your clothes off when I did this?" She said as he frowned at her.
"You think?"
"Well, no problem, you were going to lose them eventually, pelts don't need cute clothes!" She said as she began to strip him.
"Hey don't strip me!" He yelped embarrassed.
"Why not? You'll get sick if you stay in soaked clothes, right?"
"I can get them off without you staring!"
"Why? This is faster, and it's not like I have anything else for you to wear." She remarked while getting his vest off and put it aside before removing his hat. "Now let's get those pants off."
"No! No way, I'm fine! Trust me, I'm a doctor!"
"A doctor? Hmm, now you really seem familiar." She said as she rubbed her chin with one hand and pulled down the pants with the other.
"AHH!" He yelped covering his private spot with a bright face.
"Oh calm down, you're fine, if you want I COULD give you something to wear." She chuckled as she gained a devious grin.
"W-W-What do you mean?" He gulped.
"Well, I have plenty of pelts here, I'm sure I could whip something up for you quick in exchange for something of equal value~"
"N-No thanks! I'm good!"
"Oh come on, first you're complaining about me taking your clothes off, now you don't want me to make you something to wear? I even offered one of my very, very precious pelts!" She growled with Chopper gulping seeing the sharp teeth so close. "Are you saying they're not GOOD enough for you?"
"N-No, not at all! I jus-"
"Just what, thought that you were too good to wear one of my pelts?! That you were better than me by not needing them? Huh? HUH?!" She growled as he backed up in fear. "Well sorry if my pelts aren't good enough for you! Sorry that you can be nice and toasty with your fur and I have to huddle with the pelts to stay warm in winter!"
Chopper shivered and saw her loom over him with cold eyes.
"Well guess what? You're in MY house, and you'll follow MY rules, and rule number one? When I offer you one of my pelts, you TAKE it, got it?"
"Y-Yes ma'am!" He cried out in fear.
"Yes what?!"
"Y-Yes, I would happily take a pelt please!"
She narrowed her eyes before she smiled happily. "That's good, I was worried there for a second."
"Y-Yeah...so, c-can I get a pelt to c-cover up with?"
"Of course, and I've got just the one for you~"
'Why does that not reassure me?' He thought as she picked him up quickly and quickly carried him over to the racks of pelts.
'Time for some payback~' She thought as she began to thumb through the pelts, some whole some tailored into various clothes. "Now where is...ah ha! Here it is!"
"Here what is?" He asked in confusion.
"The clothes you'll be borrowing, what do you think?" She held him out to the pelt, making him get a sweatdrop.
"Uh...well...it's…."
"It's what? Is there a problem with my pelt Chopper?" She frowned making him shake his head quickly. "Good, now let's get you in it."
"U-Um… while the pelt is very… nice, is there anything else I can wear?"
"No." She replied flatly. "Now let's get dressed."
(Later)
"There, perfect." She said smugly as she looked at Chopper who was wearing a leopard pelt that was tailored to look like a simple dress.
"D-Didn't you have any pants or shorts?"
"No, the leopard I made it from wasn't too large, so I had to make due with what I had." She said with a shrug. "Most of the pelts I had from my childhood are in deep storage, so I can't get them right now, just be lucky you can wear that."
"I feel like a girl." He mumbled to himself embarrassed.
"Well you're a very cute, very fluffy girl." She chuckled as she picked him up and rubbed her cheek against him.
"But I'm a boy!" He spouted in protest as he tried to push her face away from him.
"Boy, girl, you're still fluffy enough to make into a pelt, and that's good enough for me." She chuckled as he shivered in fear.
'That's right, I can't forget that she still wants to kill me then skin me!' He thought as she tapped her chin.
"Now I just need to figure out the best way to do it. After all, I can't just do a shoddy job with a rare animal like you, otherwise it'd be a lost chance and it would tarnish my skills." She said as she looked him over. "The only question is which form do I skin, and if you have any others you aren't telling me about."
"C-Can't we settle this like reasonable people and NOT let the other take the other one over some fur?" He suggested.
"Mmmmm, nope, not really, I want that fur, that sweet, sweet soft fur~" She grinned while looking like she was drooling while Chopper paled in fear and horror.
'She's crazy, there's no talking sense to her!' He thought while trying to back up out of the room.
"I wonder if i try skinning you while you're alive you'd be able to change and I'd get a pelt consisting of all your forms?" She pondered while grabbing him by the antler and picked him up from the floor.
"Ow! Hey, let go of my antler!" He cried out as he struggled around a bit.
"Hmm, then again...maybe I should hold off on skinning you until I know for sure. Besides, it's been a while since I had a little animal to take care of, before they became part of my collection." She said with a chuckle. "So, let's get you a place to sleep and live set up Chopper."
He groaned as she headed up the stairs. "Can't I offer you something else?"
"Unless it's something more fluffier and softer than you, than no." She said as she held him tightly. "Besides, it's not like you have anything better to do, right?"
'It's like she forgot me mentioning why I'm here.' He sweatdropped.
Poire made her way upstairs before she began to hear a pounding on the door.
"Poire! Let me in, why the hell is the house on lockdown?!"
"Oh! I forgot Galette was coming home early." She said as she smacked her head before reaching into her pocket and pulling out the remote. She clicked it before the doors and windows were unlocked and slipped it in her pocket. "You get to meet my twin sister."
'Oh no, is she going to try and skin me too?!' He thought in fear as the door slid open.
"I swear if you did it over that debt, I'm gonna-!" Galette started as she walked in only to stop as she saw her sister holding a small furry creature in a leopard print dress. She groaned and facepalmed. "Another one in here? What have I said about that Poire?"
"Oh come on, this is di-"
"What. Have. I. Said?" She glared with her sister looking away.
"Keep any skinning to the basement."
"Yes! And what is this? An animal that you dressed up for some reason to skin in the living room!" She pointed at Chopper. "This carpet has had enough blood stains, and I'm not getting it changed again!"
"Oh don't get uppity about that, I'm the one who paid to get it replaced, and that's not counting the money you owe me from that bet last year."
"It's ten beri, and the blood was from that damn polar bear that woke up while you were dragging it to the basement!"
"It's not my fault we were low on tranquilizer darts, you're the one who usually keeps us stocked up."
"I was on a mission! Look, just take that thing downstairs and kill it or keep it in a cage or whatever."
"Well the thing is, I'm keeping him alive for now. He's a rare and unique kind of reindeer that can talk!"
"...Bullshit." She said with a frown as she stepforward and began to inspect him. "He just looks like a weird reindeer, and that dress makes it look even more weird."
"Hey, he complained about being naked! Tell her Chopper!"
"Uh...hello." He greeted with Galette looking shocked.
"Holy shit…" She trailed off in shock before looking at her sister warily. "Sis… you did make sure that this is an animal and not a little kid that accidentally ate a zoan fruit, right?"
"Of course, he can change in all sorts of shapes, and that's something no zoan fruit could do unless it was an extremely powerful and awfully rare one, he can change into small shapes, slim ones, and even big ones."
"Poire I ask because remember that incident with Anana? You were teaching her how to find wild animals and there was a birthday party and-"
"Ah ah ah! No need to say that in front of the little guy." She blushed embarrassed.
"W-What happened, who's Anana?!"
"Little sister, stab happy, and you don't need to know. It's not my fault she looks up to me…" Grumbled Poire while Galette tugged at Chopper's cheeks.
"Ow, hey, stop that!"
"Hmm, the fur DOES feel authentic." She mused as she rubbed her chin. "Maybe it is real… but in that case why didn't you bring it to Momma?"
"No way! This is my chance at having multiple great pelts at once! Once I figured out how to skin him without messing up, it'll be the pinnacle of my collection."
"Uh-huh, and how exactly are you gonna do that, ask him nicely to show you how so you can kill him?"
"I haven't figured that out yet damn it!" She groaned in annoyance. "Stop bringing it up! That's why I have to keep him alive for now!"
"So you're going to be keeping a real live pet in here? Breathing and letting it do whatever?"
"I'm not it, I'm a he." Huffed the reindeer.
"It's easier if I think of you as an it so I'm not put off when my sister is wearing you as a coat later." She deadpanned with Poire hugging Chopper against her chest. "Just make sure you have a tight leash on it, I don't want to see it raiding the refrigerator."
"Oh don't worry, I'll have a super tight leash on it, I can't let him escape now can I~?"
"Fine, but it better be house trained or I'm ending it, pelt or no pelt."
"I am!" Growled Chopper. "I'm not like some puppy you bring home!"
"Just making sure, and right now you're pretty much her pet." Galette said bluntly.
He groaned while Poire chuckled and rubbed his head.
"Don't worry Chopper I'll take great care of you~"
(Later)
"This is so humiliating." Grumbled Chopper with a leash attached to the collar, which was attached to the dinner table.
"Just a precaution, you did try to escape earlier, remember?" Reminded Poire putting vegetables in a bowl.
"Yeah, but you want to skin me to take my pelt, of course I want to run away!"
"See? That right there is why we have the leash."
He facepalmed as Poire set a bowl of random veggies in front of him.
"There we go, bon appetit!" She said as he looked at the bowl then at her.
"You're kidding, right?" He said as he pushed the bowl away.
"Aw come on, you need food and energy."
"Then give me more than just vegetables!"
"Ah, right, sorry." She said as he sighed.
'You'd think I was literally her pet, I mean come on, a dog bowl, really?'
"I forgot to give you some water, sorry."
And cue him facepalming twice as hard and groaned. "I didn't mean that."
"What? Do you want something else too?"
"I meant don't serve me food in a dog bowl!"
"And what, give you something you could hurt yourself with? A knife and fork are a no go right off the bat and who knows what you'll do with a spoon!"
"What do you think I'd do with them?! I know how to use utensils!"
"I don't know but I'm not risking it, now eat up!" She ordered before walking away making the reindeer sweatdrop.
"You're paranoid."
"For good reason, you're going to be my prized possession, I refuse to lose you!" She called as she kept walking.
'I'll have to play along, at least until I find out where Sanji is and where I am.' He thought as he began to begrudgingly eat the veggies. 'I just hope I found out before Poire gets fed up of waiting and just kills me!'
"If you finish up you might get desert!" Called Poire as Chopper rolled his eyes.
'Does she really think she is going to distract me with some desert?' He wondered eating a carrot. 'At least she's not like a Celestial Dragon and treating me like a slave.' He thought before lightly tugging on the collar. 'Then again I am trapped here, not allowed to leave and wearing a collar…'
As he pondered that, Poire herself was looking at a book on skinning animals.
"Ok, maybe there's some tips in here I may have missed." She mused as she thumbed through it, looking over every word carefully. "There has to be something in here, anything at all!"
"Poire, I'm heading out, don't make a mess of the house!" Called Galette.
"I won't, I won't, where are you going?"
"Apparently there's a ruckus going on and I need to help calm it down."
"Really? What's going on?"
"Some men are having a wild party after they got too drunk and it's getting too big for the guards to calm down on their own."
"Really? Well, I'd be lying if I said I'd happily take your place, have fun sis."
"Just try not to get blood all over again." She muttered before closing the door.
"Hey, I still need to find out how to get all the pelts first!" she huffed and went back to the book. "I'll look this thing over even if it takes all day."
(half an hour later)
"Zzzzzzz." Snored Poire as Chopper groaned in the kitchen.
'Is she planning on just leaving me here?' He looked at the empty bowl and stood up. 'Maybe I can unhook the leash at the very least.' He thought as he began to untie the leash from the table. When it was undone he smiled and walked to where Poire was and saw her slumped over and drooling on the book. 'Wow, she must have been tired.' He thought as he moved towards her. 'I wonder what book she was reading?'
He moved over and looked down at the book in her lap and sweatdropped with a scared look seeing examinations on how to properly clean a bloody pelt. 'O-Of course that's what she is reading. Wait, she's asleep and Galette is gone, maybe I can run away now!'
He looked at the front door and back at Poire before carefully tip toeing. 'I have one shot at this, if she catches me she'll definitely lock me up and be more vigilant!'
As he moved away, he didn't notice the chain hooking onto the table's edge. 'I wonder where I should search for Sanji first?' he thought as he began to open the door slowly.
That's when the chain tugged on the table, which had Poire's feet on, and when it was yanked away, they dropped down and she was jolted away. "Huh-wha-what's going on?!" Shew said as she bolted up before seeing Chopper at the door. "Hey! What are you doing?!"
"Um...nothing?" He said before bolting away.
"CHOPPER!" She yelled getting up and ran after him. "GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW OR ELSE!"
"FREEDOM!" He cried as he raced as fast as he could away, seeing that the house he just left looked like it was made of candy. "I'M FREE-GAH!" He let out, suddenly stopping and falling down due to Poire grabbing the leash.
"Oh no you're not!" She growled as she gave the leash another tug, pulling him towards her. "You're in big trouble for trying that!"
"No! Let me go, I just want to live!" He screamed as she dragged him back over as he flailed his hooves around. "Help! Someone! I'm being held prisoner!"
"Shut up, no one here is gonna help you, and if you want to avoid being pinned in a book for the rest of your life you'd do well to avoid drawing attention to yourself!" She growled as she picked him up, carried him inside, and shut the door. "You know, I thought I could trust you, I thought we had an understanding!"
"You want to skin me alive." He groaned.
"Yes, but I can't yet, that's why you're alive! Come on, we went over this already!" She groaned. "If you're going to try that around here, then I have no choice. From now on, I'm not letting you out of my sights."
'You said that before and left me tied to the kitchen table while you slept.' He thought with a deadpan. "I'm not gonna give up, I will get out of here!"
"Never!" She snapped angrily. "You are mine, your pelt is mine and nothing will ever change that!" She carried him up some stairs. "And since I'm still tired, I'll take a nap with you right beside me."
"What? No, no you are not!"
"Oh yes I am." She frowned before turning the dial on his collar to where he felt weak and groaned while leaning against her. "Just in case."
"No ...fair…."
"Says the little guy who tried to run while I was asleep." She reminded before they reached a door and went in, showing a large bedroom with two beds on opposite sides. "This is our bedroom we have to share."
"You share a room with your sister?"
"We have to. I wanted to pay for something bigger and get my own room, but the real estate was really cheap and hard to resist, plus trying to remodel it would be costly, and I don't have enough cash to get it done." She said with a shrug. "Plus most of my money went to my lovely room in the basement."
'Lovely my hoof.' He thought as Poire hopped into the bed that was overflowing with different furs, stuffed animals and pillows made out of pelts.
"Now let's get a nap in." She said as she held him tightly as she wrapped them both up in the furs.
Chopper grimaced and tried to ignore seeing some of the faces while forced to lay against Poire.
"Ah, this is better, I gotta say, if I didn't REALLY want your pelt you would make a nice stuffed animal~" Sighed Poire rubbing Chopper's head. "Night night."
"Night night I guess?" He muttered as Poire's eyes began to close.
(Later)
Chopper groaned as he felt his internal clock waking him up. 'Ugh, why is everything so warm and soft?' He mentally groaned before remembering what happened last night and where he was. He opened his eyes, only for them to widen when he saw what looked like two round lumps pressed against his face and had a feeling he was somewhere he SHOULDN'T be. 'Huh? Where am I, what are these?!'
He heard Poire groaning and felt the orbs press against him harder and felt his face heating up. 'W-Wait, are these what I think they are?!'
"Zzzz ...Chopper…mine..."
'Am I pressed against her butt!?' He thought with a massive blush. 'She was holding me against her chest, how did this happen?!'
"Zzzzz ...don't struggle…."
'Did she put me here?!' He thought before trying to move his head away. He found it difficult due to being pinned by her body and the bed and the fact that his antlers kept him stuck in the position. 'Oh no! If I stay here any longer, I might suffocate, or worst!' He thought as he tried to push her off, only to be unable and feeling weak. 'Shit, the collar!'
"Zzzzz….so soft ...stay closer…" She mumbled as she pressed her bum on him, making him blush.
'She has to be knowing what she's doing!' He thought his arms flailing around. 'There's no way she's dreaming something that isn't related to this!'
"Mmmm… soft~"
"P-Poire! Wake up!" He cried out as loud as he could manage. "Stop sleeping!"
"Hm? Wha...what is it?" She yawned as her eyes stayed closed.
"Poire! Under you!" He cried as her eyes began to open.
"Under...me?" She mumbled before yawning and rubbed her eyes. "What are you talking ab-AHHHH!"
"Get off of me please!" He let out before Poire jumped off the bed and covered her butt as he gasped in relief.
"Why were you there Chopper?!"
"I don't know! I just woke up there!" He cried out with a blush. "You must have put me there!"
"That's ridiculous, why would I go and put you right up against my ass?" She huffed with a blush.
"I don't know, but you kept moaning the whole time!"
She turned more red recalling her dream and shook her head. "Y-You must have misheard me."
"You said my name multiple times!"
"Did not, you're hearing things." She denied as she looked away.
"I was not!"
"J-Just shut up!" She snapped with a frown. "Right now the fact is we're awake and...wait, what time is it?"
"I don't know, I was trapped under your butt!"
Poire was about to respond, but heard a knock at the door.
"Poire, are you done sleeping the day away?"
"Yeah, yeah, I just got up Galette!"
"Then get downstairs for breakfast, you slept through the whole afternoon!"
"WHAT?! Damn it!" She cursed as she shot up. "I didn't think I was that tired."
"Yeah, just dressed, I have to go deal with Pudding."
"Alright alright, I'll get ready for the day." She sighed as she began to take her clothes off. "Have fun with the bride to be."
"Works for me." Grumbled Galette walking away while Chopper went slack jawed seeing Poire's dress come off her and saw her underwear.
"W-What are you doing, I'm still here!"
"Well I figured it shouldn't really matter now that we've slept together and you got a feel of my butt." She said as she began to slide off her underwear before heading towards the closet. "Besides, it's just you, so what's the harm?"
He popped a nosebleed and covered it while trying to close his eyes. 'Why is she like this?! First she freaks out because she's sleeping on me but doesn't care if I see her naked?!'
"Hmm, I wonder which underwear I should slip on today." She mused as she opened up a drawer full of lingerie. "Chopper, what do you think is better, purple or blue?"
"I can't answer that!"
"Sure you can, purple or blue?"
"Lalalala! I can't hear you!"
"Oh come on, no need to be difficult!" She sighed as she shook her head. "Just look over and tell me which feels better to wear today."
"N-No, I can't!"
"Ugh, fine, purple I guess." She sighed as she shook her head again. "You really have to listen and look at me when I'm talking to you Chopper."
"I can't look at you when you're changing, I don't wanna turn into a pervert like Sanji!"
"It's only perverted if you look without permission." She rolled her eyes. "Besides, most guys would kill to see my body like this, it's so good it's practically priceless."
"W-Well I'm not most guys!"
"True, you have an amazing pelt~" She chuckled as she slid the underwear on. "I wish I had skinned you earlier, maybe then I could have had a nice new fur coat to wear today."
'That's not something to tell me so nonchalant!' He thought in fear as a news coo flew into the room and dropped off a newspaper.
"Wow, the news coo came late today." Remarked Poire as she picked up the paper. "Hmmm, looks like that vice admiral Tsuru took Doflamingo away, guess that laughing idiot wasn't all that if he got caught." She chuckled as she began to get dressed before seeing a picture of her standing next to what looked like a clothesline, except they were full of flattened out pirates. "...THAT'S IT! I HAVE IT!"
"Have what?" asked Chopper.
"I know how to get your pelts! I've been looking at it all wrong!" She laughed happily as Chopper paled.
'I don't like the sound of that.' He thought as Poire danced around happily.
"I can't believe I didn't think of devil fruits! There has to be one that can help me, hell if that navy bitch can flatten and rung people out then there has to be one that lets me skin animals!"
"Or you could pick a different hobby." He sweatdropped.
"Nope~" She chuckled happily. "I'll send out word to my informants to send me any and all fruits that could help me!"
"But what if someone already ate something like that?"
"Well, simple really, we capture them, bring them to a room full of thousands of different fruits and then kill them, that's how momma got all the food based fruits for my siblings." She smiled with Chopper breaking into a scared sweat. "Isn't this great Chopper, all we have to do now is wait for the right fruit~"
"Yeah...really great…" He said weakly as his mind raced. 'Shit! Now I really have to get out of here fast!'
"Come on, let's get breakfast and I'll get a head start on calling my informants." She said as she slipped on a dress and quickly pulled him into her arms. "I can't wait!"
'I can.' He thought as she raced downstairs. 'I need her to turn the collar off so I can get out of here!'
(Downstairs)
Poire bit into some pancakes with a large chomp and hummed while Chopper sat next to her, leash tied to the table, and eating more vegetables.
"You do know that I can eat pancakes, right?"
"I thought sweets were bad for animals?"
"I ate the human human fruit, so I'm not exactly an animal!"
"Well, I MIGHT get you some...but you have to do something for me first." She smiled.
"...can I hear what that is first?"
"Fine, if you sit on my lap and let me feed you, I'll get you some."
"Um… ok?" He said as she smiled and picked him up, the leash just long enough for him to sit on her lap.
"That's better, now say ah." She picked one of them up with a fork and held it in front of him.
"Aah." He said as she pushed the fluffy treat into his mouth. He bit into it and felt good to have something sweet instead while she grinned.
"Be careful not to get any syrup on your fur or else I'll have to wash you up again." She chided as she cut him another piece.
'I wonder if I shave off all my fur she'll faint in shock?' He pondered as he ate another slice. 'Mmmm, she may be crazy but she is a good cook.'
"So tell me Chopper, if you managed to eat a devil fruit and have so many forms, then how come you had clothes like those? Did you steal them or can you actually sew?"
"Well, I bought them but I can also sew a little bit, why?"
"I figured a reindeer wouldn't worry about wearing clothes and stay stark nude."
"Well, I was raised to wear clothes and I feel comfortable with them on too." He remarked biting into another pancake and smiled at the taste. "Besides, it'd feel weird if I walked around like that in front of my friends."
"Friends? What friends?" She asked as Chopper paused.
'Crap, I said too much!' "Uh...other reindeer of course."
"Really, you would feel weird about walking around naked in front of other naked reindeer?" She raised an eyebrow. "That makes no sense, at all."
"W-Well it did to me and that's that!"
"Chopper, what are you hiding from me?"
"N-Nothing, nothing at all!" He denied before she held him up directly to her face and had a cold look in her eyes.
"Don't lie to me."
"L-Lie? Why would I lie to you?" He said as he tried to look away.
"To keep me from learning anything big from you." She said as she narrowed her eyes. "I can take away even more for your freedom, I'd hate to do it but I could keep you in a small cage in the basement until your time comes, so tell me now and I promise not to get too mad, got it?"
Chopper gulped and swore he saw a dark aura come from her while breaking into a nervous sweat. "R-R-Really! I-I'm...not…"
"Chopper. Truth. NOW."
He shivered and covered his eyes. "Ok ok ok! I'll talk!"
"There we go, now go ahead Chopper, tell me EVERYTHING." She said as she patted his head.
He gulped and looked down with a sigh. "The truth is...my name is Tony Tony Chopper, and my friends are the strawhat pirates."
"... WHAT?!" She shouted in shock.
"Yes… and I'm here to rescue Sanji!"
"I KNEW there was something I felt was familiar about you! I've seen your poster with that one rookie who had the balls to piss off Momma!" She groaned as she held her head. "Why do you have to be like this?! Why did you have to make things difficult?!"
"I just came here to help save my friend, not get caught and have a collar put on me!" He shouted back, his frustration boiling over. "I definitely didn't ask to be kept here while you try to figure out how to kill me then skin me!"
"Well coming here for that wouldn't have worked anyway." She frowned. "Coming here is one thing, but my sister Pudding is getting married, so trying to break up the wedding, ESPECIALLY with how many people will be there, Momma included, you wouldn't get more than ten feet before getting killed, or worse."
"What's worse than being killed?! Look, I don't have a choice, I have to save my nakama!"
"Trust me, you don't want to know. As for saving him? Forget it, you're not." She said with a frown. "Even if you did, how are you even going to get off the island and out of Momma's territory?"
"I don't know, but I can't just ignore him. If I leave him here and not try to find out what's going on, then how could I call myself his friend?" He spoke firmly. "It's thanks to Sanji and everyone else that I found a new home. We've been through thick and thin and come out stronger than ever. We have a bond that won't break so easy, that's why I'll figure out a way to make sure we make it out alive."
"...That's stupid, you'd die! You know that I can't take any chances now, until the wedding ends you aren't leaving my side!" She growled hugging him tightly. "I'm not going to lose another furry friend again, never again…" She let out while her eyes were shadowed by the hat while sounding sad, confusing Chopper.
"Another? What are you talking about?" he asked in confusion. "Aren't I just alive until you can find a proper way to skin me?"
"Yes….but you're the second animal I've had near me that wasn't made into a pelt right away." She spoke while Chopper saw tears in her eyes and was caught off guard.
"W-What? You had another you didn't kill right away?"
"Yes, he was my friend." She replied while putting a hand on the pelt on her head and gripped it while biting her lip. "He was my first real friend for years, before ...before…"
"Before what?" He asked cautiously. 'Years? Why would she wait years, was he actually a pet, her friend?'
"He died!" She cried out while holding the pelt with both hands and started bawling while Chopper felt her shaking. "Oh god, why did you have to die PenPen, why?!"
"He died? Was it a natural death?" He asked as he patted her shoulder.
She sniffled and nodded while tears ran down her cheeks. "He...He was just a cub when I met him. He and I used to be with each other no matter what. When I was a girl, no one would play with me, they thought I was scary because of my teeth, but not PenPen, he would always play with me and help me cheer up when I was sad."
"Wow… he sounds like a nice bear, but… if you loved him so much, why did you turn him into a hat?"
She sniffled and tried to keep herself steady. "Because ...I was broken when he died...I felt lonely ...that's when I learned about pelts and how to make them. When I did, I figured I could always still have him with me….I didn't want to lose him again, so I thought this would be the best way to have him beside me for the rest of my life." She said as she wiped her eyes. "That's why I'm trying to make sure you don't get killed needlessly! When I find a way to preserve your pelt you'll live with me forever too!"
"Is that why you have so many others?" Asked Chopper seeing the dots connecting.
"Yes… plus I love how they feel, I feel so warm and happy, like I'm back with PenPen, like he's hugging me all over." She said as she hugged Chopper tightly. "It makes me feel like the more I have, the more friends I have as I grow older and older."
"I...I didn't know… but you have so many pelts, do you really need mine?"
"Of course! With all the forms you can make, it'd be like getting several of them in one go." She sighed happily. "Plus I like you, you're fun to be with, so why would I want to lose you? You'll have a special place in my heart and collection, right next to PenPen~"
He blushed hearing that as she hugged him closer and felt her rub her head against the top of his. 'I don't want to die...but this does feel kind of nice.'
"So from what I remember, you're a doctor, right?" Poire asked, making him look up in surprise.
"Yeah, I am, why do you ask?"
"Because I've had this one weird mark on my chest, but I have no clue what it might be. Maybe you could take a look and tell me." She said as she began to pull down her top.
"W-What?!"
"I'm worried it might a weird rash or some unknown disease and since you're here, you can tell me what you think." She said as Chopper turned away with a blush. "Huh? Hey, come on, you have to look, you're a doctor!"
"B-B-But I'd have to look at your b-b-breasts."
"So? You're a doctor and I need your help, you have to look!" She made him sit on the table and stand up before pulling her dress over her head.
"I-I ... OK, j-just a quick look! So… where's the spot?" He asked right as the dress was off and blushed seeing her breasts bounce and gulped as she cupped them.
"It's a red spot on the side of my breast in between them."
"O-ok, can you point to it please?"
"Well it's hard to just point, might need to lean in a bit." She said as she leaned closer towards him.
"I-I don't think that's necessary if it's as big as you say." He gulped as she tried to spread her tits.
"Come on, just look a little closer."
"O-Ok, ok." He said as he reluctantly leaned closer. He looked around before spotting a red part on the side of the left breast and squinted his eyes. "Alright, I can see it."
"What does it look like?"
"W-Well, it doesn't look like cancer… maybe a small rash?" He said as he leaned in closer. "Does it feel itchy or dry?"
"Yeah, usually it's like that after a shower."
"Then it's nothing to worry about." He moved his head back. "My guess is it's just dry skin that's like that from constant hot showers."
"Whooo, thanks Chopper!" She said with a smile before gaining a devious grin. "How about I give you a nice big hug for helping me~"
"Wait, no, you don't-" He was cut off and found his head pressed against the breasts when she suddenly hugged his head against them. "P-P-Poire!"
"Thank you so so so much Chopper!" She chuckled as she felt him squirm. "I was scared I was gonna get a rare disease when I found it."
"O-Ok, you can let go of me now!"
"Not yet~" She cooed as she hugged him tighter. 'I should cuddle him with less clothes on more, it feels much nicer~' She thought as he kept squirming. 'Like a cute little teddy bear~'
(Later)
"Hey Poire, I have a question."
"Yeah, what is it?"
"Do you just live near Big Mom, or do you also do what she says, like part of her crew."
"Well, I live on one of the islands in her territory, my sister controls it and I'm her daughter so my loyalty is towards her." She replied while laying on her bed. "So yes, technically I AM part of her crew."
"Oh… so would that make us enemies since I'm part of Luffy's crew?"
"...that's a good question." She said as she rubbed her chin. "Technically yes, but I captured you so it's fine."
'I don't think it works like that.' He thought with a sweatdrop. 'Then again this isn't really normal, is it?'
"Hey, I know something we could do. I can show you around the town." She said as she stood up excitedly.
"Wait, really? You're going to let me out of the house?"
"Of course, with me beside you of course." She smiled while holding the leash.
"Oh come on! Do I really have to wear the leash?! This is humiliating!"
"Well, if you don't want to wear the leash I suppose there is another option." She said as she held up a large purse. "You can ride in here."
"...You're kidding, right?" He asked in a deadpan. "I am not a pet, I am not going to be on a leash or in a purse!"
"Aw come on, this pursue was worth every beri, it can carry you with plenty of space to spare."
"That's not the point, it's the principle of the matter!" He huffed crossing his hooves with Poire pouting.
"Aw come on, pretty please get in the purse, pleeeease?"
"No, nuh uh, I won't."
"I'll give you some cotton candy later~" She sang with Chopper gulping hearing that. "I know you love it~"
"I uh… that's not fair!" He groaned as he dropped his head. "I'll get in the purse."
"Thank you." She smiled opening it as Chopper moved over and climbed in and fell to the bottom.
"Wow, this actually feels really smooth."
"Yep, I knew you would like it!" She said happily. "Now I can carry you around with me!" She stood up and made sure it held on before heading out of the house. "Just remember, no scampering off."
'Ah! I hadn't even thought of that! While we're in town I might be able to slip away!' He thought as his eyes widened. 'But I can't do it too soon or else she'll see it coming.' He thought as he shook his head. 'Maybe I can stick around for a bit and see where everything is first.'
"First I'll show you my favorite store."
"Is it a place that sells fur?" He asked, having a feeling that he knew what it was.
"Partly, but something more." She gave a fanged grin.
(Casino)
"Come on, mama needs a new bed!" spoke Poire tossing dice down on a table while Chopper sat next to her in the purse as they and the people at the table watched them roll.
'Huh, didn't take her as a person who gambles.' Chopper thought as Poire cheered as the dice landed.
"Yes! I'm on fire!" She smirked as the chips were moved over to her while she rubbed her hands. "Third times the charm, but it's all natural for me."
"Yeah, what are you going to do with all of this?" Chopper whispered to her curiously.
"Put them in my savings of course."
"For the house?"
"No, in case any other suckers need to borrow money, than I can charge them with plenty of interest." She chuckled with Chopper sweat dropping.
"But didn't you say you were saving up for the house so you and your sister could have two different rooms?"
"Of course, I just wanna make sure I have enough to give my room a wide screen and hot tub in it with imported carpet." She said with a large grin. "Plus I gotta save up so I can have an even larger room in the basement~"
'So she's a loan shark too. I'm starting to think she's a lot like Nami.' He blushed, the other part being their chest similarities. 'K-Keep it together Chopper, you have to stay focused!'
"Alright, you win again miss, would you like to play again?"
"Yup, this time I'll double it."
"Yes ma'am, if you say so… but it seems you're a few beris short, would you like to offer anything up as collateral?"
"Hmm, Chopper, do I have any beri lying around in there?"
"None that I can see, sorry." He said as he felt around.
"Damn it, looks like I'll have to bet half then."
"If I may ma'am you could put your uh…. Pet, up as collateral for your bet."
"Are you mad? Chopper's priceless! I'm not putting him up." She growled as she stood up and threw her dice onto the table. "Half the bet! I will never, ever risk him!"
"Ok ma'am, merely making a suggestion." He said as he looked down at the dice. "And you win again."
"Good! Come on Chopper, we're leaving!" She took her winnings and put them in the pursue with Chopper finding himself in a pool of beri coins.
"So, where are we going now?"
"Next up I was thinking the massage parlor."
"Wait, what?" He said with a small blush. "What am I supposed to do there, I doubt they give massages to 'pets', right?"
"Hmmm, that is a good point." She said as she rubbed her chin before getting an idea. "Well, there is a place I could leave you right next door while I go get a massage."
"What is it?"
"A pet daycare and pet spa." She said as she tried not to laugh.
"Oh come on! You know damn well that I am not a pet!"
"Y-You sure? You might like it." She chuckled.
"Yes I am sure! I am not a pet, being in the purse is bad enough!"
"Oh relax, I'm sure the massage parlor can make something work." She said as they left the casino.
'Somehow I doubt that.' He thought with a frown as they began to approach a building that looked like it was made out of purple taffy. When they entered there was numerous men and woman either getting massages, soaking in hot tubs, with a few even getting pedicures.
"Hello? Is Lucy in?" Called Poire with a smile. "You're gonna like this place Chopper, Lucy has a unique way of doing things, especially with her powers."
"So she's a devil fruit user?"
"Yep, she ate the taffy taffy fruit and learned how to give people the massage of a lifetime! She can stretch you out like a piece of taffy and get all those knots and kinks fixed right away."
'I just hope she doesn't stretch me out TOO much.' He thought as a blonde woman with purple candy like skin walked out of one of the rooms. 'Wait, could this be my chance to run?'
"Poire! It's been so long." Smiled a young skinny woman with long blond hair and smooth skin.
"Ah, Lucy! How are you?"
"Good, good, business is booming, and whose this little guy, is he real or stuffed?"
"He's Chopper, real and oh so soft." She said as she patted Choppers head affectionately.
"Ah, a new pet, interesting, why did you bring him in here then?"
"I was hoping the two of us could get a little massage in."
"Really, him too? Well if you're paying I guess I could do something for him."
"Trust me, I just hit the casino, so I've got money to spend." She said as Lucy perked up.
"Alright, well follow me to the back and I'll get started on you two!"
Poire followed Lucy while Chopper looked around at the interior.
'Ok, so there's a few emergency exits, if the collar gets taken off I can make a break for it!' He thought while touching it. 'I know Poire has her reasons, but so do I, and I need to find Sanji before it's too late.' He thought as they reached the room that had several massage tables in it.
"So, back massage for you and your pet?" Lucy asked as she petted Chopper only to groan as she felt the collar.
"Yup, your best kind."
"Ok, but first the collar has to go Poire, is this seastone?"
"Of course."
"Ok, no, take it off, you know I'm a devil fruit user." she frowned.
"But if I take it off him he might try to run away, he already did it before when I was napping."
"Really? Why would he want to run away from you?"
"No reason." She looked away while whistling with Lucy and Chopper looking at her with deadpanned looks. "What?"
"Ok, now I know it's something bad, what did you do?"
"Nothing! Well… nothing yet?"
"She wanted to skin me alive." Spoke Chopper.
"You can talk?!"
"Yeah, he ate a devil fruit that lets him talk."
"Still, I can't give him a proper massage if I keep touching that thing." She said with a sigh as Poire looked at the collar hesitantly.
"Chopper… if I take the collar off do you promise not to run?"
He looked at her face and could tell she was conflicted, himself included. 'I can't tell her that I plan to run, but I also don't want to lie, what do I do?'
'Please promise not to run, please please please please.' Thought Poire as she looked at Chopper with pleading eyes. 'Please let me trust you!'
"I...promise." He said as he looked away.
"Great! Good boy Chopper." She said as she pulled out a small key and began to unlock the collar. 'I knew I could trust him.' "I knew I could trust you!"
He nodded before he and Poire moved over and climbed onto two tables face down.
"Now then, you two strip while I go get my supplies."
"S-Strip?" blushed Chopper.
"Yes, haven't you ever had a massage? You take the clothes off." Poire asked as she sat up and began to take her dress off.
"R-Right." He said as he glanced at her. 'If she's naked she probably won't chase me… right?' He started to strip down as well while trying not to look.
"You excited Chopper? This is going to feel great!"
"Y-Y-Yeah, great." He said as he looked away with a blush. 'Just wait until she lays down then… do it, you have to Chopper!'
"Ah, there we go." She sighed stark naked and laid on the table. "Much better."
"Yeah… Igottagobye!" He said before dashing towards the open door.
"W-HEY! You promised!" She yelled sitting up and brandishing her teeth.
"I'm soooorry!" He called as he kept running, turning into his deer form to go even faster.
Poire growled with a tick mark on her head and jumped up while wrapping a towel around her and ran after him. "GET BACK HERE!"
'Crap crap crap, I have to get out of here no matter what, if she catches me she'll never take the collar off again!' He thought going past people and hearing the loud yell of Poire making him sweat in fear. 'I need to keep moving, I have to find someway to find the others!' He thought in fear.
"CHOOOOOOPPPPEEEEEERRRRRR!" She roared out in anger, shoving people aside as she raced after the small deer. "YOU PROMISED!"
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" He called back without turning around.
"IF YOU ARE THEN GET BACK HERE!" She cried out as he began to get farther and farther away. "YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR BREAKING A PROMISE!"
'She's really pissed! I have to keep moving or else she'll kill me!' He thought as he looked around desperately before spotting a certain ship docked at the port. 'The sunny!' He thought as he raced towards it. 'Nami, Luffy, everyone! They finally came!'
Poire grinded her teeth while seeing Chopper heading to the port, but going through a certain forest. 'Damn it… ok, hope isn't completely lost, he's going through that place, I need to make a call to Brulee.' She pulled out a den den mushi ...from somewhere, and started to send a call. "I just hope she's not doing anything."
(Later)
"Aaaaaahhhh!" Chopper and Carrot cried out in fear as they hung over a large boiling pot in the forest as Brulee cackled.
"You two will make a fine stew! I wonder how long I should let you two simmer around." She cackled as she stirred the large pot around before hearing a strange sound. She blinked and reached into her pocket before pulling out a den den mushi and answered it. "Hello?"
"Brulee! Finally, I've been trying to call you for hours!" Shouted a familiar voice, making Chopper pale.
'Oh no!'
"Oh! Sorry about that sister Poire, but I had to deal with some insolent pests running around in my forest."
"What?! Are they alive?!"
"For now, but I was just about to put them into my stew~"
"Is one a reindeer!?"
"Well, I have one with horns and brown fur but he looks more like a tanuki, why? Do you want some soup too?"
"NO! I want him alive and back to me! He's MY reindeer!"
"Wait, really?" She asked as she looked Chopper up and down. "You want him?"
"YES!"
"Um… ok, sure, I guess." She said before grinning. "How much are you willing to pay for him? Also would you like the rabbit girl he's with?"
"...are you REALLY trying to sell him to me?" Came Poire's voice. "Do I need to bring up that favor I did for you? The one involving Custard? The one that you didn't want her to find out and paid me to keep quiet about?"
"Augh! Fine, fine, I'll kill him and send his pelt to you."
"TRY THAT AND I'LL TELL EVERYONE!" Yelled the snail making Brulee flinch and hold it away. "I WANT HIM ALIVE!"
"Whoa whoa whoa, calm down, I just assumed you wanted his pelt, my bad, where are you? I can open up a mirror portal for you."
"Right outside the forest, as for the rabbit girl? Do what you want to her? I only want Chopper."
"Ok, just hold on." She said as Chopper began to frantically struggle in the ropes. "Well it looks like you got off lucky, can't say the same for your little friend." She said as she walked towards a large mirror.
"No! No no no no no! Not her, not now!" He spoke as he was untied from the ropes and carried over before the two of them entered the mirror like it was water. "Please, let Carrot go, I'm already dead isn't that enough?!"
"Nope~" Brulee chuckled as she headed towards a mirror where Poire was seen waiting impatiently, towel still wrapped around her. "You must have done something pretty awful to get a rise out of sister Poire like that."
"I ran away, she wants my pelt!" He cried as she reached the mirror.
"Well, she's gonna get it, if she wants it its gonna be hers." She held Chopper out and tossed him through the mirror, again like it was water, with him landing face down in front of Poire where she was.
"CHOPPER!" Poire snarled as she lunged towards him, pinning him to the ground. "Promise breaker!"
"Ack! I...had...too!" He cried as she just growled angrily.
"You promised me you wouldn't!"
"I know, and I'm sorry, but I also promised my Nakama that I would rescue Sanji!" He spoke up while she narrowed her eyes.
"Well since you wanna break a promise, guess I'll have to make sure you can't run off again." She pulled the collar out and slapped it around his neck before dialing it down making him groan and feel like a slug. "You will never run from me again, never ever ever!" She shouted as he just groaned. She picked him up in her arms and walked away from the forest. "Now let's get back there and get our massages."
'No… Sanji.'