No silly people I no own the One Piece Manga or Show. And I definitely do not claim the 4kids version of OP. mumbles something mean and horrible about 4kids entertainment
And to those who are still waiting for the next chapter to Dreamless.: I am still working on it, so don't get your panties in a bunch. Good writings take time and dedication. So patience. I will try to have another chapter up by the end of this week. It will hopefully though be up by Wednesday. So please try to control yourselves until then.
Please enjoy this story.
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What is it like to be loved? The tiny reindeer absently rubbed his nose. In the background Usopp droned on about Kaya, the girl who had given them the ship. From what Chopper had gathered from the liars stories, Kaya was some kind of magical princess who had been locked in a tower and guarded by a really big, really mean dragon. Or was it that she was cursed to be a mermaid and could only be cured with true love's kiss? He couldn't really remember what Usopp told him. Not that that mattered. Usopp was a liar anyway and he had to get the real story from Nami and Zoro. But still he could tell that Usopp really loved Kaya and there was no doubt that Kaya loved Usopp. The horned doctor peered at Usopp wondering once again, what it would be like to be loved. This, of course, wasn't to say that Chopper wasn't loved. The doctor and doctorine had loved him like a child and taught him so many things. Then there was also the Going Merry Crew, his nakama. They loved him. But he wasn't wondering about that kind of love. No he was wondering about the kind of love that makes you all giddy inside. The kind of love that makes you do the utmost craziest things. The love that has you walking on air, the love that makes you forget everyone and everything except that one special person. You could say, he was thinking about true love. And yet, he was thinking of more than that. Specifically he was thinking of himself. After all who could love a monster?
Yes he was a monster. Born a reindeer with a blue nose, he was turned out by his own herd. Even his own mother wanted nothing to do with him. His mother, whom had carried him in her womb, from whom he gleaned nutrients. She had been by far the worse. Then he had found the fruit, the fruit that had cursed and blessed him at the same time. Once consumed, he became more of a monster than before. For with the fruit he had become human. Or at least humanlike. And then he was not only shunned by the reindeer, but hunted by mankind. He had had no place. But for some reason the doctor… that kind naive old man. Yes he had accepted the little monster and had given him the name of Tony Tony Chopper. And after the doctor was the doctorine. Both had loved and accepted him. Though what had surprised him the most was Luffy. Luffy had accepted him because he was a monster. A monster was accepted as nakama.
Chopper turned his attention back to Usopp, who was by now finishing up his story. Realizing that he had not heard a single word Chopper only smiled at Usopp before muttering something about sterilizing his equipment. Hurriedly, he scampered off, mind still turning and churning on love. As he passed the kitchen, he could hear Sanji and Zoro arguing, dishes being thrown and swords clanging together. No doubt they were fighting over the girls. Actually it was more, Sanji had probably said something mushy about the girls and Zoro had complained. Thus causing a fight. Chopper sneezed disapprovingly. Zoro was too proud too macho, to ever admit that he was jealous of Sanji. Jealous of the attention Sanji lay upon Nami. But Sanji was harmless, Nami had no feelings for him, her heart belonged to Zoro. And Zoro's…well Zoro's mostly was for his promise to Kuina. But Chopper was not stupid and he was not blind, he could see Zoro starting to slowly fall more and more in love with Nami. And the swordsman showed it in his own macho way. He was always the one to save Nami; he was always the one who encouraged the navigator when she was too afraid to do something. Yes they were in love.
So that was two couples, Usopp and Kaya. Zoro and Nami. All four very much in love. That left, him, Luffy, Sanji and Robin. Luffy was far too simpleminded to be concerned with love and Chopper doubted Luffy would ever worry about being or having someone to love. Sanji…well Sanji loved anything that was beautiful and curvy. He was as Zoro said a love cook. He was very much the playboy. And Chopper knew the blonde was not likely to be ready to settle down anytime soon. This wasn't to say, that Sanji wasn't thinking about marriage and about love, he just wasn't ready for that kind of commitment yet. Robin…well Robin was a mystery. She was nearly 30 and yet she showed no signs of worrying about the fact that her maternity clock was slowly running out of time. Perhaps she was one of those people that didn't want children and didn't mind living alone. That could very well be the case. Not that he was going to ask her though, she intimidated him.
He opened up the door to the bathroom and changed from his normal Reindeer-boy form to his Man-beast form. He stared deep into the mirror. His face was mostly human, his eyes small. He had cheekbones and an oval face. But his blue nose betrayed him and his fur covered body made him the monster. He stared at his hands. They were so huge, so big. Easily they could squeeze the life out of something. He changed back to the reindeer-boy form, still staring at his hands. His hands that were now cloven hooves. His face had also changed. Even though he could no longer see himself in the mirror, he knew how he looked. Round faced, with big eyes. The same blue nose and fur. Of course one thing he had neglected to think about was his horns. Blue noses could be hidden with powder. Fur covered body could be explained away with some freak disease. But horns…horns made him the monster. Monsters had horns, humans didn't. Of course reindeer had horns as well. But reindeer didn't talk. Monsters could talk. He leaned back against the door, pondering once again who could love a monster such as himself.
Another reindeer? No that was unlikely on his part. His human brain would not let him bring himself to loving an animal in that way. To him, such a union had become taboo and atrocious. A human? Chopper laughed dryly to himself. What human could see past his horns? Past his monsterness? He wanted to cry, but he knew he mustn't. If any of the others were to see him crying, they would want to know why. And Chopper was too embarrassed to explain why he was crying. It was best to keep these things to oneself.
Swallowing hard and taking a deep breathe; he left the sanctuary of the bathroom Still wondering who could love a monster.
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Ugh, it was too choppy and incomplete. I don't think I got the mood I was going for. I might edit it and rewrite. Probably not though...I am too lazy to do such a thing. Heh.
Flame if you must. Those flames will be put to good use. It is starting to get cold here.