Not bad, I got some reviews on a popular show for once. :p For being good readers, we'll play Q&A with Kouhi.
mushi-azn: No, he won't get better (yet), and the mary-sue will become more established after maybe 3 chapters.
AnimeFreakPerson and F00l3Al2: Crazy people usually aren't perfect. I mean there's some serious problems. If you're asking if she's stronger than Luffy, in a sense yes, but you have to remember there's a strength and weakness heirarchy in One Piece. She could easily be beaten by some characters, but impossible to others. Also, there's no Nico Robin because I haven't gotten that far in the series (manga or anime). I can't write about someone I don't know.
ashes2ashes: It's not about Sanji. Read the previous reply. {hint hint}
Chapter 2
Chopper's ears twitched. "Can you guys hear something?"
There was a resounding "No." and everyone went back to stuffing their faces.
"But, it sounds weird. Like shrieking."
"You're already finished Luffy. Go look." Zoro gave in and ate anyway. He needed the energy.
"Alright. C'mon, Chopper!" Luffy hopped up from the table and ran out to the deck.
Usopp jumped up and followed them. "Zoro's turn to do dishes!"
Nami giggled. "Why thank you, Zoro!" She leaned back in her chair.
"Why don't YOU help, Nami?!" Zoro leaned on the table and gave her an evil look.
"Are you kidding? I have to get back to work!" She pointed to the Log Pose on her wrist. "This thing isn't steering the ship on its own, you know!"
"Figures." Zoro picked up his and Luffy's plates and stacked them on top of each other while Nami skipped out of the galley and up the stairs.
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Chopper grew to his human form and climbed up the ladder to the Crow's Nest. He stopped short of accidentally stepping on a silently fuming Sanji and stepped around him.
"I don't supposed you heard that horrible noise a few seconds ago..." The reindeer wiggled his ears again and half hoped the sound would return. The other half thought that whatever made that kind of horrible noise couldn't be good and that was a death shriek.
"If you mean the woman screaming and drifting towards who knows where, she's that way." He held up the telescope and pointed with it to the northwest.
"Why didn't you say anything!?!?!" Chopper took a short look, dropped the telescope, shrank down, and slid down the rope ladder by his hooves.
"Because she's drifting back towards an island. She would've gotten help sooner or later." Sanji checked the breast pocket of his jacket and growled once more when he confirmed it was empty. 'But we're going to go and screw it up somehow.' He made his way down the ladder to watch the chaos unfold.
Since Chopper was the first to know, he was also the loudest. "Turn the ship northwest! There's a tiny boat up ahead!" He ran circles around Nami, who called Luffy to help turn the tiller. Usopp was up front, using his goggles to keep the tiny boat in sight. The small boat ahead of the Going Merry was being carried by a current, which looked like it headed towards an island.
"Hey, Luffy! We can either pick her up or we can let her drift back to that island. From the looks of it, it's deserted." Usopp twisted the focus on his goggles.
"I think, maybe, I ought to ask her if she needs help." Nami paused for a minute. "This sounds like something I used to do." And she was just a good thief. Who knows what damage could be done by the denizens of the Grand Line.
Nami leaned against the port railing and looked over the side between Usopp and Chopper-chan. As they came up to the boat, they found a half conscious woman clinging to the mast and muttering something under her breath.
"'Hoy!! Are you alright!?" Nami waved down to her.
At the sound of another voice, the woman jolted awake and screamed bloody murder. "NO!! HELP ME!!!" She turned around towards the sound to the sound of Nami's voice but screeched again when the boat leaned over towards the Going Merry. The resulting shockwave jolted both boats together and tipped Usopp over the side. He landed on his butt right beside the panicked woman.
"What in the hell was that?!" He looked over at her and noticed her arm in a sling, yet she wasn't in enough pain to stop using it. "HEY UP THERE! Pull us up or something! She's injured!!"
"When I get back, I'll kill them... first stranded, now pirates..."
"You can plan later! Grab the ladder now." Usopp pulled on the rope ladder that Chopper was holding the other end of.
Sen closed her eyes and slowly made her way up the ladder. She was able to hold on with her broken arm, but she felt the pain coming back and could only stabilize herself and not pull herself up. As soon as she felt the railing, a surge of adrenaline and fear made her leap for it in hopes of curling up in a ball on the deck. Instead, she crashed into something fuzzy and clung to it.
"HEY! GET OFF! I've still got to get Usopp!" Chopper gently nudged her off so she dropped to the floor. She calmed down a little and waited quietly for Usopp to get back on board.
"What in the world were you doing in that tiny boat, by yourself, out here, and terrified beyond reason?" Nami put her hand on her hip and gave the girl a confused look.
Sen was too tired to think of a lie. "Stupid brother tried to teach me how to sail, then lied to me, ditched me, and I drifted out here."
"Ehh, you don't look all that bright..." Luffy appeared behind Nami. "Especially trying to steer a boat with only one arm and no skills."
"As I recall, captain, before you found me, you were as helpless and stupid as she was." Nami rolled her eyes.
"HEY! I told you I was tricked! Believe me, when I get back, he won't get the chance to... fool me... again...." Sen put her head down on her knees and went out like a light.
"Only slightly pretty, and a complete spazz." Sanji looked over his captain's shoulder for a moment and strolled back into the kitchen once he confirmed everyone had finished eating. Zoro strolled past him without a word and was in no mood to start a fight.
"...Not another one. Luffy, we're running a pirate ship, not a water taxi." Zoro frowned up.
"Hey, it wasn't me," Luffy pointed to Chopper and Usopp.
"What are we supposed to do with her then? Her arm's broken, and if we try to put her back in her boat, she'll probably die of fright. Most people have a right to be scared when they're lost at sea, but she was hysterical as if she was afraid of the water itself." Nami put her fingers across her forehead.
Chopper took the opportunity to take a look at her broken arm since she didn't have much say. Her upper arm wasn't actually broken, but had been pulled out of the shoulder socket and reset. Somewhere along the way it had popped back out again. It was a simple fix, and this time he made sure that she couldn't undo his work. He put a band around her chest and arm so she couldn't move it, and dressing patches around her shoulder so it would heal faster. Even after a half hour of treatment she was still unconscious, so he left her in Nami's bed and went upstairs.
"Her injuries weren't all that bad. A couple of bruises and a dislocated shoulder. I would also like to add that she's completely impossible to wake up. Unless maybe we dump her overboard..." He plopped down on his spot on the railing in order to catch the evening breeze through his fur.
"So where did she come from? All the islands we've passed aren't inhabited." Nami thumbed through a couple of the maps she'd made over the past 4 days.
"She drifted backward towards us. We'll probably pass her island tomorrow." Zoro went downstairs to lie in his hammock.
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A note on Chopper: Chopper ate the Human Fruit. He is able to switch between human and animal. This type of fruit is called Zoan and has three stages. When he's in cute little reindeer form, he is Chopper-chan. In Anthromorph (animal with few human qualities), he is Chopper-kun. In Hybrid (human with few animal qualities) mode, he is Chopper-san. Should he use Rumble Balls ™ , his Point System will be used.
mushi-azn: No, he won't get better (yet), and the mary-sue will become more established after maybe 3 chapters.
AnimeFreakPerson and F00l3Al2: Crazy people usually aren't perfect. I mean there's some serious problems. If you're asking if she's stronger than Luffy, in a sense yes, but you have to remember there's a strength and weakness heirarchy in One Piece. She could easily be beaten by some characters, but impossible to others. Also, there's no Nico Robin because I haven't gotten that far in the series (manga or anime). I can't write about someone I don't know.
ashes2ashes: It's not about Sanji. Read the previous reply. {hint hint}
Chapter 2
Chopper's ears twitched. "Can you guys hear something?"
There was a resounding "No." and everyone went back to stuffing their faces.
"But, it sounds weird. Like shrieking."
"You're already finished Luffy. Go look." Zoro gave in and ate anyway. He needed the energy.
"Alright. C'mon, Chopper!" Luffy hopped up from the table and ran out to the deck.
Usopp jumped up and followed them. "Zoro's turn to do dishes!"
Nami giggled. "Why thank you, Zoro!" She leaned back in her chair.
"Why don't YOU help, Nami?!" Zoro leaned on the table and gave her an evil look.
"Are you kidding? I have to get back to work!" She pointed to the Log Pose on her wrist. "This thing isn't steering the ship on its own, you know!"
"Figures." Zoro picked up his and Luffy's plates and stacked them on top of each other while Nami skipped out of the galley and up the stairs.
=--------------------------------------------------------=
Chopper grew to his human form and climbed up the ladder to the Crow's Nest. He stopped short of accidentally stepping on a silently fuming Sanji and stepped around him.
"I don't supposed you heard that horrible noise a few seconds ago..." The reindeer wiggled his ears again and half hoped the sound would return. The other half thought that whatever made that kind of horrible noise couldn't be good and that was a death shriek.
"If you mean the woman screaming and drifting towards who knows where, she's that way." He held up the telescope and pointed with it to the northwest.
"Why didn't you say anything!?!?!" Chopper took a short look, dropped the telescope, shrank down, and slid down the rope ladder by his hooves.
"Because she's drifting back towards an island. She would've gotten help sooner or later." Sanji checked the breast pocket of his jacket and growled once more when he confirmed it was empty. 'But we're going to go and screw it up somehow.' He made his way down the ladder to watch the chaos unfold.
Since Chopper was the first to know, he was also the loudest. "Turn the ship northwest! There's a tiny boat up ahead!" He ran circles around Nami, who called Luffy to help turn the tiller. Usopp was up front, using his goggles to keep the tiny boat in sight. The small boat ahead of the Going Merry was being carried by a current, which looked like it headed towards an island.
"Hey, Luffy! We can either pick her up or we can let her drift back to that island. From the looks of it, it's deserted." Usopp twisted the focus on his goggles.
"I think, maybe, I ought to ask her if she needs help." Nami paused for a minute. "This sounds like something I used to do." And she was just a good thief. Who knows what damage could be done by the denizens of the Grand Line.
Nami leaned against the port railing and looked over the side between Usopp and Chopper-chan. As they came up to the boat, they found a half conscious woman clinging to the mast and muttering something under her breath.
"'Hoy!! Are you alright!?" Nami waved down to her.
At the sound of another voice, the woman jolted awake and screamed bloody murder. "NO!! HELP ME!!!" She turned around towards the sound to the sound of Nami's voice but screeched again when the boat leaned over towards the Going Merry. The resulting shockwave jolted both boats together and tipped Usopp over the side. He landed on his butt right beside the panicked woman.
"What in the hell was that?!" He looked over at her and noticed her arm in a sling, yet she wasn't in enough pain to stop using it. "HEY UP THERE! Pull us up or something! She's injured!!"
"When I get back, I'll kill them... first stranded, now pirates..."
"You can plan later! Grab the ladder now." Usopp pulled on the rope ladder that Chopper was holding the other end of.
Sen closed her eyes and slowly made her way up the ladder. She was able to hold on with her broken arm, but she felt the pain coming back and could only stabilize herself and not pull herself up. As soon as she felt the railing, a surge of adrenaline and fear made her leap for it in hopes of curling up in a ball on the deck. Instead, she crashed into something fuzzy and clung to it.
"HEY! GET OFF! I've still got to get Usopp!" Chopper gently nudged her off so she dropped to the floor. She calmed down a little and waited quietly for Usopp to get back on board.
"What in the world were you doing in that tiny boat, by yourself, out here, and terrified beyond reason?" Nami put her hand on her hip and gave the girl a confused look.
Sen was too tired to think of a lie. "Stupid brother tried to teach me how to sail, then lied to me, ditched me, and I drifted out here."
"Ehh, you don't look all that bright..." Luffy appeared behind Nami. "Especially trying to steer a boat with only one arm and no skills."
"As I recall, captain, before you found me, you were as helpless and stupid as she was." Nami rolled her eyes.
"HEY! I told you I was tricked! Believe me, when I get back, he won't get the chance to... fool me... again...." Sen put her head down on her knees and went out like a light.
"Only slightly pretty, and a complete spazz." Sanji looked over his captain's shoulder for a moment and strolled back into the kitchen once he confirmed everyone had finished eating. Zoro strolled past him without a word and was in no mood to start a fight.
"...Not another one. Luffy, we're running a pirate ship, not a water taxi." Zoro frowned up.
"Hey, it wasn't me," Luffy pointed to Chopper and Usopp.
"What are we supposed to do with her then? Her arm's broken, and if we try to put her back in her boat, she'll probably die of fright. Most people have a right to be scared when they're lost at sea, but she was hysterical as if she was afraid of the water itself." Nami put her fingers across her forehead.
Chopper took the opportunity to take a look at her broken arm since she didn't have much say. Her upper arm wasn't actually broken, but had been pulled out of the shoulder socket and reset. Somewhere along the way it had popped back out again. It was a simple fix, and this time he made sure that she couldn't undo his work. He put a band around her chest and arm so she couldn't move it, and dressing patches around her shoulder so it would heal faster. Even after a half hour of treatment she was still unconscious, so he left her in Nami's bed and went upstairs.
"Her injuries weren't all that bad. A couple of bruises and a dislocated shoulder. I would also like to add that she's completely impossible to wake up. Unless maybe we dump her overboard..." He plopped down on his spot on the railing in order to catch the evening breeze through his fur.
"So where did she come from? All the islands we've passed aren't inhabited." Nami thumbed through a couple of the maps she'd made over the past 4 days.
"She drifted backward towards us. We'll probably pass her island tomorrow." Zoro went downstairs to lie in his hammock.
=--------------------------------------------------------------=
A note on Chopper: Chopper ate the Human Fruit. He is able to switch between human and animal. This type of fruit is called Zoan and has three stages. When he's in cute little reindeer form, he is Chopper-chan. In Anthromorph (animal with few human qualities), he is Chopper-kun. In Hybrid (human with few animal qualities) mode, he is Chopper-san. Should he use Rumble Balls ™ , his Point System will be used.