Chapter 5!
Hilo! Well…I did leave you with a HUGE cliffhanger last time!
Sanji: NO! DON'T LET MY ARU-SAN DIE! IT'S ONLY CHAPTER 4!
Zoro: I don't care!
Me (a.k.a Nokai): Oh my goodness! Zoro, how can you not care!
Zoro:………
Nokai: You know you dooooooo!
Sanji: Yesssssss!
Zoro: SHUT UP OR I'LL SHUT YOU UP!
Nokai: No Zoro! takes out squirt bottle and sprays Zoro Bad Zoro!
Zoro: AUG!
Sanji: HAHAHA!
(Moment over)
NOW TIME FOR THE DISCLAIMER! Ahem I don't own One Piece but if I did… dreams of being a manga writer
STORY TIMEEEEE!
Silent Whisperer (or Nokai if u want)
LAST TIME
"Luffy-chan, don't scream at a lady like that! It's bad manners!" Sanji scolded him.
Aru stood up near the edge of the cliff.
"I'm leave…" but before she could finish her sentence her eyes rolled back into her head and she fainted. But she was so near the cliff's edge that she fell backwards over the edge.
NOW
"ARU-SAN!" Nami screamed as the girl fell down the cliff.
"GUM GUM ROCKET!" Luffy shouted and grabbed Aru just as her nose was about to come into contact with the earth.
Luffy slowly lifted her back up and when she was on the top of the cliff Sanji gently took her from Luffy cradling her like a child.
"We have to get a doctor!" Nami shouted still panicking.
Sanji slowly but steadily got up and carried her jogging swiftly down into the town with Nami and Luffy close at her heels.
Aru slowly woke up because of her being shaken slightly and looked confused. "Sanji-san?"
"Aru-san, it's okay, you will be fine. Don't worry." Sanji told her smiling.
Aru smiled weakly and wrapped her arms around his chest and fell back to sleep, cuddled against Sanji like a little child.
Nami looked shocked at Aru's tenderness towards Sanji for a moment then looked to Luffy.
"Luffy! Go get Zoro and Usopp; they should know where we are, and what has happened."
"Okay!" Luffy bounded off running as fast as he could while holding onto his hat.
In The Village
Sanji and Nami pushed their way into a tavern.
"Does anyone know where there is a doctor around here?" Nami shouted over the already loud bar.
"Yeh, but why does a pretty flower like you need a doctor?" A man said walking up to her.
She growled picking up an empty trey. "It's not for me." And just as she was about to hit the board over his head another man pulled the first one back.
"Damn it Jisl! Don't you see that that man is carrying Aru Umati? Leave them alone!" the man shrunk in fear. Sanji was impressed that even unconscious, Aru still left an impression on the people.
"So does anyone know of a doctor around here?" Sanji asked.
"I'm one!" a burly man came up to Sanji and Aru.
"Here, follow me. I've always taken care of Aru-san."
At The Doctors House
The doctor had been busy for a while (his name was Ryua). Sanji had gone outside to get/signal Luffy as to where they were and Nami insisted on staying inside with Aru.
"So, what is it Ryua-chan?" Nami said sitting on the end of the bed Aru was sleeping in.
"Nothing serious, I don't think. This isn't common or uncommon for Aru-san since…" at that moment Luffy, Usopp, and a slightly worried Zoro came into the room followed by Sanji.
"Is my musician going to be okay?" Luffy said quieter than usual because he was slightly afraid of waking up Aru.
"As I was saying," Ryua said. "Aru-san will be fine; it isn't very common or uncommon for her because of her condition."
"Condition?" Zoro repeated.
"What condition?" Usopp asked.
"You don't know?" asked Ryua bewildered.
"No…" Zoro said.
"Aru-san has a heart condition, she has seizures or faint spells at any moment in time." Ryua told them slowly.
1 Day Later…
Aru shifted in bed and slowly opened her eyes. She blurrily focused them on something sitting on the end of her bed, it had orange hair.
"Nami-san?" she said drowsily.
"Aru-san! You are awake!" Nami said brightly.
"Everyone has been worried sick about you!" and as if on cue the crew quietly walked into the room.
"My flower!" Sanji said brightly!
"I don't think you got a proper introduction to these two." Nami told her.
"This is Usopp." Aru sat up to shake hands with Usopp.
"And this is Zoro; he isn't the friendliest person in the world." Nami said, but whispered the last part.
Aru laughed lightly and stuck out her hand to a clearly bored Zoro.
"Awww! You chicken! You think you're gonna get germs or something?"
Zoro annoyed, walked over and shook her hand.
"See? That wasn't so hard!" Aru told him.
"So how are you feeling?" Sanji asked.
"Wait, hold up!" Aru said, looking completely confused, "I remember falling off the cliff that was it. Why am I not in millions of tiny pieces down there!"
"Luffy saved you." Nami said.
"How?"
"Don't you know? I'm a rubber man!" Luffy said.
Aru looked surprised but then smiled. "I knew that there was something different about you Luffy", she yawned.
Nami looked at the tired Aru and said to the crew "Okay, intro done! EVERYONE OUT!" she began to push everyone out of the room.
"Wait! Luffy-san, can I talk to you?" Aru asked.
Everyone else felt except Luffy who sat on the edge of the bed.
"So I guess you don't want me to be apart of your crew now…" she said but in a questioning way.
"What? Of course we still want you!" he said as Aru lifted her head shocked.
"Really? But, but, why?"
"I'm going to the grand line to find One Piece and I need the best crew!"
"Luffy-san, I'm not the best, many people are better than me!" she told him blushing slightly.
"If I had seen better we probably wouldn't even be here!" he said, bouncing on the bed.
Aru smiled. "Thanks Luffy-san. But I still don't know if I should or not…"
"Nami-san told us everything so don't worry!"
Aru's eyes suddenly blazed as she though of the memory:
"Okayokay! Look, just don't tell anyone okay…Here it goes. I have a heart condition where I have faint and seizure spells. I also get premonitions about what is going to happen to people. Happy?" Aru said.
"I can't believe it!" she shouted, she hopped out of the bed and flew outside running fast.
"Aru-san?" Nami shouted.
"LEAVE ME ALONE YOU ASSHOLE!" she screamed.
Nami looked stunned, "Aru-san?"
Sanji, who was standing next to Nami, looked from Nami to Aru then raced after Aru swiftly.
At Cliff Again
Aru sat tears streaming down her face looking out towards the water, but father away from the edge this time.
"What do you want now, Sanji-san. Come to tell me what a freak I am?" she said with fire in her swollen eyes.
"What do you mean?" he said, and sat down next to her.
"What do you mean you don't mean?"
"I don't know what you are talking about." He said softly.
Aru looked at him, "You don't have to be so soft around me, I hate it." She said spitting the last few words out. "I mean, I didn't want you to find out so you wouldn't treat me like some freak that nobody likes…"
"Aru-san, I really don't know what you are talking about…"
"But, Luffy-san said that Nami-san told you everything…"
"Yes, she told us about your heart condition, is there something else we should know about?" Sanji said placing his hand on her shoulder, she gripped her and in his.
"She didn't…" Aru bolted up and raced back to towards Nami shouting to Sanji "Thank you Sanji-san!" Then Aru saw Nami and flung her arms around her.
"Nami-san! I'm so sorry! I thought you told them about…and then Sanji-san said…but I'm so sorry!"
"Aru-san, I would never tell anyone about your secret, I promise to you." Nami said looking at the old friend in her arms who had changed so much.
Next Day
"Come on guys!" Aru said looking behind her. "I know of this really good tavern where you can get all you want to eat, my treat."
"MEAT! COME ON! LET'S GO!" Luffy shouted.
"He has a one track mind doesn't he." Aru asked Sanji who was walking next to her
"Yes, meat and new crew members are about all his brain enjoys." Sanji replied.
"Well…I have a little test for him, what's more important. An all you can eat, meat buffet or a new crew member!" Aru replied smiling.
Tavern
Loud voices were heard as the crew sat down in a table.
"You guys eat; I'm going to see if I can set a happier tune to this place!" Aru said.
"Can I borrow your fiddle?" Aru asked a man on the stage, clearly stunned the man handed it to her.
"Thanks!" she winked to Nami. "I'll give it back; I just want to set the pace."
Aru started playing a jaunty fast paced tune on the fiddle and soon the entire band had picked it up.
"Come on people! You know you want to dance!" Aru, handing back the instrument, jumped down from the stage and started to dance.
People of various age, size, and gender joined her on the floor.
Aru grabbed Nami's hand and pulled her out. "Dance!" Aru screamed.
Nami laughed at seeing some of her old friend back and danced.
Aru made her way over to the eating Luffy and the other crew members, "I'll be your musician if you and the entire crew dance, now!" she shouted.
Well…a SUPER LONG chapter but no cliff hanger. I hope you enjoy! ARG! Super hard Spanish test 2day. I have to go study! Read and Review! I miss you already!
Silent Whisperer