"Zolo-chaaaaan," Hana whined, "I'm bored! Not being able to run sucks!" Zolo sighed, then smiled back at her. Her eyes drooped. "I'm tired... already..." The grin still on his face he began to carry her back onto the ship. She was already asleep when he layed her down in his cot. The rest of the crew prepared the ship and they left the port.
"We're gonna have get another hammock for Nakatsu, and something for Hana," he said trying to think of what would fit in the women's quarters. "Come to think of it, I've never seen Nami's room." He sighed he would have to ask her what would fit. He pulled Luffy's hammock over so that he could lay down while he watched over Hana. Eventually, though, he fell asleep. Sanji and Luffy walked in sometime later.
"Sword boy seems to be enjoying the company," Sanji said, quiet enough that he wouldn't wake them up. Luffy didn't say anything for a moment.
"HEY, ZOLO'S SLEEPING IN MY HAMMOCK!" he finally yelled. Sanji put a hand over his mouth. Hana stirred a bit, but she didn't wake up. Sanji sighed in releif. "A hurricane couldn't wake those two," He smiled. Hana rolled over into the cot with Zolo in it. Luffy and Sanji struggled not to laugh until they were out on the deck. Once they were they burst out laughing.
"I want to be around when he wakes up," Luffy laughed, a tear in his eye. Sanji was laughing too hard to speak. Nakatsu and Chopper walked up.
"What's going on?" Chopper asked. Luffy and Sanji were still laughing so they just pionted to the door. Soon they were all rolling on the deck, laughing their hearts out. Soon after they showed Nami and Usopp. Usopp laughed louder than all of them.
"What's all the ruckus about?" Zolo asked as he woke up. He noticed Hana and freaked out, turning bright red. Sanji luaghed from the doorway. Zolo tryed to move with out waking her up, but she grabbed his wrist. He looked down to see a still sleeping Hana.
"Don't go..." She said in her sleep. He had to smile at how innocent she looked, "Don't go... sushi... I'm hungry..." Zolo's face turned to pure terror as she began trying to eat his hand. "Hana! Wake up! It's Zolo!" He yelled, trying to get out of her grasp, "I'm not sushi I swear!" The others laughed even more as Hana continued up his arm. Nakatsu walked over, still laughing and chopped Hana in the back of the neck. She blinked and fell down onto the floor, not moving. Nakatsu lifted her up, putting her sleeping form back into a hammock as Chopper looked over Zolo's arm. It was red and covered in bite marks. In one place it had even broken the skin. "You'll be fine," He told him, wrapping a bandage around it. Nakatsu turned around just after the bandage covered the open sore.
"I'm sorry about that," He said, "I would have stopped her sooner but it was too funny!" Zolo looked sick.
"Thaaaaanks," He said sarcasticly. "I'm going up to the crow's nest," he said and left. The others let him go.
"Mmm?" Hana muttered as she sat up, "Did I miss something?" She closed her mouth, something tasted weird. She tryed not to think about it. The others continued talking.
"It was pretty funny though," Luffy said. "Pretty funny? You luaghed harder than me!" Sanji yelled. The two glared at each other for a moment, then broke out luaghing again. Hana's eyes got wide. She recognized that taste. Blood.
"What happened!" She yelled and this time the others looked over at her, her mouth clenched, her face startled.
"You rolled over into the same cot as Zolo, he woke up and freaked out and then you tried to eat him. You kept talking about sushi," Nami explained, "It was pretty funny." Hana's face tightened.
"Why didn't you stop me!" She yelled over at Nakatsu, he shrugged.
"I did, but I let you go for awhile," He answered, "Why does it matter so much?" A sick look passed over her face.
"I broke the skin, there is blood in my mouth," She said softly, and Nakatsu's face went as pale as hers.
"What?" Sanji asked. Hana sped out of the room, but Nakatsu turned to answer him.
"Hana is... Different... from others who ate devil fruit..." He muttered and sighed heavily, sadly.
"Whaddaya mean?" Luffy asked, scratching his head.
"Well, because she ate the Creature-creature fruit, call it a side effect if you must," He started, "She can use the abilities of other creatures, including ones more... Human, like fishmen or, unfortunatly, vampires. If she bites some one and they do not get an antidote the consciences are grave"
"What are they...?" Usopp shivered, not sure he wanted to know.
"There's no time for that," Sanji interupted, "Lets go see if we can help at all." The walked up to see Zolo standing in the crow's nest and Hana standing on a rope connected to it.
"Zolo, you need to take an antidote," Nami yelled over the rising wind. It was getting worse by the second, but Hana and Zolo seemed uneffected.
"Why should I?" He asked, but the vioce was not his own. "I feel great." Hana judged the distance between them, there wasn't much time left.
"Zolo, you need to take that antidote right now," Nakatsu yelled then looked up at Hana. 'She doesn't have time to walk across that rope, and if she jumps to him she'll be blown overboard, the winds are too strong!' He thought rapidly to himself. She smiled at him and mouthed the words, 'It'll be okay', she knew he wouldn't hear them if she yelled. Nakatsu nodded and threw a little bottle up to her. She caught it and took off the cork as she jumped toward Zolo. She poured the purple liquid down his throat before the wind blew her over board.
"No!" Chopper yelled, "She's still hasn't recuperated enough to use her power! She can't fly back to safty!" Zolo put a hand up to his head as the antidote took effect. When he was back to normal he saw Hana falling into the dark sea below. "Hana!" He yelled, his vioce was devoured by the howls of the wind. He jumped off of the boat, helping her to stay above the harsh waters. Luffy stretched his arm down to them, the rest of them making sure he didn't fall in himself. Zolo grabbed his hand and the two were hauled up. Hana asleep once more. They all sighed in releif and Zolo carried Hana back to his cot, then put a blankit over her wet body. He leaned against a wall. "That," he started, "Was the wierdest feeling I have ever had in my whole life." Nakatsu sighed. "Hey," Nami interupted, "You never did tell us what the side efftect was." Nakatsu looked up at the crew, then over at Hana. She was still asleep so he answered the question.
"It gives you a split personality," He muttered quietly, "A really bad one, it makes you sort out all of your bad pionts and make them into another person. Pretty much." He looked down at the ground.
"So that's what happened to you huh?" Zolo asked from behind him. The others gasped softly. Nakatsu turned around and smiled warily.
"Yeah, but it's a secret okay?" he told them," Hana knows that it does something to the people she bites, but she doesn't know what. I would like to keep it that way." Zolo sighed.
"She'll find out one day," He cursed, "but for now, I agree that that is best." The others muttered their agreement.
"Chopper, how long until she can move around normally without getting so tired?" Luffy asked. Chopper sighed.
"I'm surprised that she moves around that well already," He answered, "She must be really hyper the rest of the time"
"You have no idea," Zolo and Nakatsu both muttered.
"Anyway, she'll be fine in about four more days. She'll have one treatment each day, and by the fifth she'll be fit as a fiddle," Chopper explained.
"Fiddles are too fast. I don't like fast," Hana said, sitting up. Zolo sighed, 'she runs fast, recovers fast, thinks too fast, or maybe she just doesn't think at all? Anyway, she's the definition of fast!' Hana fell back into the pillow, "Fast ain't always good"
"We still need to get something for Nakatsu and Hana to sleep on," Sanji said.
"There's a port nearby, we can be there by tommorow morning," Nami replyed looking at another map. "Hayden"
"Then we'll do it!" Luffy yelled and the crew went off to do their own thing while they waited.
"Land ho!" Hana yelled from the crows nest. "I've always wanted to say that"
"Hana get down from there!" Zolo yelled.
"Okay!" she jumped down into Zolo's arms. She smiled, but he sighed.
"What am I going to do with you? Chopper wants you to come get your treatment," He sighed again as he tipped her onto her feet. she looked up at him with evil eyes.
"I... Hate... MEDICINE!" She whined. Zolo smiled as she walked into the room Chopper was waiting in. Hana slept through the rest of that morning's trip. Soon the port city of Hayden apeared over the ocean's waters.
"Hey, Chopper, can she come into town with us?" Luffy asked. Chopper nodded.
"Sure can, if you can wake her up that is," He answered. They all circled around Zolo's cot, where Hana was sleeping and tryed to wake her up. Zolo sighed when it came to his turn and said one word.
"Sushi?" Hana shot up in bed, "I like sushi! Hi Zolo, lets go get some sushi! You're buyin'? Sounds good! Lets go!" Hana jumped out of the cot and ran to the side of the ship, jumping off.
"Hana, that's the wrong side..." They all muttered, but it was too late. Nakatsu shrugged.
"Let her walk up," he smiled a bit. Hana walked up to the shore, spitting out some seawater. The others laughed from above, but she gave them an icy glare that froze them to the spot. The silence ended when she broke eye contact to spit out a fish and they all began laughing again. Eventually she jioned in as they all jumped off the ship.
"Now..." She said slowly, "I seem to remember that you owe me sushi Zolo." He sighed as she dragged him along. "Well meet you back here in an hour"
"Okay!" Luffy yelled and laughed as she pulled Zolo off and into a restraunt. He turned to the rest, "We need to find some cots." The others nodded and they headed into town. They looked into several stores with no luck, but as they walked down the street something caught Sanji's eye. A girl with long brown hair tacked up a poster nearby.
"I'll catch up wit chu guys in a minute," He told them, "I gots some business to attend to." "Okay, bye Sanji!" Chopper said then raced to catch up with the rest of the crew. Sanji walked up and put a hand on the wall near the girl. She saw it and turned to him.
"Hiya," She said, waving her hand. Sanji kept cool. "Want to go to a cook off?" She asked, Sanji looked suprised. She handed him a flyer, "We're having a cook off this evening, there's still time to enter if you're intrested." He looked at the flyer, then back at the girl.
"Will you be there?" He asked suavly. She smiled.
"Ofcoarse," She grinned, it turned into a smirk, "I'm a contestant." She tacked another poster up and then turned to him, "I'm sorry, but I have to be going. See you there?" Sanji smiled.
"You can be sure of it," he told her. She gave him a final smile and left.
"Sanji! This guy is gonna sell us some hammocks!" Usopp yelled over to him. Sanji walked over the group. "It's a great deal," Usopp continued, "Buy two, get one free"
"Ussop, we only need two," Nami argued.
"Never hurts to have an extra," Luffy cut in and that was the end of it as they bought the cots.
"Sushi! Sushi! I love sushi!" Hana sang happily. Zolo sighed as she gobbled through her tenth plate. 'She'd give even Luffy a run for his money in an eating contest,' he thought to himself as he drank some sake. "Zolo, you shouldn't drink!" she told have waving a finger. He knew she was joking.
"Why not? I don't get drunk," He told her and knocked a bottle back to prove his piont. She shook the finger faster.
"I told you drinking was bad!" She said and slapped him. "You just never learn! You're too complicated, like life, and like pie!" Zolo laughed nervously. She gave him a serious look, "You laugh like it's a joke, but I'm serious." The nervous laughter died away and they began to eat again. Finally, Zolo called for the check. He took one look and froze. He sighed and pulled out his wallet. She put an arm in front of him. "I got this one," She told him. He started to protest, but she cut him off, "It'll be my apology for biting you." Hana dumped some gold cions into the waiters hand and they left.
Everyone met back in front of the ship. Sanji pulled Luffy aside. He spoke quietly, "Luffy, I want the night off to participate in a cook off." He told him. Luffy looked confused.
"That's fine, but I thought you didn't like compititions?" Luffy asked. Sanji's eyes momentarily turned into hearts, then turned back to normal.
"Something has sparked my intrest..." He said and Luffy smiled.
"Then tonight, you are on leave," He said and Sanji thanked him before heading off.
"What was that all about?" Chopper asked. Luffy shrugged.
"Sanji has the night off to participate in a cook off, why?" He informed them and they all hit him.
"You idiot! Now what do WE eat!" They all said at once.
"Oops!" Luffy said and scratched his head. Hana sighed.
"Come on, Nami, we're the only ones that have a chance at cooking right..." She said in a bored tone, then lightened up. "If we hurry we can watch Sanji"
"Remember: one of the people cooking is Hana so only half of it is edible," Nakatsu warned them. Hana whaked him over the head.
"I heard that!" She snapped.
"It's not my fault you can only cook desserts!" Nakatsu said, rubbing his head. "You're so violent"
"I second that," Zolo and Chopper said at the same time, both thinking of the several times she had hit them.
"I'm not violent!" She flared and slapped them all. By the time they were done arguing, Nami had already made the meal on her own. They ate quickly and headed for the center of town, following signs to get to the cook off.
"We're gonna have get another hammock for Nakatsu, and something for Hana," he said trying to think of what would fit in the women's quarters. "Come to think of it, I've never seen Nami's room." He sighed he would have to ask her what would fit. He pulled Luffy's hammock over so that he could lay down while he watched over Hana. Eventually, though, he fell asleep. Sanji and Luffy walked in sometime later.
"Sword boy seems to be enjoying the company," Sanji said, quiet enough that he wouldn't wake them up. Luffy didn't say anything for a moment.
"HEY, ZOLO'S SLEEPING IN MY HAMMOCK!" he finally yelled. Sanji put a hand over his mouth. Hana stirred a bit, but she didn't wake up. Sanji sighed in releif. "A hurricane couldn't wake those two," He smiled. Hana rolled over into the cot with Zolo in it. Luffy and Sanji struggled not to laugh until they were out on the deck. Once they were they burst out laughing.
"I want to be around when he wakes up," Luffy laughed, a tear in his eye. Sanji was laughing too hard to speak. Nakatsu and Chopper walked up.
"What's going on?" Chopper asked. Luffy and Sanji were still laughing so they just pionted to the door. Soon they were all rolling on the deck, laughing their hearts out. Soon after they showed Nami and Usopp. Usopp laughed louder than all of them.
"What's all the ruckus about?" Zolo asked as he woke up. He noticed Hana and freaked out, turning bright red. Sanji luaghed from the doorway. Zolo tryed to move with out waking her up, but she grabbed his wrist. He looked down to see a still sleeping Hana.
"Don't go..." She said in her sleep. He had to smile at how innocent she looked, "Don't go... sushi... I'm hungry..." Zolo's face turned to pure terror as she began trying to eat his hand. "Hana! Wake up! It's Zolo!" He yelled, trying to get out of her grasp, "I'm not sushi I swear!" The others laughed even more as Hana continued up his arm. Nakatsu walked over, still laughing and chopped Hana in the back of the neck. She blinked and fell down onto the floor, not moving. Nakatsu lifted her up, putting her sleeping form back into a hammock as Chopper looked over Zolo's arm. It was red and covered in bite marks. In one place it had even broken the skin. "You'll be fine," He told him, wrapping a bandage around it. Nakatsu turned around just after the bandage covered the open sore.
"I'm sorry about that," He said, "I would have stopped her sooner but it was too funny!" Zolo looked sick.
"Thaaaaanks," He said sarcasticly. "I'm going up to the crow's nest," he said and left. The others let him go.
"Mmm?" Hana muttered as she sat up, "Did I miss something?" She closed her mouth, something tasted weird. She tryed not to think about it. The others continued talking.
"It was pretty funny though," Luffy said. "Pretty funny? You luaghed harder than me!" Sanji yelled. The two glared at each other for a moment, then broke out luaghing again. Hana's eyes got wide. She recognized that taste. Blood.
"What happened!" She yelled and this time the others looked over at her, her mouth clenched, her face startled.
"You rolled over into the same cot as Zolo, he woke up and freaked out and then you tried to eat him. You kept talking about sushi," Nami explained, "It was pretty funny." Hana's face tightened.
"Why didn't you stop me!" She yelled over at Nakatsu, he shrugged.
"I did, but I let you go for awhile," He answered, "Why does it matter so much?" A sick look passed over her face.
"I broke the skin, there is blood in my mouth," She said softly, and Nakatsu's face went as pale as hers.
"What?" Sanji asked. Hana sped out of the room, but Nakatsu turned to answer him.
"Hana is... Different... from others who ate devil fruit..." He muttered and sighed heavily, sadly.
"Whaddaya mean?" Luffy asked, scratching his head.
"Well, because she ate the Creature-creature fruit, call it a side effect if you must," He started, "She can use the abilities of other creatures, including ones more... Human, like fishmen or, unfortunatly, vampires. If she bites some one and they do not get an antidote the consciences are grave"
"What are they...?" Usopp shivered, not sure he wanted to know.
"There's no time for that," Sanji interupted, "Lets go see if we can help at all." The walked up to see Zolo standing in the crow's nest and Hana standing on a rope connected to it.
"Zolo, you need to take an antidote," Nami yelled over the rising wind. It was getting worse by the second, but Hana and Zolo seemed uneffected.
"Why should I?" He asked, but the vioce was not his own. "I feel great." Hana judged the distance between them, there wasn't much time left.
"Zolo, you need to take that antidote right now," Nakatsu yelled then looked up at Hana. 'She doesn't have time to walk across that rope, and if she jumps to him she'll be blown overboard, the winds are too strong!' He thought rapidly to himself. She smiled at him and mouthed the words, 'It'll be okay', she knew he wouldn't hear them if she yelled. Nakatsu nodded and threw a little bottle up to her. She caught it and took off the cork as she jumped toward Zolo. She poured the purple liquid down his throat before the wind blew her over board.
"No!" Chopper yelled, "She's still hasn't recuperated enough to use her power! She can't fly back to safty!" Zolo put a hand up to his head as the antidote took effect. When he was back to normal he saw Hana falling into the dark sea below. "Hana!" He yelled, his vioce was devoured by the howls of the wind. He jumped off of the boat, helping her to stay above the harsh waters. Luffy stretched his arm down to them, the rest of them making sure he didn't fall in himself. Zolo grabbed his hand and the two were hauled up. Hana asleep once more. They all sighed in releif and Zolo carried Hana back to his cot, then put a blankit over her wet body. He leaned against a wall. "That," he started, "Was the wierdest feeling I have ever had in my whole life." Nakatsu sighed. "Hey," Nami interupted, "You never did tell us what the side efftect was." Nakatsu looked up at the crew, then over at Hana. She was still asleep so he answered the question.
"It gives you a split personality," He muttered quietly, "A really bad one, it makes you sort out all of your bad pionts and make them into another person. Pretty much." He looked down at the ground.
"So that's what happened to you huh?" Zolo asked from behind him. The others gasped softly. Nakatsu turned around and smiled warily.
"Yeah, but it's a secret okay?" he told them," Hana knows that it does something to the people she bites, but she doesn't know what. I would like to keep it that way." Zolo sighed.
"She'll find out one day," He cursed, "but for now, I agree that that is best." The others muttered their agreement.
"Chopper, how long until she can move around normally without getting so tired?" Luffy asked. Chopper sighed.
"I'm surprised that she moves around that well already," He answered, "She must be really hyper the rest of the time"
"You have no idea," Zolo and Nakatsu both muttered.
"Anyway, she'll be fine in about four more days. She'll have one treatment each day, and by the fifth she'll be fit as a fiddle," Chopper explained.
"Fiddles are too fast. I don't like fast," Hana said, sitting up. Zolo sighed, 'she runs fast, recovers fast, thinks too fast, or maybe she just doesn't think at all? Anyway, she's the definition of fast!' Hana fell back into the pillow, "Fast ain't always good"
"We still need to get something for Nakatsu and Hana to sleep on," Sanji said.
"There's a port nearby, we can be there by tommorow morning," Nami replyed looking at another map. "Hayden"
"Then we'll do it!" Luffy yelled and the crew went off to do their own thing while they waited.
"Land ho!" Hana yelled from the crows nest. "I've always wanted to say that"
"Hana get down from there!" Zolo yelled.
"Okay!" she jumped down into Zolo's arms. She smiled, but he sighed.
"What am I going to do with you? Chopper wants you to come get your treatment," He sighed again as he tipped her onto her feet. she looked up at him with evil eyes.
"I... Hate... MEDICINE!" She whined. Zolo smiled as she walked into the room Chopper was waiting in. Hana slept through the rest of that morning's trip. Soon the port city of Hayden apeared over the ocean's waters.
"Hey, Chopper, can she come into town with us?" Luffy asked. Chopper nodded.
"Sure can, if you can wake her up that is," He answered. They all circled around Zolo's cot, where Hana was sleeping and tryed to wake her up. Zolo sighed when it came to his turn and said one word.
"Sushi?" Hana shot up in bed, "I like sushi! Hi Zolo, lets go get some sushi! You're buyin'? Sounds good! Lets go!" Hana jumped out of the cot and ran to the side of the ship, jumping off.
"Hana, that's the wrong side..." They all muttered, but it was too late. Nakatsu shrugged.
"Let her walk up," he smiled a bit. Hana walked up to the shore, spitting out some seawater. The others laughed from above, but she gave them an icy glare that froze them to the spot. The silence ended when she broke eye contact to spit out a fish and they all began laughing again. Eventually she jioned in as they all jumped off the ship.
"Now..." She said slowly, "I seem to remember that you owe me sushi Zolo." He sighed as she dragged him along. "Well meet you back here in an hour"
"Okay!" Luffy yelled and laughed as she pulled Zolo off and into a restraunt. He turned to the rest, "We need to find some cots." The others nodded and they headed into town. They looked into several stores with no luck, but as they walked down the street something caught Sanji's eye. A girl with long brown hair tacked up a poster nearby.
"I'll catch up wit chu guys in a minute," He told them, "I gots some business to attend to." "Okay, bye Sanji!" Chopper said then raced to catch up with the rest of the crew. Sanji walked up and put a hand on the wall near the girl. She saw it and turned to him.
"Hiya," She said, waving her hand. Sanji kept cool. "Want to go to a cook off?" She asked, Sanji looked suprised. She handed him a flyer, "We're having a cook off this evening, there's still time to enter if you're intrested." He looked at the flyer, then back at the girl.
"Will you be there?" He asked suavly. She smiled.
"Ofcoarse," She grinned, it turned into a smirk, "I'm a contestant." She tacked another poster up and then turned to him, "I'm sorry, but I have to be going. See you there?" Sanji smiled.
"You can be sure of it," he told her. She gave him a final smile and left.
"Sanji! This guy is gonna sell us some hammocks!" Usopp yelled over to him. Sanji walked over the group. "It's a great deal," Usopp continued, "Buy two, get one free"
"Ussop, we only need two," Nami argued.
"Never hurts to have an extra," Luffy cut in and that was the end of it as they bought the cots.
"Sushi! Sushi! I love sushi!" Hana sang happily. Zolo sighed as she gobbled through her tenth plate. 'She'd give even Luffy a run for his money in an eating contest,' he thought to himself as he drank some sake. "Zolo, you shouldn't drink!" she told have waving a finger. He knew she was joking.
"Why not? I don't get drunk," He told her and knocked a bottle back to prove his piont. She shook the finger faster.
"I told you drinking was bad!" She said and slapped him. "You just never learn! You're too complicated, like life, and like pie!" Zolo laughed nervously. She gave him a serious look, "You laugh like it's a joke, but I'm serious." The nervous laughter died away and they began to eat again. Finally, Zolo called for the check. He took one look and froze. He sighed and pulled out his wallet. She put an arm in front of him. "I got this one," She told him. He started to protest, but she cut him off, "It'll be my apology for biting you." Hana dumped some gold cions into the waiters hand and they left.
Everyone met back in front of the ship. Sanji pulled Luffy aside. He spoke quietly, "Luffy, I want the night off to participate in a cook off." He told him. Luffy looked confused.
"That's fine, but I thought you didn't like compititions?" Luffy asked. Sanji's eyes momentarily turned into hearts, then turned back to normal.
"Something has sparked my intrest..." He said and Luffy smiled.
"Then tonight, you are on leave," He said and Sanji thanked him before heading off.
"What was that all about?" Chopper asked. Luffy shrugged.
"Sanji has the night off to participate in a cook off, why?" He informed them and they all hit him.
"You idiot! Now what do WE eat!" They all said at once.
"Oops!" Luffy said and scratched his head. Hana sighed.
"Come on, Nami, we're the only ones that have a chance at cooking right..." She said in a bored tone, then lightened up. "If we hurry we can watch Sanji"
"Remember: one of the people cooking is Hana so only half of it is edible," Nakatsu warned them. Hana whaked him over the head.
"I heard that!" She snapped.
"It's not my fault you can only cook desserts!" Nakatsu said, rubbing his head. "You're so violent"
"I second that," Zolo and Chopper said at the same time, both thinking of the several times she had hit them.
"I'm not violent!" She flared and slapped them all. By the time they were done arguing, Nami had already made the meal on her own. They ate quickly and headed for the center of town, following signs to get to the cook off.