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Song: Two Souls-Towards the Truth by fripSide (Owari no Seraph: Nagoya Kissen-hen Opening, episode 6-12)

Big Horn is a rather small, snow covered town that was situated in the clearing of a forest at the bottom of a mountain. Dalton led them into a small hut, where he begins to tell them the situation.

"First I must apologize for the hostility earlier. We've been through a lot involving pirates in the last while so we were a bit defensive. You say you're here to seek a doctor, correct? Well then, I must apologize, but you've arrived at the worst time possible." Dalton revealed to the horror of the crew.

"You're saying… you guys don't have a doctor here?!" Vivi cried "then how could you have-"

"We did have doctors, in fact in the past this place was one that produced the finest doctors in the world." Dalton's expression flashed with anger "But that all changed when he became king!"

"Who?"

"The old king of Drum Kingdom was benevolent and loved by all, but when he died and his son succeeded him, he turns out to be the complete opposite! Wapol exiled all of our doctors save for 20 of the most skilled ones, today they are known as the Isshi-20 and forced to serve only him! If any of us get sick, we'd have to pay tribute just for the Isshi-20 to come!"

"Wapol… wait a minute, wasn't he the fatass that we kicked off of our ship?" Gian remembered.

"If we knew that earlier, we would've just asked him then…" Usopp sighed.

"Don't think that would work, the guy was a jackass he wouldn't help us even if we begged." Zoro snorted.

"So, I take it you've encountered him." Dalton noted.

"Yeah… I guess it's technically treason but in our defense he did try to eat our ship." Gian told him.

"Do not worry about him, we have no love for a king who is corrupt as he. But even so, all the island's doctors are not present, and with what happened 3 months ago, there's little we can do to help." Dalton assured them.

"3 months ago?"

"Yes… about 3 months ago Drum Kingdom was under fire from a pirate known only as Blackbeard. He bombarded our shores with cannon fire, but when the king found out that he was overpowered he immediately turned tail and ran without even a thought for the citizens!" Dalton growled in anger "We've had enough of him as it is! But I must apologize once again for not doing more to help right now."

"So that's it? What else can we do? Nami-san doesn't have much time left!" Sanji shouted.

Dalton was impressed by the resolve of the crew, what they were willing to do just to save a single crewmate. It's clear that these kids were not the same kind of pirates that attacked the island 3 months ago.

"Well… there is one doctor on this island… but she's a bit of a special case."

"Why didn't you say so earlier?! We don't care if she's lost her medical license or something like that, if she knows medicine, we'll use her!" Gian shouted.

"If that's the case, then I will show you where she is." Dalton walked out of the small house and pointed to a group of Drum-shaped mountains in the distance.

"Those is the Drum Rockies. The doctor I speak of is located atop the highest peak there. She is quite an expert, but her personality is… interesting, some people have even called her a witch. Regardless, she's your best source of help right now."

"A witch… as long as she doesn't cook us that I think we can handle it." Gian mentioned "For now I think it's the best option."

And thus it was decided that Luffy, Sanji and Gian would go take Nami to find this so called doctor while Usopp and Vivi remained in the village. Zoro would be tasked with guarding the Merry with Carue. All in all it seemed like a fairly good plan, but they need to hurry, as Nami has fallen unconscious during their talk, meaning their time is reduced even further.

"I wish you all the best of luck, but be careful when scaling the mountain. It is colder than here, and there are ferocious animals around. Be especially careful around the lapahns, they are very dangerous." Dalton gave them one last bit of advice, to which the group affirmed and set off.

"It's going to get cold, so make sure Nami is covered!" Gian reminded the two others as they began the trek up the side of the mountain. Sanji, as expected, was the first to jump at the chance at carrying her on his back.

"Why would a doctor live so far away from everybody else?" Luffy wondered.

"Beats me." Sanji shrugged.

"You think the doctor would have some food at her place?" Luffy asked.

"I do not." Gian scoffed.

"But whyyyy?"

"Because I don't know? I swear you are the living definition of a person thinking with his stomach!"

Sanji suddenly paused.

"Um… what are those large white things? They're big and furry… and white."

Indeed in the distance there were a large group of white colored piles. The little group gulped as they wondered if they were large tundra predators, but upon closer inspection, it was revealed that…

"They're rabbits… Big rabbits…" Gian mumbled.

"Oh, that's good. I thought they were going to be polar bears!" Luffy breathed a sigh of relief.

However, it soon became apparent that these big rabbits are not the same cute vegetarians they were familiar with. When one little bunny came up to the group, their first thought was on how cute it was before it bared it's fangs and leapt straight at Luffy's face. The rubber boy gave a yelp and barely jumped out of the way. Luffy then angrily kicked the small baby away, but this only brought more trouble.

"Oh great… the entire family hates us now…" Gian sighed as the other rabbits glared at them and bared their teeth as well. "These must be the lapahns that Dalton-san told us about."

"We need to run! Sanji, give Nami to Luffy! The two of us are going to draw them away while Luffy breaks for the top!"

The cook nodded and did just that as the group of rabbits all screeched in unison and pounced at them. Luffy continued going higher up the mountain, as Gian and Sanji ran in a separate direction. The lapahns gave chase for a bit, but then soon stopped and smirked at them.

Then they all began to hop up and down with perfect coordination, sinister grins hanging on their faces all the while. Needless to say, it confused the 3 of them greatly.

"Gian, what's going on? You know a lot about animals right? So what are they doing?" Sanji asked.

"If I knew, I would've said so already." Replied the Kaiju-Zoan user as he watched, perplexed.

However, the motive behind the action was soon revealed, much to the horror of the 3 as they felt a soft rumble in the distance; one that gradually grew louder and more violent the closer it got to them.

The lapahns were not just bouncing around for no reason; they had caused an avalanche due to the vibrations of their jumping.

"Those rabbits are crazy! They'd throw their own lives away just to get us?!" Sanji screamed.

The wall of tumbling snow is coming in fast, its rumbles near-deafening. Luffy looked up in horror as the frozen liquid crashed towards him; normally the Gomu Gomu no mi's powers would allow him to get to safety rather easily, but with a passenger in his body that just wasn't possible.

"Everybody get behind me!" shouted Gian as he dropped down onto all fours. Seeing as the Kaiju-Zoan user appears to have a plan, Luffy and Sanji quickly dashed behind him. Gian took a deep breath, before his dorsal fins burst out of his back, charging his entire body with Atomic Energy.

"Atom Firestorm!" much like a normal Atom Ray, the large breath attack shot out of his mouth, only instead of a singular point, this attack fans out in a wide conical blast, covering a wide area in front of Gian as the snow that struck the superheated cone of radiation was melted instantly.

The heat of the blast was so hot that part of his shirt was singed, but the thing he was worried about was how taxing this move is on his stamina. It was a move he made up on the fly, and now that it's actually being applied, Gian found that he's getting way too tired to maintain it for much longer. Fortunately the avalanche began to subside. Soon it ends, and Gian collapsed into the snow. The good news is, apart from some light injuries from stray ice chunks, no one was seriously hurt.

"Wow… that was a lot more than I had bargained for." Gian panted as he tried to catch his breath "Guess I should've Partially Transformed for that."

"Great… this is going to take us longer… Get on my back I'm carrying you there." Sanji declared.

"Yeah, hold on… I should be back up soon."

Before they could proceed, the group was alerted to commotion a few feet away. Glancing up, they saw the small lapahn from before throwing its weight to try and pull out a larger rabbit. The group just sighed at this.

"You see? This is what happens when you don't consider the consequences of your actions." Gian chuckled "Here, we'll help you out." With that the 3 abled-bodied boys helped to dig out the bodies of two larger lapahns. Fortunately they were merely knocked out. A good deed done, the group returned with the goal in mind to get Nami to the doctor. But little did they know, it was going to be way tougher than they thought.

Soon:

"How far away is this damn mountain?" Luffy whined as they continued to trudge towards the cliff. Nami was still on his back so movement was beginning to be difficult. More snow was beginning to fall and soon they won't be able to see very far.

"I'm sure we just have a bit more distance to go…" Gian shivered. He was able to walk a lot more now, with Sanji no longer having to carry him.

But once again their task was to be interrupted. Whizzing through the air, the crew barely managed to duck as an arrow embedded itself onto a nearby tree, narrowly skimming the top of their heads.

"Mahahaha! We found you!" hearing the annoying voice, the group turned to see the former despotic king of this country riding towards them on what appears to be a white-furred hippopotamus. On either side of him are two men, one dressed in what appears to be a jester costume and the other in a yellow tunic with his head adorned with a black afro.

"Wapol… get lost, we aren't in the mood to deal with you right now." Luffy growled.

"The nerve! Don't you fools know that my word in this country is law? And from what I heard from that traitor Dalton, the three of you are trying to see a doctor!" Wapol sneered.

"Dalton…? what did you do to him?!" Gian demanded.

"Oh, not much. All I did was teach him his place, he was my subordinate after all. I would've executed him if not for a random avalanche! But let's not talk about him right now. I forbid you all to see that witch!"

"Like Luffy said, quit stalling us and let us move on. We'll deal with you later." The kaiju-zoan user spat.

A vein grew in the tyrant's head "Are you all defying me?! You've done it now! I hereby declare a new law to be in place! Whomever ignores the king's orders will be put to death!" he sneered "Chess? Kuromarimo? Take care of these insolent peasants!"

"Gladly, Wapol-sama!" Chess, the one dressed in the jester costume revealed a bow and arrow from his back. Lining up a shot he fired straight at Luffy's head. Unfortunately for him, this arrow was soon split in half when Gian swung Atom Splitter down.

"I thought we told you, we don't want to deal with your shit right now!" he snarled as his eyes glowed their familiar amber color "If you're not gonna move, then I'm going to throw you out!" following that, Wapol felt a wave of nauseous energy emitted from the man, and his eyes widened as a translucent flash of some form of giant beast appeared behind him briefly.

"Y-you dare stand defiantly against me?! Who do you think you are you hippos?!" he put on the angriest face he could.

"W-what is this overwhelming aura?!" the other guard, Kuromarimo stammered.

The former king and his cohorts were at a loss for word, before a slight chuckle sounded.

"Mushushushushu… Someone seems to think they're more than what they are!"

Wapol's face instantly dissolved into a glad one "Ah, Ani-chan! This group of people think they can just ignore me like this!"

A fourth figure stepped out from behind the hippopotamus. Unlike the other two guards, this man wore an attire similar to that of a noble. He was also much taller, standing at least a foot higher than Chess and Kuromarimo. A condescending sneer covered his face, where a black eyemask slightly obscured his features. Most notably, his pink colored hair was the exact shape of a mushroom; he was even adorned with mushroom shoulder pads.

"I am Musshuru, elder brother of King Wapol. And in this land, all who do not obey will be executed."

"Luffy, we should just leave." Sanji suggested "There's no use talking to these shitheads."

"Then in that case, we will no longer offer you any mercy." Musshuru beckoned with one hand. Chess and Kuromarimo grinned with malice as they prepared to attack. Chess drew back his bow and fired another volley of arrows, while Kuromarimo ripped out patches of his…hair… and used that as a projectile.

"Run for it!" Luffy yelled as they ran further and further uphill. They were so close right now, just a bit further and they will reach the peak! The projectiles were whizzing past their heads so closely, but they managed to avoid them, at least until Wapol's elder brother stepped up.

"Mushushushushu! You aren't escaping!" Musshuru chortled, before lowering his head "This next attack will make you drop to your knees! Shade Dance!"

Suddenly purple colored energy bullets sprayed out of the man's hair in a wide cone, akin to a machine gun. Because it was getting harder and harder to move in the snow, Luffy wasn't able to move out of the way in time. Just when the bullets seemed like they were about to strike Nami, Gian and Sanji leapt in the path of the bullets as to prevent them from getting hit. Both men grunted in pain as the projectiles shredded into them. Seeing this Musshuru's grin only grew larger; the true effects of his attack will soon take place.

Gian and Sanji both glared at the despot's cohorts, until their vision gradually became blurry. To their shock a wave of nausea washed over them and it felt like as if they could hardly stand.

"W-what the hell did you do to us?!"

"Mushushushu! Do the effects of my Noko Noko no mi's spores feel good?" the mushroom like man cackled.

"S-spores? Y-you bastard… you poisoned us?!" Sanji shouted.

"Mushushushushu, you catch on quickly. That's right! The Noko Noko no mi allows me to produce spores so toxic, it would kill you within minutes! Unfortunately for me, that Shade Dance I threw at you only had a rather small amounts of it, not enough to kill you fast enough. But no matter! By now paralysis should begin to set in, and in another 10 minutes you'd be dead!" Musshuru cackled.

"You scum! I won't forgive you for this!" Luffy snarled as he witnessed his two nakama drop to their knees. If the situation wasn't so desperate, he would've fought back almost immediately.

"Excellent, ani-chan! Now we will-"

Wapol wasn't able to finish as a large white shape suddenly tackled him off of his mount. His bodyguards in turn were also knocked to the ground. It turns out that a horde of Lapahns from before were the attackers. One particular one; the little rabbit they helped out earlier, turned to them and gave the best smile it could. Shouts and curses were heard as Wapol and his cohorts were forced to combat the animals

"And who said *wheeze* that there's no more gratitude in the world?" Gian chuckled "We just have *cough* a bit more to go." Indeed, they could now see the tallest peak of the Drum Rockies.

"It's so hard… to move now…" Sanji wheezed. While Gian's Goji-Goii no mi managed to combat the destructive poison, Sanji was not as fortunate. It seems that Musshuru wasn't lying when he said how deadly the poisonous spores were. Sanji could hardly stand now, and a slight river of blood was trickling out of the corner of his mouth.

"Then I'll carry you… Come on…" Gian gritted. Even with his super regeneration, this poison was ravaging his body enough that it was getting difficult for him to move as well. While he wouldn't place it quite as deadly as H2S, it was definitely much more potent than Don Krieg's MH5. Added in the increasingly cold air the closer they get, even he would find it hard-pressed to make it out without something bad happening.

However, there was one last hurdle to overcome:

"We have to go all the way up there!" Luffy cried. Due to the unique shape, the cliff side of the tallest mountain was an almost vertical shot upwards. The problem was, two of the members could no longer scale the mountain, as the poison has now made them very weak. Gian was tipping over frequently, while Sanji was now unconscious.

"Luffy… go on ahead…" Gian muttered weakly.

Luffy growled and wrapped his arms around his two nakama, he was going to get them all up there, one way or another. With that he began to climb, digging his fingers into the rock as much as he can. Gian shook his head at the headstrong nature of his captain, and instead focused on doing another important task: applying radiation therapy to Sanji in an attempt to stop some of the spores' deadly toxins. The cook coughed violently when the radiation coursed through his body, even heaving up some blood. It was becoming harder to breathe.

"Sorry Sanji… Just bear with us… for now…"

Luffy gritted his teeth as he climbed higher and higher; his fingernails and hands were now cracked and bleeding. Many times he had almost fallen off but hung on due to sheer determination and willpower. By now all 3 of his passengers were motionless; Gian having expended too much energy in order to try and keep Sanji alive for a bit longer.

Finally they were at the top of the mountain. Luffy smiled weakly as he finally reached the place of the supposed witch doctor. He stumbled forward, before falling face first into the snow. The last thing he saw before blacking out was a tall human shaped figure walking towards him from the door.

Much later:

*blink

*blink

The room was dark, lit only by a few candles. Gian tried to raise his head and managed to do so with some difficulty. He noticed that he was lying on a soft bed, covered by a warm blanket. Looking around more he noticed that the walls were made of stone.

"Did we make it?"

He also noticed that he was bandaged in some places; he has never needed bandages before due to his healing factor so it was strange to actually be wearing them. Deciding to go investigate, Gian attempted to get out of the bed, even though his body was sore beyond belief.

"It seems that the stories are as impressive as people claim them to be." a voice he hadn't heard before sounded "The Goji Goji no mi's regeneration really is a miracle."

Looking up blearily, Gian noticed a woman standing by the door. She seemed to be around 20 something years old, if the shape of her legs and figure were anything to say. She wore rather colorful pants a short t-shirt that exposed her midriff, along with a flame-patterned blazer. In her hand was a bottle of sake, it seems that she is fond of the drink.

"I assume, you are the one that helped us. Thank you, we really-" that was said before Gian caught a glimpse of her face, and his eyes promptly popped out of their sockets and his jaw struck the ground and he let out a scream of disbelief. The reason for this was that this woman, although having the body of a young woman, had the face that was more fitting on somebody's grandmother. Her hair was long and she was wearing a pair of sunglasses, but there was no mistaking the elderly appearance.

"WHAT IN THE HOLY NAME OF JEBUS?!"

"Back to high spirits already I see, I really did underestimate the-"

"HOW?! HOW IS THIS EVEN BIOLOGICALLY POSSIBLE?!"

"… I assume that you're wondering where-"

"HAD SCIENCE GONE TOO FAR?! WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOURSELF?! IT'S LIKE YOU PUT BOTOX-"

"WILL YOU LET ME FINISH?!" the strange woman snapped and delivered a stomp kick to Gian's face, thus slamming him into the wall and shutting him up "Honestly, it's like you've never seen another woman before."

"I've seen women, just not a chimera between a young lady and an old hag…" Gian grumbled before being subjected to another kick.

"For someone so young, you're quite rude." The lady sniffed "I'll have you know that I'm only 139 years old."

"… I'm don't even have words for that."

"Anyways… the four of you are quite tenacious. When I found you guys slumped outside my castle I could hardly believe the state you are in. adding to the fact that the straw hat boy apparently scaled the cliff with only his bare hands. Moreso, you and that blond are quite lucky to survive a poison of Musshuru's caliber."

"Wait… what is going on? Who are you? Where are my friends?" Gian asked.

"Right, I forgot to tell you about that. My name is Kureha, but you can call me Doctorine. Your friends are all in other rooms within the castle, and they should be resting right now. I've gotta say, the four of you are quite lucky."

"So are they ok?" Gian asked concerned.

"The straw hat boy and the blond are still resting. The blond in particular has suffered through quite a lot, but I gave him the antidote to Musshuru's spores and he's in stable conditions now. I was going to do the same to you, but it turns out you no longer needed it. As for the girl, she's resting in the room outside. You guys are very lucky to bring her here, if delayed by another day or so even I could not cure her sickness." Kureha replied.

"I thank you for helping us in our time of need." Gian bowed with gratitude "May I go see my friends?"

"Well, you look well enough now. Go ahead, she's just outside this room. Chopper has already given her the medicine and she will be fine now." The old woman motioned.

Gian nodded before stepping out of the room. Indeed Nami was now sitting up in the bed she was confined to, looking much better than before as more color has returned to her cheeks. Gian noticed that a small brown-furred animal was attempting to hide behind a wall, except that instead of hiding most of its body it was hiding the wrong way. Gian was about to ask when the creature spotted him and let out a yelp before disappearing down the hall.

"Guess I'll ask about it later" Gian thought before turning to Nami "Are you feeling better?"

"Yeah… Dr. Kureha is quite talented. Her medicine has cured me completely."

"The credit isn't mine alone. Chopper was the one that made it, I merely gave him instructions." Kureha brushed it off. "However, what you contracted was an extremely rare disease that's carried by a species of tick known as the Kestia. Once bitten by it, the virus becomes increasingly harder to cure, until death happens 5 days later. The tick is thought to have become extinct due to the climate these days not warm enough to support it nowadays but apparently traces of it still remained elsewhere."

Nami and Gian both grimaced as they figured out that the jungle-like climate of Little Garden just happens to have such a pest.

"Right now you should rest. You may be in the clear but you are still weak from it. I'll let Chopper give you more medicine as soon as he's-"

"HELP MEEEEE!"

A loud series of crashes sounded as the door burst open and the small brown animal from before ran out with a terrified expression on his face. It is revealed it was a small bipedal reindeer with a blue nose wearing red pants and a large pink hat. Clinging to him was none other than Luffy and Sanji, apparently feeling better as well.

"It's an animal! We can eat it!" and of course, Luffy's mind was on this.

"Wait, Luffy I have to cook it first!" Sanji reminded him

The two then blinked once they entered the room.

"Huh? Nami!" Luffy realized.

"Now you two notice?!" Gian facepalmed.

The two broke off into a smile as they realize that the navigator has healed.

"Hurray! Nami is well again!"

"Just wait here Nami-san! I'll cook up some venison for you to eat!" Sanji announced, much to the horror of the small animal.

Thus began another rather comical chase scene around the castle. The little reindeer was screaming bloody murder as the two pirates hung onto him like barnacles on a ship. Everyone else remaining had no idea why that happened.

"That was Chopper. He's my student." Dr. Kureha sighed.

"I don't know what I expected, but it wasn't that." Gian shrugged.

"Chopper is a blue-nosed reindeer who's eaten the Hito-Hito no mi, it allowed him to talk like a human would and gave him the intelligence of one as well."

"So that's how he was able to administer all those medical techniques." Nami realized.

The door opened again, once again revealing the little reindeer, somehow absent of the presence of the two boys from before.

"Are you feeling better? Doctorine's medicine is effective in curing the disease but you will still require rest." Chopper notified them.

"You've been looking after me all this time have you?" Nami asked kindly "Thank you for that, you are a great doctor and-"

"SHUT UP!" Chopper suddenly cried out "I DON'T NEED ANY THANKS FROM A HUMAN you idiot~ hehe… STUPID… hehehe~" this display of ungratefulness would've been more convincing had the little reindeer not broken off into periodical fits of giggles and doing little dances.

"He's the kind that's bad at hiding emotions huh…" Nami sweatdropped.

During that time Chopper suddenly found himself picked up from the ground. Letting out a squeak of surprise he realized that the other man in the room had lifted him up.

"Oh my god, you are so cute! You're so fluffy as well!" Gian swooned as he swung the little deer back and forth.

"W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! PUT ME DOWN! SAYING THINGS LIKE THAT WON'T MAKE ME HAPPY YOU KNOW?!" Chopper once again began waving his arms around and did another little dance.

"I don't care, I'm going to hug you forever~!" Gian smiled. The other two women in the room just shook their heads at the sudden display.

"You two are pirates, right?" Chopper then asked.

"Yup, the two of us along with those two other guys from earlier. The kid with the Straw hat and the bottomless pit for a stomach is our captain, the blond is our cook." Gian told him.

"Then you guys have a flag, right?"

"It's on the ship, it's the shape of a skull with our captain's hat on it." Nami answered, before an idea suddenly popped into her head.

"Hey, how would you like to come with us? We sure could use a doctor aboard!"

Chopper froze upon hearing that, and a discouraged expression lit his face.

"No! I cannot do that! It's impossible!"

"Come on! There's nothing to worry about! I'm sure if we explain it to Doctor Kureha here she'd be willing to! And then we can be together forever!" Gian grinned and hugged the little reindeer tighter.

"No! I can't leave! The humans are scared of me and they think that I'm a monster! I'm sorry, but I just can't!" wriggling out of Gian's grasp, Chopper then ran out the door. Dr. Kureha sighed when she witnessed this.

"You kids think this is so simple, don't you?" Kureha sighed and took a swig from her bottle.

"Ok… the execution was a bit shoddy, but we really mean it. It would be a blast if he could come. And don't get me started on Luffy! If he was in the room right now he would be the first to welcome him to the crew, heck he'd suggest it before all of us!" Gian said.

"Yes, we'll treat him just like any other nakama." Nami mentioned as well.

"Nakama huh? You two have no idea how much that word means to him…" the witch retorted. This piqued the interest of the two.

"Yes, that's right. Despite what you see here, Chopper is a very lonely individual. However, one person was able to get through to him and show him what true friendship means. While others feared and treated him with disdain, this man looked past that and saw him as something more akin to a son. But he is long gone, and with it the hole in Chopper's heart returned. His name is Dr. Hiluluk, and he was a quack doctor that lived here many, many years ago."

Flashback:

The reindeer that eventually became Tony Tony Chopper was just a small reindeer calf like any other, with the exception of his blue nose, a nose the color of a blueberry. Unfortunately this was enough for the rest of his herd to see him differently and treat him like an outcast. This only worsened when one day, the little reindeer ate a strange fruit: the Hito Hito no Mi. Gaining human-like intelligence, Chopper fully realized that his herd has now ostracized him from the rest of the group. With this in mind, Chopper left the herd intending to live on his own, but his pain would not be the last.

"What the hell is that thing?! Is it the abominable snowman?!"

Chopper soon found out that his new abilities also included being able to transform into a more human-like form. With this in mind he attempted to reach out to the natives of Drum Island. This turned out to be a tragic mistake, one that Chopper still bears the wounds to from their gunfire. But soon he will find that not all humans are the same.

"What are you supposed to be?"

Chopper, injured and bleeding, bellowed angrily and swung a fist towards one particular man, sending him tumbling into the snow. The man let out a yelp of surprise as he landed and watched with wide eyes as the reindeer bellowed again and attempted to reach him. In his mind he realized how much this fellow has gone through. As Chopper came at him again, the strange man did something he did not expect: shed every ounce of clothing he has.

"Wait! Be at ease! I promise I will not shoot you!" the man yelled out, arms raised in the air.

"You see? I have no weapons! I will keep my word and not harm you at all!"

Chopper would have said something, but his vision grew blurry due to blood loss, and he fainted into the snow.

When he next awoke, he realized he was inside a cave. The inside was well lit and cozy, and as Chopper looked around he saw that there were multiple beakers laid out on a table, and a large black pirate flag hanging on the wall with a Jolly Roger of a skull and Sakura petals floating around it. On the stand beside his bed he saw a loaf of bread a warm glass of milk. His wounds have been bandaged up and no longer hurt as much.

He saw the old man dozing off by his desk, and, figuring he won't wake up anytime soon, got out of bed and went to get the bread. Biting into it he hasn't realized how hungry he was. The full blow of emotions soon hit him as he realized that this kind man had treated his wounds and left him some food. Tears streamed down his face as he ate.

Chopper later found out that the middle-aged man is named Dr. Hiluluk. He is a local doctor of Drum Kingdom, although his methods and results have been… less than stellar. To say that the quack doctor was surprised that the little reindeer could talk like a human was an understatement, but when he heard the explanation for it he brushed it off and treated it like any ordinary thing. Dr. Hiluluk was a strange individual himself, from his clover-shaped hair to his long black coat and spotted pants, along with his eccentric personality. He was the one that gave him his name, after the fact that his horns can chop down trees. Chopper thought it was a weird reason, but felt warm inside when it was given to him.

But most importantly Hiluluk gave Chopper the biggest life lesson of all.

"Have I once told you this story? Once there was a man from a far out kingdom, his heart is weak and it was believed he had not long to live. One day the man travelled far, far up a mountain, until he arrived at a clearing full of cherry blossom trees! In that moment, the man felt his chest lighten for the first time in his life! And then, he heard the trees speak to him, do you know what they said?"

Chopper shook his head, listening to the story with wonder in his eyes and giving it his full attention.

"They said: "go on now, you are healed!" That's right! This man, who has a supposedly incurable disease, has been cured by a miracle…! No! Not a miracle! Something in his heart must have triggered his recovery after seeing the cherry blossoms! This means that there is no such thing as an incurable disease in the world!"

"Wow…" Chopper was blown away by this story.

"I will save this kingdom as a doctor, that's why I've raised this flag against all diseases!" Hiluluk boasted, pointing to the pirate flag on his wall. "The skull is the symbol of defying all odds! Fitting for me to fight diseases like a pirate, no?"

Being a doctor in Wapol's Drum Kingdom was the worst position you can possibly have right now. The tyrant king executed or exiled all of them, save for 20. However, Dr. Hiluluk was one of the free ones, one that does not listen to the despot. And after such a story, Chopper was inspired by this eccentric man and began supporting his endeavors. Unfortunately, he didn't realize that Hiluluk's supposed cures never really worked. More often times than not the duo have been chased around by angry patients. Despite this, the two forged a strong bond together. The quack doctor even gave Chopper his big pink hat, a present that Chopper forever cherished.

"Look how magnificent the sea is, Chopper!" Hiluluk stated as the two of them watched the ocean one day "Out there, there are many, many islands with people on them. One day, you should set out to sea yourself!"

"Really?"

"Yup! For once you're out there, you will see just how small your troubles are! To the sea, this island is only this big!" Hiluluk made a circle with his fingers the size of a penny. "Wait… that's not right, it is even smaller!"

"Eheheheheh!" the two of them laughed together.

However, despite all the good times the two shared, Dr. Hiluluk hid a terrible secret from his surrogate son. The quack doctor has been diagnosed with disease that truly is incurable; even his friend Kureha had been unable to find a cure. One year had passed since Chopper came into his life, and he was forced to make a decision.

"There… your wounds have all headed now, try not to get hurt again…" Hiluluk mumbled somewhat absentmindedly.

"Thank you Doctor!" Chopper beamed.

"Then take care of yourself then, stay safe, I don't have to look after you anymore. Now get out, I have research to do." The doctor turned away.

It took Chopper a few seconds to get the point, but when he finally understood what he meant, it was as if the entire world crashed down on him.

"Doctor! Please let me stay! I promise I won't cause any trouble for you! I'll make you breakfast! I'll do the cleaning! I'll even give you back rubs every day! Just let me back in, please!" he begged from out the door. Inside, Hiluluk was forcing himself not to usher his son back inside, even as a large part of him was basically screaming for him to do so. Chopper was far too innocent to know death, and knowing his fate, it was something he was not willing for the little deer to see.

"I don't have any friends… you're the only one I've got…" the reindeer wept.

A sudden crash made him jolt out of his stupor in a panic, and as Dr. Hiluluk opened the door hastily, he was greeted by the smiling face of Chopper as blood streamed down his face. A tree was snapped in half not far from him.

"hehe… look Doctor… I'm hurt again! I need you to bandage me up again!"

*BANG!

Tears welled up inside Chopper's eyes as the bullet grazed past him.

"GET AWAY FROM ME! DON'T YOU SEE I DON'T WANT YOU ANYMORE?! NEVER COME BACK HERE AGAIN! DO WHATEVER YOU WANT FROM NOW ON!" the quack doctor screamed and fired more shots.

"DOCTORRR WHY?" Chopper cried as he ran off. Hiluluk looked on expressionless until the little reindeer disappeared from sight. Then, as he closed the door, he immediately collapsed to the ground and bawled out all of his sorrow and begged for Chopper's forgiveness.

However, all secrets must come out eventually, and this one was no different. Chopper soon overheard from the Doctor's colleague that he will die very soon, and decided he will do everything to save him. Flipping through an old medicine book, he soon discovered something that could perhaps help! Knowing this he set off into the wilderness; he will do anything to save his adopted father…

The door to Hiluluk's cave suddenly opened, the doctor's eyes widened to the size of saucers as he realized who it was.

"C-Chopper…?"

The little reindeer looked like he had been crushed by an avalanche. His body was bruised and torn, even worse so than a year ago. One of his horns has snapped off, and one of his legs now hung loosely, the bones broken…

Gingerly the little reindeer raised a hoof, revealing a large purple mushroom clasped within it.

"I found the mushroom…"

"T-the amiudake... you got it for me…?"

"It's medicine… it will help you survive… please survive, doctor!" Chopper gave the best smile he could in his condition "I want to become a doctor one day… just like you…! Will you… teach me?"

In that moment the doctor could no longer hold it in. He immediately went over and embraced his adopted son, tears overflowing his eyes.

"Of course I will! You will be the kindest doctor ever known…!"

But it was not to be.

"MAHAHAHA! YOU OLD FOOL! YOU CRAZY IDIOT!" Wapol laughed with contempt as the old quack doctor walked straight into his trap. The idea was genius! By lying that the Isshi-20 were all sick, at least one of remaining rogue doctors that were a threat to his rule would show up! That hag Kureha was too smart to be fooled by this, he will have to deal with her some other way, but this old man? He hasn't got a clue!

"The Isshi-20, they were ok after all?" The quack doctor muttered. He was faced with a battalion of soldiers, all pointing guns at him.

"Of course they are! Only a hippo like you would be stupid enough to actually believe that!"

"I'm so glad… they are safe… I thought the country would be in danger!" Upon hearing this the Isshi-20. Seeing somebody show this much concern for them, even though it was clear that it was a trap…

"What a joke! Even if the country was in danger, why would anyone ask you to help?" Wapol mocked him "Everybody, prepare to shoot this rebel!"

"There's no need for that, I won't be killed by the like of you!" the doctor snorted.

"What was that?!" the despot king shouted.

Hiluluk only smirked and brought out a cup of clear liquid.

"Let me ask all of you this: When does a man die? When he is shot by a pistol? No! When he contracts a fatal disease? No! When he eats a poisonous mushroom?" No! A man dies when he is forgotten!" he declared as he raised the cup.

The truth is that the mushroom that Chopper gave him was not an antidote at all, but a toxic one that guarantees that Hiluluk will die, if he wouldn't already. Seeing the kind gesture, and knowing that he doesn't have long to live anyways, Dr. Hiluluk accepted the gesture. The last thing he wanted to see is Chopper discovering the truth of what he has done.

"Even when my life ends, the dreams of this country will live on! That's why one day, the ailing hearts of everyone here will be cured!" he then noticed something was amiss.

"Dalton-kun, why are you crying?" he addressed the green-clad guard.

"Do you really think, that can happen to this country?" Dalton asked through tears.

The quack doctor only chuckled at this "Of course, as long as someone inherits your will…" he then remembered one more thing he must address.

"A monster will be coming here soon. He is my son, please do not hurt him." He smiled as he put the cup to his lips. In the last moments of his life, Hiluluk realized he truly has no regrets.

"Don't worry Chopper, your mushroom won't be what kills me..." He thought as he gulped the whole thing down.

"This has truly been a wonderful life! Thank you Chopper! You are going to be a fine doctor!" was the last thing Dr. Hiluluk shouted to the heavens before his failed experiment detonated in his bowels, covering the spot where he sat in a large cloud of smoke. When the smoke cleared, the doctor's body was gone; only his hat remains as it tumbled towards one little reindeer.

When Chopper found out the truth from Dr. Kureha, he immediately pushed his guilt-filled body as far as he could to see his father figure one last time. It was too late however, and as tears cascaded off his bandaged face he heard one sound that made his blood boil.

"Mahahaha! What a dumbass! He went and blew himself up!" Wapol cackled at the demise.

With an angry roar Chopper reared up in his hybrid form and charged forward, wanting nothing more than to pound the fat king's face in for that. But he was soon intercepted by a large shape and knocked to the ground. Looking up, he saw Dalton holding him down, his body in the shape of a large bison hybrid.

"Please stop…" he begged as Chopper struggled in his grasp. However, Chopper soon paused as he felt liquid fall onto his face. Looking up he saw Dalton's tears flowing freely.

"If the reason you are angry is because he laughed at his death, then I apologize! But you can't do anything to him! Please, I beg of you, do not become another sacrifice for this country!"

Chopper had no choice but to leave with the Doctor's hat.

After this incident, Drum Kingdom's situation did not seem to get better. In light of Hiluluk's courage, Dalton openly defied the king, only to be defeated and nearly killed. He later returned to working under him after being forced to apologize, albeit with hate deep in his heart.

However, Chopper still had one thing to do.

Dr. Kureha did not know what to expect when she saw the little reindeer bawling his eyes out while waving a pirate flag in front of her house, but she could guess the reason. Before his death, the quack doctor had asked her to teach Chopper the ways of medicine in hopes of turning him into a doctor as well. And this is just what he was here to ask.

"Doctor! Please make me a doctor!" Chopper cried as he waved the flag back and forth "I'll do anything! I'll find a miracle cure! I'll become a doctor that can cure any disease! I'll become a doctor that will cure an entire country! Because…! Because there's no disease in this world that can't be cured!"

Kureha closed her eyes, deep down she sympathized greatly with the little deer. It was with this in mind that she made her decision.

"If you call me Doctorine, then we will get started."

From that day forth, Chopper began studying medicine under the tutelage of the witch. Although she was a strict teacher, Chopper's skills in medicine were almost natural. Kureha would never admit it, but she was proud of how fast her student was learning. It seems that Chopper really can become a doctor that can cure all diseases!

Flashback end:

Gian and Nami were speechless from the story. For someone so young, Chopper has been through things all too familiar to the rest of them, except in this case it could be stated as worse!

"So you see, it's difficult to get through to him. I'm not opposed to you lot taking him with you, but be aware convincing him would be difficult." Kureha sighed and took another sip from her sake bottle.

Before either of them could say anything, Chopper burst back into the room, urgency in his voice.

"Doctorine! We have trouble! Wapol has returned!"

A/N: Yeah… This took a bit… I originally planned for this to be released last week, on the 13th to be precise, because it was my birthday and I wanted to give you all a gift. But that plan kinda sank when the exams started hitting the scene so I had no choice but to delay it.

G: CURSE YOU ACHIEVEMENT TESTS THAT HAVE NO BASIS IN ACTUAL LIFE!

I know… but it's here now! There's not really much to say, other than I had to put Chopper's backstory in because it's straight up the saddest of all of them, Robin's perhaps tying with it. On a side note, Chopper's here! I finally got around to this part and it feels great!

G: Ah, so cute…. But wait… what does my woman have in her past that I do not know about?

Oh you poor, innocent, soul. You're in for a surprise.

I hope to get the next update out by Halloween, but no promises there because when you're my age, Halloween is not so much about trick-or-treating but more about going to parties and there's that…

G: Also he has more exams, but more importantly he's too busy Jojo posing and hyping up RWBY Vol. 4…

Oh, fanbases are a blessing and a curse… Speaking of which, in honor of Vol. 4 dropping this weekend, I do have a RWBY fanfiction in the works right now. It involves an OC team I created but the story has not been fleshed out yet. Perhaps it will be uploaded the end of the week but I don't know.

Responses to reviews:

To FourthWallBreaker:

IT'S TERRIBLE. Well not really, because there's a lot of fun stuff going on BUT STILL!

Glad the reception of Mr. 0.5 is what I wanted it to be… at least to some people. It was kind of what I was aiming for.

To anquan:

If I can ever conjure up a scenario where Pacific Rim Kaiju can show up here, I will do that. I actually hope I can.

To Kakusei:

Huh… I thought I'd be better at leaking stuff… guess I have lots to learn.

To haruaji11:

Yeah, this series is going to be a bit more violent, for better or for worse. I like One Piece's general lightheartedness and lack of death but for this story it helps build up some characters (plus some of them aren't that important anyways so killing them off really don't matter much).

To tamagat:

Death knows no bounds. The whole cannibalism thing was the basis of how I made Mr. 0.5, not to mention Baragon's voracious nature in its first appearance kinda made me want to make a character more beast than human.

I don't remember that part from the movie… might have to rewatch it.

To Chance Green G King:

WE HAVE A WINNER PEOPLE!

I guess it was kind of obvious later on but meh, Godzilla fans would be able to figure it out pretty easily.

Also I've read of a few chapters of it, haven't really touched it lately, but I might pick it up again soon.

To Pokemonking0924:

Next chapter should be interesting for you then.

To Matt:

He's here! Everyone party!

To Guest:

Why not all?

Wait…

Hold on…

Where is he even? He's being awfully quiet this time around…

To MUTO TOHO:

I second this decision! Somebody! DO IT! JUST! DO! IT! DON'T LET YOUR DREAMS BE DREAMS!

And that's it for this chapter! I'll see you next time!

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Ok! Where the hell is that guy? Gian! Gian?! Why have you not said anything this entire review?!

*noise in the distance

G: SO NO CHI NO SADAMEEEEE! JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Oh… right… that….

Yeah that shit's addicting…

We'll see you next time.

Leave a review and Gian will turn his hairstyle in to Josuke's!

G: PLEASE! THAT IS OF UPMOST IMPORTANCE! REVIEW THIS MAN SO MY DREAMS CAN COME TRUE!