SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 37 out, this is Chapter 38 of this fic. For everyone who put this fic on your favorited and followed lists and/or story alerts, thank you, but remember everyone, a lot of authors, myself included, sustain on readers' reviews.

Pairings: Ace/Sasha, familial Luffy/Sasha, patriotic Law/Sasha (Might end up as a Law/Sasha pairing later if I end up killing Ace at Marineford and if reviewers don't mind the age gap)

Disclaimers: One Piece belongs to Oda Eiichirō-sensei. Me, on the other hand, own absolutely nothing, except my OC.

Chapter 38: Arc 3: Goodbye Drum Island! I'm Going Out to Sea!

"I'm leaving, Doctor," Chopper looked at the pink snowflakes. "Doctorine. My adventure is finally starting."

"Drink!" Usopp pulled Chopper to him and thrust a mug of ale in front of the reindeer.

"Surprised?" Sasha asked, settling the sneaking off Chopper into her lap. "You made friends with some really cray guys." she looked up at the celebrating quartet.

"Friends?" Chopper echoed.

"That's right." Nami nodded. "They're over the top, but since you're one of us now, you'll have to get used to it."

"Carue, what are you doing frozen in the river?" Vivi hugged the thawed out duck.

"He says that the guy named Zoro was swimming in the river and disappeared." Chopper translated.

"So it was your fault!" Nami slammed a punch on the swordsman's head.

"Tony-kun, you can understand what Carue is saying?" Vivi blinked.

"I'm an animal by nature, so I can talk to animals." Chopper nodded.

"That's incredible, Chopper." Nami gushed. "To be able to do that along with your medical skills."

"What do you mean by 'medical skills;, Nami?" Zoro asked.

"Chopper is a doctor, a first-class one with all the medical skills hammered into him by Dr. Kureha." Nami replied. "Good Lord!" she sighed at the males' shocked expressions. "What did you think Chopper was when you asked him to join the crew?"

"A seven-form transforming interesting reindeer." Luffy replied.

"Emergency food." Sanji added.

"Sanji!" Sasha chided.

"I forgot to bring my medical tools since I left in a hurry!" Chopper realized.

"Then what is this?" Sasha held out Chopper's backpack. "It was in the sleigh."

"How come..." Chopper muttered.

"Dr. Kureha, she already knew, didn't she?" Sasha concluded. "In the end, she knew everything you were thinking. What a wonderful parent you have."

"Okay, guys!" Usopp declared. "Attention! I'll like to introduce our new friend to you., Tony Tony Chopper. He'll be our ship's doctor. To celebrate his coming on board..."

"I've never had this much fun before!" Chopper beamed.

"Let's toast to our new friend!" Usopp held out his mug, the enlarged group toasting with water for Chopper's benefit.

"What's that?" Chopper gaped at the huge shadow covering them.

"It's a seagull." Luffy replied.

"There isn't a seagull that big." Nami pointed out.

"Hey, seagull!" Luffy waved. "I was right!" he grinned, when the large sea bird swooped in front of them. "It's a seagull."

"Now's not the time to discuss that!" Nami snapped. "It's coming because you called it! Where's Luffy?" she noticed her missing captain after their brief encounter with the bird. "Don't become bird food!" she then saw the grinning teen caught in the bird's beak.

"A bird ate Luffy!" Chopper panicked.

"Chopper, sit still so that I can draw you." Sasha stopped the mini reindeer from moving, the carbon piece was still between her fingers. "Aniki will be fine."

"But..." Chopper started.

"Gum-Gum Propeller!" Luffy freed himself and sent the bird crashing onto the ship stern where Usopp, Zoro and Sanji were playing cards.

"See?" Sasha shrugged.

"Amazing..." Chopper gawked. "Pirates are incredible after all."

"You guys." Nami called out to the others. "This ship is arriving at Alabasta soon. We don't have time to play around."

"So, what's Alabasta?" Chopper asked in Sasha's arms as the crew gathered for an impromptu meeting.

"It's he country Vivi's father governs." Nami explained.

"A rouge called Crocodile is trying to take over Alabasta now." Usopp added.

"I heard that Crocodile is one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea." Sanji supplied.

"They're pirates that are authorized by the World Government." Nami commented.

"Crocodile is a hero in Alabasta because he crushes the pirates that attack towns." Vivi took over the explanation. "But that's only his public face. Behind the scenes, he is pulling the strings to cause civil war in Alabasta. In order to take over Alabasta; no one has noticed it. The citizens, my father... no one."

"In that case, all we have to do is beat up that Crocodile, right?" Luffy decided.

"Yes," Vivi nodded. "If we can first stop the civil war and expel Baroque Works: at the top, there's a boss, Crocodile, in other words, Mr. 0. There're 12 agents and one animal who receive orders from the boss directly. Each of the 12 agents operates separately as a pair with a female agent. Mr. 1 and Miss Double Finger. Mr. 2 doesn't have a partner, though."

"Mr. 3 is the candle man we met at Little Garden, right?" Zoro confirmed.

"Yes," Vivi nodded. "He's paired up with Miss Golden Week. Mr. 4 is paired up with Miss Merry Christmas. I don't know much about these two, either. Mr. 5's entire body is a weapon. Miss Valentine has the power of the Kilo Kilo Fruit. From Mr. 1 through Mr. 5, they're called Officer Agents. They all have powers of a devil fruit. And they work only on really important missions. For Mr. 6 through Mr. 13, their job is fund raising for the company by leading employees at the entrance of the Grand Line. Other than those people, there're 200 subordinates called 'Billions' under the Officer Agents, and 1800 subordinates called 'Millions' under the frontier agents. This is the secret crime syndicate, Baroque Works."

"That means, 1800 plus 200..." Usopp started counting.

"2000 subordinates in total." Sasha did a quick mental calculation.

"If Baroque Works' last big job is to take over Alabasta..." Zoro grinned.

"The rest of those 'Officer Agents' will all..." Sanji continued.

"Gather in Alabasta." Nami finished the sentence.

SailorStar9: Any OOC-nes is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Reviews are much appreciated.