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Here it is... Chapter 12
The Crown of the Gods
As Sanji and Nami scrambled to return to the hotel, the remaining Strawhats are still roaming around the buzzing city of Anastasis where the people are excited for the upcoming competition of the Moon Goddess.
Zoro accompanied with Usopp walked looking for the young doctor to help treat the little girl's father. "Wonder where Chopper went?" The young sniper said as he looked around saw the little girl silently walking with them.
Feeling the urge to make the little girl smile, the young sniper walked with the girl as he looked at her and tried to have a conversation with her.
"What's your name little girl?" Usopp asked briefly as the girl looked at the long nosed sniper and smiled at him. "My name is Anya mister." The girl said as she looked at the green-haired swordsman who was looking around.
"I'm Usopp, and that scary looking guy over there is Zoro!" The young sniper said as he walked with the little girl, "Mister Usopp and Mister Zoro…" Anya said as she held her basket as she walked with the two men.
"So where is your Mother?" Usopp asked as he looked at the little girl, "My mother is selling flowers too so she might be on the main street." Anya said as she looked at the long nosed sniper.
"Ah! Where is that supposed to be?" Usopp asked as Zoro continued to look around, Shit! Even though that stupid parade is over, there are still a lot of people walking right now. The green-haired swordsman thought as the long nosed sniper suddenly screamed which shocked the swordsman.
"Dammit Usopp! Why are you screaming now?" The swordsman said as Usopp pointed west across the river.
Zoro and the little girl turned their heads at the direction where Usopp was pointing as he saw three familiar faces walking down the street.
"Oi Chopper!" Usopp yelled, as Zoro looked rather surprised seeing the raven-haired maiden walking across the street.
"CHOPPER, ROBIN, BROOK!" Usopp yelled as he started to run towards the bridge trying to catch up with his nakamas as the green-haired swordsman remained quiet as he watched the scene unfold.
"Wait up! Robin, Chopper, Brook!" The young sniper yelled again as he ran across the bridge, "Are they your friends Mister?" The little girl asked as Zoro just looked at Usopp running.
"Yeah, let's go, our Doctor is there." Zoro said briefly as he started to walk towards the bridge while Anya looked at the green-haired swordsman and smiled. "Okay mister!" She replied as she walked towards the bridge with him.
"ROBIN!" Usopp yelled yet again, which caused people crossing the bridge to look at his direction.
Hearing her name being called, the raven-haired beauty stopped a she turned her head looking at her back where she saw the long nosed sniper of the Strawhats running towards them.
"Usopp?" Robin said as Chopper and Brook stopped looking at their back seeing Usopp running towards them. "Huh?" The young doctor said as the sniper reached them.
"I'm glad we found you." The long-nosed sniper said as he caught his breathe, "We were looking for you." He added as the rest looked at each other.
"Who are you looking for?" Robin asked as Chopper and Brook looked at one another, "Chopper come with us!" Usopp said as he pulled the young reindeer towards him.
"Oi, what's happening stupid? I haven't been in their medicine shops yet!" Chopper protested as Usopp still pulled him towards him, "Come on. We want you to treat someone!" The young sniper said as Chopper finally stops moving and looked at the young sniper.
"Treat someone? Who?" The young doctor said while he just looked at Usopp and saw Zoro and the little girl finally reaching them.
"It's her Father." The young sniper said as Chopper and Brook looked at the little girl while the raven-haired beauty looked and saw Zoro as she smiled briefly.
The archeologist then turned her attention to the little girl on his side as the raven-haired beauty sported a rather questioning look as she bent over and smiled.
"Who do we have here?" Robin said as the girl smiled at her. "My name is Anya, nice meeting you." The girl said as she stared at Robin, "You look very beautiful." She added with an innocent smile.
The raven-haired beauty smiled at the compliment of the young girl, "Thank you." The archeologist said briefly as Zoro just glanced at Robin. Yeah, she sure is beautiful. The green-haired swordsman thought to himself.
Chopper on the other hand looked at the girl as his mouth widened. "AHHH! What happened to her?" The young doctor said as he immediately rushed towards the girls. "Are you okay?" The reindeer said, as he looked rather worried.
Anya just looked at the young doctor with a shocked expression on her face. "EEEKKKKK!" The girl yelled that surprised the people surrounding them.
"Wha... What happened?" Usopp said as Anya ran towards Zoro, "A Big rat!" The young girl said which surprised Chopper and the others. "A… Rat? Me?" The young doctor said, as he looked rather depressed.
"Hey. He's not a rat!" The green-haired swordsman said as he looked at the young reindeer. "He is our Doctor, his name is Chopper." Zoro said as the young girl looked embarrassed and looked at the young doctor.
Hearing what Zoro said, the young girl looked at Chopper as the young reindeer looked rather depressed on what she said to him.
"I am sorry Mister Doctor. I didn't mean it." Anya said as she walked towards Chopper who was looking at her. "Hmmmpf!" The reindeer said as he pouted, "it's the first time I saw someone like you so it surprised me." The young girl said innocently.
Chopper then looked at her as Usopp smiled. "Come on Chopper!" The young sniper said as the reindeer looked at the little girl, his pout slowly vanished and turned into a warm smile.
"You're the first one who called me a rat!" The doctor protested as he walked towards the young girl, "I am sorry." Anya said as she looked at the young reindeer.
"Well, never mind that let me treat your wounds." The young doctor said as Anya looked at the Chopper. "It's okay mister, I am fine. However, please look at my father. He really needs help." The little girl requested as the young reindeer looked at her.
The young reindeer then look at the little girl and the others, "Why? What happened to your father?" Chopper asked as the little girl looked at him, "My father is really sick. He needs help" The girl said faintly as the doctor looked at her.
"Okay, I will check your father first, but I will also treat your wounds after I'm done." Chopper said as Anya smiled warmly at the young doctor.
"Okay Mister! Thank you so much!" The little girl said as the young Doctor looked at her and the others. "So, where is your father?" Chopper asked briefly.
"My dad is in our house, I'll take you guys there." The young blonde-haired girl said as Chopper nodded. "Would you guys like to join us too?" Anya asked as the others nodded in agreement.
The little girl looked at everyone and smiled, "Okay then, though our house isn't as beautiful like the houses here on the main city." Anya said as she started to walk.
Without asking any questions Chopper, Brook, Usopp, Zoro and Robin followed the little girl as they walked towards the west side of the city where they crossed a bridge linking the main city to the western part of the city known as the old Area.
As they walked, they slowly saw the slight changes of structures and the amount of people walking as they go farther and farther towards the west side of the city.
"Why does it look like the city is changing?" The raven-haired beauty said as the others started to wander as well. "Yeah, it looks so different compared to earlier." The young sniper added as he looked around.
The little girl just looked at Usopp and smiled at them innocently, "My parents said that this is the ruins of the old city that was destroyed six years ago. That is the reason why there aren't a lot of people going here because as you can see it's not very beautiful." Anya said as she looked around the whole area.
"People on this Island are only interested on beautiful places and people, that's why they don't care about the people living here. They don't want to associate themselves with us and treat us like we don't exist." The young girl said with a sad expression on her face.
Hearing what the young girl said the others felt rather disgusted on what was happening. "What the hell is that way of thinking?" The green-haired swordsman said as Usopp nodded.
"I heard about obsession of being beautiful, but the people here are taking it to a whole new level." Robin said briefly as Chopper and Brook nodded in agreement to her statement.
The little girl then just smiled at them, "its okay, we are used to the way they treat us. My parents thought me that I should not harbor any ill feelings towards the people on this Island since this is how things go ever since the war six years ago." The young girl said as everyone looked at her.
"Your parents thought you well." Robin commented as the little girl smiled at her, "Thank you Miss." The young blonde-haired girl said as she smiled even more.
"That's our house over there!" The little girl said as she pointed a rundown one-story house located at a hill on the distance.
Everyone looked at the little girl as she ran towards the house. Without saying a word Zoro, Chopper, Brook, Robin and Usopp followed Anya and entered their house.
Upon arriving at the girl's house, everyone looked around as the girl went to the kitchen. "Uhmm. Please make yourselves at home." Anya said as they heard the little girl trying to look for food to offer to her guest.
Anya went out the kitchen holding a tray full of cups. "I'm sorry, we don't have snacks or anything so I can't offer you food, but we have water if you guys want some." The little girl said as Chopper and the other looked at her.
Zoro went to the little girl and held the tray, "Thank you Mister." The little girl said as the green-haired swordsman just looked at her.
"Don't worry about it." Zoro said briefly as the raven-haired beauty chuckled to what she saw. The green-haired swordsman on the other hand glanced at Robin with a blank face, which caused the archeologist to stop smiling.
"Where is your father?" Chopper asked as Anya looked at the young reindeer.
"My Dad is here in their room." The little girl said as Chopper looked at Anya. "Here Mister." The blonde-haired girl said as she directed the young reindeer to her parent's room.
Robin, Usopp, Brook and Zoro followed the young reindeer as they entered the room of Anya's parents.
Everyone was shocked to see the appearance of Anya's father while Chopper seeing the girl's father sported a worried expression.
"This isn't good." The young doctor said as he immediately went towards the girl's father as he brought out his stethoscope.
"How long was he sick?" The young doctor asked as he checked the breathing of the little girl's father. "Why? What's wrong Chopper?" Usopp asked as Robin and Zoro looked at the young reindeer.
The little girl looked at Chopper as she looked back at her father. "My father has been sick for over a year mister doctor." Anya said, as Chopper remained silent and checked the pupils of the father of the little girl.
"This is not really good." The young doctor said worrying the little girl. "Why, what is wrong mister doctor?" The blonde-haired girl asked as she looked at Chopper anxiously.
"Before your father became like this, what was he doing?" The young doctor asked as Anya looked at him. "Me and my dad was picking flowers to bring to my mother from the meadows. He picked strange looking wild flowers but before he finished picking those flowers, he collapsed suddenly." The young girl said as she looked at Chopper.
"Do you remember what the flowers looked like?" The young reindeer added as the little girl nodded. "The flowers looked like white daisies though it was transparent. It was really beautiful." Anya said as she remembered the flowers she picked before.
Choppers eyes widened when he heard the description of the little girl, "Why did you picked those flowers!" The young doctor frantically said that surprised everyone.
Chopper was lost in thought as everyone looked at him, "What's wrong Chopper?" Usopp asked as the young reindeer remained silent.
"I have only read this kind of sickness before from the books of Doctor Hiluluk. It's called the Gene's syndrome." The young doctor said as everyone looked at him with a questioning look. "Gene's syndrome?" Brook asked as Zoro and Usopp looked at Chopper.
"Yes, I never thought that I would see it in my lifetime." The young doctor said as he held his stethoscope. "We called the doctors here and bought a lot of medicines but nothing helped my father." The little girl said as she looked at Chopper.
"Those flowers were the reason why your dad is sick." Chopper said as Everyone looked at the young doctor.
"That was the first time we saw those kinds of flowers there so my dad immediately picked four to give to my mom for her present." The young girl immediately answered as she bit her lower lip. "Oi Chopper, what's wrong with those flowers?" Usopp said as Zoro and Robin looked at the young doctor.
"Those flowers are known as the Craven's gene." The young doctor said as Robin placed her hand on her chin. "Craven's gene? That sounds familiar." The raven-haired beauty said as her eyes widened.
"The type of flower that has luminous toxins on its stems?" Robin asked as Chopper nodded. "Lumi-what?" Zoro asked as he looked at Usopp. "Don't ask me that, I don't even understand what they are talking about." The young sniper said as he looked at the young doctor.
"That flower is very harmful to people, once cut the flower secretes toxins from its stems. And once the toxins entered the human body it will make the patient fall to sleep until they succumbed to the effects of the flowers poison." The young doctor said as everyone's eyes widened in disbelief.
"I haven't heard of a flower with that kind of poison." Usopp said as Robin looked at him, "Those flowers only grow here on the New World, and it is very hard to fine since it normally grows once every twenty years." The archeologist explained.
"How can my dad get healed mister doctor?" The young girl said as tears fell from her eyes. "Please help my dad. I will do anything." Anya added as she started to cry.
"What's wrong with her father Chopper?" Zoro asked as the young doctor just looked at the swordsman, "Her father is suffering from a rare type of sickness that causes the patient to fall deeper and deeper to sleep until they succumb to the poison of the flower." The reindeer said as the little girl started to cry.
"Sleep?" Brook said as Chopper nodded. "Yes, he is sleeping." The young doctor replied as Usopp looked at him in a questioning way. "You mean he has been sleeping for over a year? How can he neither eat nor go to the restroom?" Zoro asked as he looked at the others.
"His organs are suspended in time as his body is slowly dying because of the lack of nutrition." The young reindeer said. "Wait you mean he is not…" Zoro asked but before he could finish Robin stopped the young swordsman.
"How can my dad wake up mister doctor?" The little girl asked as she looked at her father and held his hand. "Please mister doctor, please help my father." Anya added as she looked at Chopper.
The young doctor looked at the little girl as he sighed. "Your father needs to have a special type of medicine for him to wake up." Chopper said as everyone looked at him.
"What type of medicine is that? Can you just make one?" Zoro asked as Robin glanced at the young doctor who remained silent.
"It's not as easy as it may seem Zoro, he needs the mineral Gualdo to help him recover." The young doctor said as the other looked at him.
"Gualdo?" Usopp asked as Robin looked at the young reindeer. "What's that?" Zoro asked as Chopper looked at everyone.
"It's a mineral found in the stone Gualdove, it is hard to find that even doctor Kureha had some stored in her laboratory before." The young doctor said as everyone looked at him with curious faces.
"If it is hard to find, that means my dad will sleep until he dies?" The little girl said as she began to cry while the others looked at the young doctor.
"Don't worry, Chopper will find a way to help your dad." The raven-haired beauty said as Usopp nodded, "Believe it or not, he is the best doctor I know!" The sniper said which made the young reindeers ears twitch.
"Yeah, he is the best!" Zoro added as the young reindeer started to dance. "Shut up you fools!" Chopper said as his body waved in happiness hearing the compliments of his nakamas.
As Robin and usopp looked at the young reindeer, Brook started to Laugh. "Yohohohohoho! He even cured my eyes when I poked it! Not that I have eyes to begin with. Yohohohohohoho." The skeleton said which surprised the young girl.
"EKKKK! A talking skeleton!" The young girl screamed as Brook looked at the young girl, "Don't tell me that you just noticed me little girl?" The skeleton asked as the little girl looked at him.
"I… I…" The girl said as she started to shake. "Don't worry, he may look creepy but he is kind." Usopp said which depressed Brook even more.
"I am sorry mister." The little girl said as Brook kneeled down, "It's okay little one, but could you…." The skeleton said but before he could finish his statement, Zoro punched him on his head.
"Shut up moron! She is still a kid!" The green-haired swordsman said as Brook lay down on the floor. "Uhhh-okay.." The skeleton muttered.
As the little girl started to laugh, Chopper was looking at the girl's father as he looked serious. Lost in thought the young reindeer did not notice the presence of the raven-haired beauty as she placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry Chopper, I know you can do it. We believe in you." Robin said as the young doctor looked at the raven-haired beauty and nodded.
"l will do my best to make some kind of medicine for your dad." The young reindeer said that surprised everyone. "Tha.. Thank you Mister Doctor." The little girl said as she went to the Chopper and hugged him.
The reindeer blushed as he hugged the little girl. "I will make sure to help your dad!" Chopper said as he looked at his nakamas.
"Usopp, Brook can you help me in getting those leaves?" The reindeer asked as Usopp and Brook looked at him in a confused manner.
"Leaves?" Brook asked while Chopper nodded. "The Gaia leaves Ace was talking about earlier." The young reindeer said as Usopp's eyes widened when he realized something. "Yeah! Ace said that leaves have special medicinal qualities." The sniper added.
"Yeah, also please buy these. I saw them on their medicine shop earlier." The young reindeer said as he handed a piece of paper to Usopp.
"So these are all the things you need?" Usopp asked as Chopper nodded at the young sniper. "Okay, let's go Brook!" the long-nosed man said as Brook nodded in agreement to his request.
"I want to help to Mister Usopp, please take me with you!" The young girl said as Usopp looked at the little girl. "Okay, you know the city so you could help us in finding the medicine shop!" The sniper said as Anya nodded.
"Wait for us guys, we will be back!" The young sniper said as he went out the door. "Okay, Robin and Zoro please wait at their living room for a minute, I'll ask for your help later." The reindeer said as the two nodded and stepped out from the bedroom.
As the two waited patiently at the living room, Zoro looked at the raven-haired beauty as she looked at some books located in the bookshelf of the house.
The young swordsman looked as he saw Robin opening a book as she begins to read. She really likes to read. Zoro thought as he watched the raven-haired beauty reading.
As he watched her reading, Robin suddenly looked at him and saw the young man starring at her. Shit! She saw me starring.Zoro thought to himself, but without any second thoughts, the swordsman just looked at the archeologist.
"What are you reading?" The swordsman asked as Robin looked at the book she was holding, she was rather surprised that the young man was curious in what she was reading as she just looked at him with a wondering expression on her face.
"It's regarding the history of this Island." The raven-haired beauty replied briefly as Zoro just looked at her, What should I ask next? The green-haired man thought, as he did not know what to say next to the beautiful woman.
Without saying a word the swordsman just diverted his eyes around the house as Robin felt a rather that she was left hanging as he did not even bother to say anything to her or reply to what she said to him.
The two remained silent as an awkward feeling between the two slowly showed but the raven-haired beauty just shrugged everything of and began to read the book she was holding.
As the raven-haired beauty began to read, she found out that the book she is reading is regarding the legend of the Moon Goddess Aminrah.
***Many years ago, on an Island known as D'tiole lived a glorious empire known as the Mandala. A Tyrant and ruthless King ruled the Isle until his demise where his young son took over and became the new king and ruled the entire empire, since the ruler was young he seek the opinion from the council of his father the previous King for advice on how to rule the empire.
As the years pass, the empire's glory days slowly fell and the support of the young king vanished due to the rules the council asked him to set. The Island was on the brink of destruction and turmoil as citizens of the Isle protested and formed a rebellion army trying to free the nation from rule of the young king and his council.
Many lives were lost as countless battles was fought on the lands turning the beautiful landscape of D'tiole to desolate wastelands. Both sides strived harder and harder to defeat the opposing army and neither of the armies surrendered. Everyone was losing hope until one fateful night where the full moon shined bright on the lands of this once beautiful paradise.
A maiden named Aminrah graced the lands of D'tiole and with her power of turning everything, and anything she touched into crystals and her unmatched beauty. She managed to free the young king from the influence of the evil council members.
With her help, she and the young king brought the whole nation peace and harmony, which the citizens urged and fought for. A few years passed, the young king fell in love with the kind and beautiful maiden and soon Aminrah became the queen of D'tiole. On her coronation, the king gave the queen the crown known as the crown of the gods, and with this, she became the first queen of the newly reformed empire known as Anastasis.
After ten years, queen Aminrah passed away which sadden the King and the citizens of the Isle. The people celebrated her life and her achievements and during her burial, a beautiful flower mysteriously bloomed on the tombstone of the former queen. King Casious named the flower as the Crystal flowers which he took from the power of his queen.
The citizens saw how the king loved his queen dearly as ever since the day his wife was buried he constantly visited her grave until the day he died. Generations after generations of the citizens of D'tiole passed down the story of the king and queen and how thier love and passion turned the whole nation to its peak. The citizens of the isle named the flower as the lover's flower due to the never-ending love of the king to his queen.***
As Robin finished reading the book, she stumbled across the last two pages that illustrated the crown of gods. The raven-haired beauty remained silent as she looked at the beautiful crown made in Gold, crystals, and the beautiful gem known as the Stone of Gualdove.
Stone of Gualdove? That is the one that Chopper needs in order for him to make the medicine for Anya's father. The raven-haired beauty thought to herself as she glanced at the green-haired swordsman who was now standing across the room.
Robin continued to check the book as she turned the last page where the former King and Queen were illustrated. The raven-haired beauty was surprised in what she saw on the illustration as she looked at the book.
The Goddess Aminrah looks like me. The raven-haired beauty thought to herself as the door of the house suddenly opened signifying the arrival of Usopp, Brook and Anya.
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