A/N: I forgot to do this last chapter but yahoo! 1,000 hits!
Chapter 9: An Interesting Deal
After chasseing Chopper around the castle a few times… Dr. Kureha finally had enough of them and punch Luffy and Sanji though a wall… which was made of stone… needless to say Sanji was in even more pain… Luffy didn't feel a thing due to his rubber powers. After agreeing not to eat the reindeer- person things were clam again…
In the room where Nami was resting Luffy, Sanji, Nami and Dr. Kureha were talking.
"Please old lady! Join my crew…" said Luffy.
"What you just call me?" asked the doctor.
"Old lady…" said Luffy.
(Punch!)
Luffy was sent though another wall.
"I'm not old… I'm 149 years old…" said Dr. Kureha.
"That's not old… that's accident…" said Sanji.
She sent Sanji though the wall with her mighty fist.
Luffy re-entered the room though the hole in the wall.
"So what's your answer…" said Luffy.
"Yes…" said Dr. Kureha, "Under one condition…"
"What?" asked Luffy.
"You have to get Chopper to join…" said Dr. Kureha.
"Okay! That means we get two members instead of one…" said Luffy.
Luffy began to run in search of Chopper but Dr. Kureha stopped before he left the room.
"Wait one more thing… don't tell him of this deal until after he agrees to join… or I decide to tell him…" said Dr. Kureha.
"Okay…" said Luffy who ran out of the room.
Dr. Kureha laughed a little, "So much like him…" thought Dr. Kureha.
"So what's the deal with that deal you made?" asked Sanji climbing out the hole.
"Well I guess I should tell you Chopper's story to explain…" said Dr. Kureha.
Elsewhere Luffy began his search for Chopper.
"I think the old lady is testing you…" came Kyubi's voice.
"Really… I wonder why…" said Luffy.
"Well it's better than the last test she gave…" said Kyubi.
"She gave me a test before… when…" thought Luffy.
"I guess you haven't figured out yet…" said Kyubi.
"Figured out what yet?" asked Luffy.
"Never mind… just find that deer man and convince him to join…" said Kyubi.
"Right…" said Luffy.
He opened a door to find Chopper performing experiments.
"Hey Reindeer!" yelled Luffy.
Chopper jumped out into the air… nearly knocking over various beakers and tubes… he fortunately caught them all using his hat, hoofs, and one of his legs with out breaking anything.
"Cool! Let's see how long you can hold it…" said Luffy.
He began to tickle Chopper. Chopper twitched, he tried not to laugh.
"Stop that…" said Chopper.
"I think you should stop… if he breaks something it's your fault…" said Kyubi.
Luffy sweatdroped… he didn't' want to make Dr. Kureha made at him so he stopped. Chopper managed to put most of things down.
"What do you want?" asked Chopper.
"You want to join my crew?" asked Luffy.
Chopper stared at the rubber man.
"Why… and this better not be a joke…" said Chopper.
"It's not I really want you to join… don't you want to be a pirate?" asked Luffy.
"A… pirate…" asked Chopper who was reminded of something… then shook his head, "Don't kid around…"
"I'm not… I really want you to join!" said Luffy.
"Really…" said Chopper who shook his head again, "I don't believe you…"
The reindeer man ran with Luffy fallowing behind… sometime during the chase Chopper could take it any… he suddenly turned from being a teddy bear-like half man/ half reindeer to a giant abdominal snowman like monster… he turned around and slammed Luffy's head into the ground.
"That took care of him…" said Chopper.
Luffy got up just as Chopper shrank back to down to his smaller form.
"D-did you just turn into that monster?" asked Luffy.
Chopper looked down, "Yes…" he said.
Luffy's eyes became sparkly "Awesome!" yelled Luffy, "Now you really have to join my crew!"
"Wow… you found something that you like about him… not just because she'll join if he'll join… at least you found a good reason…" said Kyubi.
"Yeah…" thought Luffy.
"Oh man!" said Chopper who ran away again and of course Luffy chased after him.
Chopper managed to run into a room that for reason had a plate of fruit… Luffy saw and got distracted… and began to gobble the fruit down. Chopper looked at Luffy.
"Hey… are you really a real pirate?" asked Chopper.
"As a real and can be…" said Luffy but his mouth was full so it sounded more like "As real as canned beef"
"So you really have adventures… on the sea on a ship?" asked Chopper.
"That's right… you want to join us?" asked Luffy.
Chopper stood there silent for a moment… before running off again…
Elsewhere Dr. Kureha finished Chopper's story… both Nami and Sanji didn't know what say… mostly it was a very sad story… Chopper used to be a normal reindeer expect for his blue nose which caused him to be an outcast, then one day he ate the Human Human Devil Fruit and he was driven away from his herd. When he tried to make friends with humans they shot him thinking he the abdominal snow man… but one man named Dr. Hiruluk found him… it should also be noted that Dr. Hiruluk was a quack… he hurt more patents than he helped but he was also convinced that there could be a cure for everything if they just believed and a strong belief in the Jolly Roger… Chopper and Dr. Hiruluk became a extremely close, a father and son, Dr. Hiruluk even gave Chopper the hat he wears… but there were problems… such as Wapol, the king (who recently fled due to pirates, became a pirate and tired to eat Luffy earlier in the day) had all but the 20 best doctors hunted down… the 20 best were forced to serve him… as well as the fact he was terribly sick… after year of finding Chopper, Dr. Hiruluk drove Chopper away with less than a week left to live… Chopper had over heard some of Wapol's men that there was a rare mushroom that could cure anything. Chopper went to find the mushroom which he thought was the cure… he did find it but was severally injured (including losing one of his antlers) in the process. However the mushroom that Chopper gave him was fatal dose of poison, which he believed was the cure due to the poison mark is the same as the Jolly Roger… that same day Wapol's doctor's clamed to be sick, Dr. Hiruluk went to help them but it was a trap… before he could die from Wapol or the mushroom he committed suicide… Dr. Kureha took Chopper in as her apprentice as per his last request…
Neither Nami or Sanji didn't know what to say. Dr. Kureha looked at them.
"You're still wondering why I made that deal… you see Luffy reminds of someone I knew long time ago… he helped me believe again… I saw him as the son I never had… he taught me how to believe again… he was like the son I never had…" said Dr. Kureha.
Sanji smirked, after the second punch he realized that her punches seemed familiar, so when no one was looking during the story, he looked over with his Sharingan eye and knew his troy about her was correct… Dr. Kureha was using a henge… transformation jutsu… "So when are you going to tell Chopper…"
"When he agrees…" said Dr. Kureha.
"No about the other thing…" said Sanji.
"Other thing…" thought Nami.
Dr. Kureha smirked, "So you figured it out… how?" said Dr. Kureha.
Sanji pointed to his left eye and Dr. Kureha nodded… Nami was even more lost…
"Also your punch…" said Sanji not wanting to go into detail, "So are you going to tell him?"
Dr. Kureha sighed, "I guess I should sooner rather than later…" said Dr. Kureha.
Just then Chopper fallowed by Luffy ran into the room.
"Chopper… there's something important I need to tell you…" said Dr. Kureha.
Chopper stopped and pout of Luffy's line of running… Luffy on the other hand couldn't stop in time and crash into the wall.
"What is it?" asked Chopper.
"I think you should sit down…" said Dr. Kureha.
Chopper saw down on a nearby chair.
"So… should we leave the room…" said Nami.
"No… this concerns you too…" said Dr. Kureha.
The room was silent as Luffy got up and sat on the bed near Nami.
"Chopper… I've been lying to you…" said Dr. Kureha.
"What… what do you mean?" asked Chopper confused.
"My name really isn't Kureha…" said Dr Kureha.
"What…" said Chopper.
"For the past 80 years I've been in hiding…" said the woman thought to be named Dr. Kureha.
"Hiding… from who?" asked Chopper.
"A terrible man… a man even more cruel than Wapol…" said woman thought to be named Dr. Kureha, "Orochimaru…"
Both Luffy and Nami were shocked.
"You're kidding… right?" said Nami.
"Why would Orochimaru be after you?" asked Luffy.
Chopper just blinked, he had about Orochimaru, over hearing a few conversation between Jiraiya and Dr. Kureha and also from some books… but knew little about him.
"The reason is that he knows me and fears me…" said woman thought to be named Dr. Kureha, "I don't even look or sound like this… I've been using the Transformation Jutsu…"
"Transformation Jutsu?" asked Chopper now confused more that ever.
"Yes… this will be the first time in years I'm going to undo it…" said woman thought to be named Dr. Kureha.
The doctor performed a hand sign and there was a puff of smoke. When the smoke cleared Chopper, Nami and Luffy were in shock… Chopper at the site of the woman while Nami and Luffy knew the woman from their dream… all three of them were silent… Luffy was the first one who spoke.
"Granny Tsunade?" he asked surprised.
Next Time: Tsunade explains her reasons of disguising herself as Dr. Kureha. What will happen? How will Chopper feel? Did she tell anyone other than Jiraiya? Find out next time...
A/N: What a tweest! Sorry... I just had to say that (Robot Chicken reference)... bet it was a surprise for those who didn't figure it out... and those who did... wow... either I was a little too obvious with my hints or you're all smart...