Koala/Sabo (2)

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(Stranded)

Sabo wasn't sure what to do.

Everything had gone so wrong in such a short amount of time.

About three days ago him and Koala had been sent on what was supposed to be an easy mission. There were supposed to have been gone two to three days tops. That didn't happen.

Once they had gotten to the island there were supposed to complete their mission on, they found out that it had been a set up. Bounty hunters and marines alike had been waiting for them. They had been able to get away but not without injuries to both of them.

Their denden mushi has been crushed in the fight, so they had no way of telling Dragon what had happened.

Then, of course- in typical Grand Line fashion-, a sudden typhoon had stranded them on an uninhabited island that only had a beach and a forest. Their tiny vessel had sunk, they really were stranded in every since of the word.

Koala had huffed and puffed for a while in typical alpha anger, which had been really uncharacteristic of her but hey even Sabo wanted to rip something apart in frustration, before plopping down next to Sabo on the sand and staring out at the water alongside him.

Sabo made himself assess their situation in his head to keep from thinking about the fact that he was stuck alone on a deserted island with the one person he loved but could never touch.

Koala had a gash on her arm and several bruises all over.

Sabo was a little worse off. His shoulder had been cut into with a sword and he had another gash on his hip. He knew his ankle was broken and his ribs were constantly aching. His wrist was also starting to turn a worrying shade of purple.

After a while Sabo hadn't been able to keep himself upright anymore and laid down on his back. Closing his eyes.

He had heard Koala walk off before her footsteps faded. He started to drift in and out of sleep, his exhaustion finally catching up to him, but was yanked back with a vengeance as sudden blinding pain pierced through his leg.

He cried out and jolted, trying to pull away only for a firm grip around his calf to stop him. His eyes flew open and he looked at Koala as she set his leg then proceeded to use two fairly straight sticks and some vine to keep it straight.

She had a mild glare on the whole time and Sabo, felt a pang in his chest. What had he done?

He watched her, keeping quiet the entire time as she checked him over. Her hand moved unflinchingly. Her glare always made the words die in his throat.

He turned his head away when her hand moved to his shoulder. Closing his eyes as she grasped the edges of his clothes around the collar then proceeded to rip it in half, all the way down his sleeve.

He resigned himself to letting her do what she wanted.

They had been able to salvage very few items from the shipwreck, and thankfully a small amount of medical supplies had been one of them. Or maybe not so thankfully. Sabo groaned and grit his teeth as Koala poured alcohol over the wound slowly, before wrapping it in the remains of his sleeve.

Sabo's breath was starting to come faster, and his ribs constricted painfully. He started to feel the call of unconsciousness and he fought it.

He couldn't remember why, but it felt like a great crime to do so.

Koala barely noticed her partner was on the verge on unconsciousness. Too focused on the task at hand, with anger clouding her mind.

She was so angry. Why had their mission had to have been a trap?! And then why of all places would the Grand Line decide to put a typhoon in their path?!

It was all so...infuriating.

She huffed as she gathered up the few medical supplies they had and went around to Sabo's other side. Lifting his shirt up slightly to get to the wound on his side.

She proceeded to use the alcohol to cleanse the wound before tearing some strips from the bottom of Sabo's coat to wrap around his waist.

It was only after she finished that she noticed out of the corner of her eye Sabo's struggling to make his chest rise and fall.

Her eyes widened in alarm, before she yanked his shirt and coat open, making some buttons go flying with the action.

She froze momentarily at the collection of bruises curling around his chest like flames, before she could make her hands move.

She gently ghosted her fingers over his rib areas, her head snapped up when his breathing stuttered with a choked gasp.

His face was twisted in pain, and his eyes where clenched shut. She wondered when he had passed out.

She withdrew her fingers, before mentally apologizing to Sabo as she took what remained of his coat and shredded it.

They didn't have what they'd need for broken ribs. All she could do was wrap his torso.

So she began the almost painfully slow process of positioning Sabo to lean on her so she could wrap the strips of cloth around him.

Once she was finished she gently lowered him back down before sighing. She'd have to get up and make them a shelter soon. They couldn't stay out in the open on this beach like this.

She huffed out another breath before looking around at the beach once again.

Behind them was an overgrown and crowded forest. On one side of the beach was nothing but ocean that reached too far onto land, but not enough to reach the forest.

On the other side was a cliff face, and if she squinted against the sun she could maybe spot what looked like caves.

Good as place to start as any.