Chapter 11: Epilogue

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I slowly woke up, my first thought being 'What the heck happened?'. After looking around I realized I was in Choppers medical room, my smart (tattered) clothes had been changed to a plain blue shirt and red shorts, and my arms were completely covered in bandages.

"Ah Ellix! Your awake!" I recognised Chopper's voice immediantely and sat up, seeing the little reindeer on his awesome spinning chair mixing chemicals. "How come it's always your arms that get messed up? I'm running out of bandages! But luckily your gonna make a full recovery."

"Uggghhh...Chopper? What happened?" I asked groggily.

"Billy dropped you and Luffy on the ship, apparently you fell asleep halfway here."

"Hmmm...sounds like me. Anyway thanks for bandaging me up again."

He started his little dance once more. "Jerk! Why do you always say stuff like that!?" I just laughed, wincing afterwards at the pain in my arms.

"Ellix..." I turned to Nami, who looked like she'd been there some time. She was now wearing a plain buttoned white shirt, I presume short shorts, and had her hair in two pigtails again.

"Nami! You're okay!" I abruptly stood up only to feel an intense dizziness, forcing me to sit down again.

"You're very weak at the moment." Chopper lectured me. "Try to get some rest."

"I'll be fine! I'll take a power nap later." I replied confidently.

The small doctor got off of his chair and walked to the door. "Okay, I'll leave you two alone for a bit." And with that he walked out.

Nami dragged a chair with her and used it to sit in front of me, I noticed she was clutching my top hat, still in perfect condition. "Listen Ellix...I have a lot to apologize for."

I shook my head and smiled. "You don't have to say anything. I know that whatever you do you always do it with the best intentions."

She frowned at me. "Your too quick to forgive."

"Well what's wrong with that?"

"Nothing its just..." She looked like she was about to say something, but quickly swallowed back the sentence. "I...didn't want you to get hurt."

I crossed my arms. "Nani? But if I was gonna rescue you of course I'd get hurt. Well unless I was really careful...or maybe if-"

"That's the whole point!" She said abruptly, cutting me off. "I didn't WANT you to come!"

I frowned. "Well you said that to everyone on that message right? Why didn't you just tell me on the Tone Dial?"

She buried her head in her hands. "Damn it Ellix! I'm trying to say that I wanted everyone else to come after me but to leave you behind!"

I frowned. "But why? Why not me? If you wanted everyone else to save you then why not me?"

She looked up at me, and I reslised she was crying. "Because...because your important to me you baka! I said I hated you so you'd stay away! So you wouldn't get hurt! I knew you would!"

"But I didn't!"

"Your arms got ELECTROCUTED!"

"So did Luffy's leg!"

"He's rubber you baka! Lightning doesn't work on him!" She was practically shouting now. "I didn't want you to hurt yourself because I knew you'd go overboard if you came after me!" She began to quietly sob. "You...almost died because of me..."

I sat there for a few seconds, taking in what she said. When I fully comprehended it, I pulled her into a close embrace.

"I knew you did it for a good reason." I whispered. "But you should have known...that no matter what you would have said to me...I still would have come after you...I would still have got hurt for you. Because I wasn't gonna let Shiki take you away...you're the most important thing in the world to me...I love you."

I felt tears stain my shoulder and fingers dig into my back. "Ellix..."

I smiled. "Please don't cry anymore, I'd have to get Luffy to beat the hell out of me."

She leaned back and kissed me on the lips, smiling now. "Okay...can't have Luffy doing that after Sanji."

I nodded. "Yep."

I felt something fall onto my head, i reached up and touched a brim, realising it was my top hat. "Let's go out okay?"

"Doriririri! Right!"

Keeping my top hat perched on my cranium, we walked outside the medical room where we were instantly swamped by all the crewmates.

"Hey! Are you both okay?" Usopp cried.

"Yes, thank you Usopp." Nami said.

"My arms have felt better, but other then that I'm A-OK!"

"Nami-swaaaan! Thank goodness you have recovered!...Good to see your okay too shitty dreamer."

"I was so worried about you two!" Brook called. "But now...Nami-san! May I please see your-"

He was abruptly cut off by a kick from Sanji and me (on account of my arms). "No way!" We yelled together.

"Yohohoho! Oh, how harsh..." Brook sighed.

"It is not!" We cried together.

"It's good to see your okay Ellix, Nami." Robin said with a smile.

"Sleepy! Nami sis! You've got some nerve making me worry like that!" Franky wailed.

"For the last time she's not your sis!" I yelled.

"Glad your up." Zoro said with a hint of a smirk.

I noticed that the one person who was not here was Luffy. I looked around on deck to see him fishing over the side, ignoring us on purpose, which was rare for him.

"Hey Luffy? Are you okay?" Nami asked.

Luffy walked across the deck with a disappointed look on his face. "Hey Nami! You've got some explaining to do!" He then reached into his pocket and held out the golden Tone Dial, as if it was incriminating evidence. "About this!"

Nami and me both gasped at the object. "Luffy! You actually kept that Tone Dial!?"

"Luffy, I can explain." Nami said.

"Why did you say we couldn't beat Shiki!? You said we would die if we fought him! Sure he buried us, but you could have had a little more faith in us!" He then pointed at me. "And why did you say something like that to Ellix!? Your supposed to trust him the most! You made him cry!"

I slightly blushed, more out of anger. "Luffy! Don't say that!"

Nami looked at me sadly. "You really got hurt...didn't you?"

"No. no, no! It's not like that!"

"Hey Luffy! What are you talking about?" Usopp asked.

"Huh?"

"You mean you didn't hear all of it?" Zoro also asked.

"Hear what?" Luffy asked impatiently.

"Your so thick-headed." Sanji said. "The last part was the most important!"

"Hey, let's just listen to it again!" Franky suggested.

"N-No wait! Don't do that!" Nami said.

"Luffy, who wanted to know what everyone was talking about (and truth be told I did too.) clicked the apex of the shell and caused the message to replay itself.

"Everyone...please forgive me for not saying goodbye to you personally..."

Nami began chasing Luffy around the Sunny. "Luffy! Stop it! Give it here!"

"Why?" Luffy retorted.

"Because it's embarrasing!" Nami called. She finally snatched it out of Luffy's hand.

"Nami! Give it back!"

"Ellix! Catch!" She threw the shell at me, I clumsily caught it, making me my rubbery captains new target.

"Ellix! Let me listen to it!" He launched himself at me, I dodged around him with Soru, until Usopp also ran at me.

"Ellix! Be careful with that Tone Dial! It's very valuable!" He jumped at me too, I dashed in a full circle around Sunny until I came to Nami.

"Thanks Ellix, please can you get rid of that Dial?" Nami asked sweetly.

I stared down at the Dial, I raised my hand, then stopped as I listened to it.

"I'm going to be a part of Shiki's crew, from now on. Please try to understand. Shiki is a very legendary man, and he's just too powerful for you all to handle."

"Ellix!" Nami said in an annoyed tone. "What are you doing!?"

"I'm sorry Nami, but I wanna listen to it too. I think I should at least listen to the message you left for us!"

"Ellix give that Dial to me!" As she made a grab for it I dashed to the top of the mast. "Ellix! Come down and give me that Dial!" I knew I was in trouble from her tone, but...better to have no regrets. I continued to listen.

"If you fight him, you'll all be needless sacrifices."

Suddenly a hand latched onto the edge of the mast. "I wanna listen too!" Luffy rocketed up to the top of the mast, knocking me and the Tone Dial off. Luckily I landed on my feet next to Sunny's figurehead.

"So…let me just say this…"

Luffy, Nami and Usopp had backed me against the lion figurehead, I teetered dangerously on the edge.

"H-Hold on a second!" I yelled. "We're too close to the sea!"

"Let me listen!"

"Ellix! You don't understand! Give it to me!"

"It's valuable! Don't lose it!"

I backed up too much and felt myself begin to fall back.

"Ahhhhhhhhh! Crud!" I yelled as I fell off the Sunny's figurehead towards my watery grave.

A large bolt of pain suddenly shot through my arm, I bit down on my tongue and looked up, all three of my previous attackers had grabbed my arm to stop me from falling. I looked at my other arm to see that I had dropped the precious Tone Dial, I could only watch as it dropped into the sea with a plop.

The three lifted me up onto the deck in a crumpled mess before speaking.

"Awwwww! I wanted to listen to it! No fair!"

"Phew! That was close!"

"There goes a really rare Dial..."

As for me, I just smiled. "...He..he...ha...hahahahahaha!" I pulled Nami into a hug, which she was very surprised at.

"Ellix?"

"Eh? Why's Ellix acting weird again?"

"Ellix? What's wrong with you?"

I just continued to hug Nami and laugh, as I replayed the Tone Dial's final part of the message over and over in my head.

"So please...save me!"

xxxFinxxx

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