Welcome to Chapter 11! This chapter covers Drum Island as well as information that people who've read TSABL will understand to a degree. So far for Donquixote Prince I've written the chapter for Dressrosa, for those that read it, aka Chapter Seven. Today I'll probably work on Chapter Eight even though I really need more chapters for TSABL but it's probably because I have a set path for Donquixote Prince rather than TSABL. When I get the chapter stock up for those two I'll continue on DOT which has four chapters right now. Anyways onwards with the story.

Disclaimer: Don't own OP or HP.

Death's Gift to His Master

The crew woke up to something very interesting the next day. Each of the ships' decks were covered in snow and it was still snowing as well. That prompted everyone to look at Nami who usually changed the weather to nice and sunny. She however, shrugged her shoulders in response.

"The storm feels as if it's too big to control. Normally the storms we've encountered were small enough for me to change." Nami said.

"Wait, if it's this large a storm then there might be an island nearby! We could find a doctor there." Vivi said.

"How would that let us know there's an island nearby?" Zoro asked.

"Well, in the Grand Line there's four types of islands, each of them with a climate focused to a single season. In fact, Alabasta is a Summer Island." Vivi said.

"So by that logic then a Winter Island should be nearby right?" Luffy mused.

"Yeah, and in fact the closest island should be… Drum Island." She said, going pale at the last bit.

"What's wrong with Drum Island?" Nami asked.

"Drum Island's king is Wapol, a monster of a man both in size and attitude. He's a tyrant who's subjugated his subjects and keeps all the doctors to himself. I mean the doctors of Drum Island are amazing but…" Vivi trailed off.

Luffy however just gave her a smile.

"If the Wapol guy just gives us trouble we could always just oust him from his Kingdom." Luffy said.

"But! He's part of the Twenty Kingdoms that founded the World Government!" Vivi protested.

"You make it sound like we'd care. We're pirates Vivi, we don't care much about the World Government." Luffy said, tilting his head.

"Yeah, if we see oppressed people, more like if Captain does, we save them." Nami said muttering the middle part.

Despite the bluntness of their responses Vivi smiled at them and nodded.

"Alright then, we'll head for Drum Island I guess." Vivi said.

Immediately after that the lookout yelled that there was an island ahead.

"Welp, we're already here." Luffy said.

"So Cap'n who's going this time." Alvida asked.

"Well… We need Kaya to explain the symptoms of the disease if they don't know. Usopp won't be much help in the snow. Zoro and Sanji are staying because I don't want a fight on this mission." Luffy said, giving the two a look.

"Big brother's right, your fighting is getting worse and worse to the point that you are starting to not cooperate whenever you guys are paired up for a fight." Carmen said with a sigh.

"Whatever issue you two have you need to work it out." Nami added, causing the two to grumble.

"Anyhow, Alvida you won't be much help here either, as your Devil Fruit doesn't work that well on shifting surfaces like snow and can even cause you to trip." Luffy said.

"I understand, I've been actually working on that so it won't be long before I can handle that. After all, Vivi-sis said that Alabasta's one big desert." Alvida said.

"Carmen you'll be coming since you're pretty good with your fan and your fighting style won't be hampered by the snow. Same with Gin as well. Nami's coming too because despite her inability to change the storm she can still control its strength and use the snow to her advantage. Vivi, you're coming because you might be diplomatic help." Luffy finished.

"Alright then, I'll go help Kaya get Goldie on something we can carry her on." Nami said.

Soon though they reached land and they all heard the cocking of guns as well as the voice of a man. They turned and saw people with guns and a tall man wearing a green fur like coat.

"Pirates, turn away from this island." The man standing in the middle.

"Easy, we're just here to look for a doctor our friend's sick. Uh, Vivi help?" Luffy asked.

Vivi walked forward and seemed to recognize the man in the middle.

"Ah! Is that you Dalton-san?" She asked.

"Who are you?" The man asked.

"It's me, Princess Vivi." She said, causing the man's eyes to widen.

"Vivi-sama? But the papers said that you disappeared, why are you with these pirates?" Dalton asked.

"I was investigating the cause of the rebellion in my country. They're helping take me back to my country. Can you please help us, one of the members, a girl probably no older than twelve, is sick with a disease that the ship's doctor can't cure." Vivi said, bowing.

"We don't have doctors here anymore. Wapol was driven away by pirates calling themselves the Blackbeard Pirates and he took the doctors with him." Dalton said, causing Luffy's eyes to narrow.

"What did the captain of the crew look like?" Luffy suddenly asked

"Ah, he had black hair, a black beard, and was missing some teeth." Dalton said.

"Was his name Marshall D. Teach?" Luffy asked, gritting his teeth.

"Yes, why?" Dalton asked, curious.

"Please tell me you aren't that fucking stupid Ace." Luffy whispered under his breath before he spoke again.

"…. Has a man named Ace been here?" Luffy asked, dreading the answer.

It wasn't Dalton who spoke but one of the people with the guns.

"Oh! Yeah he was here, actually he had a message for a man in a straw hat and seeming how you're here… He said for you to meet him in Nanohana in ten days." The man said.

Luffy's response was not what the people on land nor the people on the ship expected.

"Ace, I'm going to fucking kill you!" Luffy roared.

"Woah Cap'n what's wrong?" Alvida asked, having never really seen Luffy this mad.

"I fucking told Ace not to go after Teach but what does he do? Go after the fucking bastard! I told him that going after the man would get him killed because of what Devil Fruit Teach stole!" Luffy ranted.

"What Devil Fruit did Teach steal?" Nami asked.

"Teach had killed a Commander of Whitebeard's crew and stole the fucking Yami Yami no Mi." Luffy said.

"Yami Yami no Mi?" Carmen asked, not aware of all the different fruits.

"It's a dangerous Devil Fruit, considered the strongest of the Logia-type fruits and it's not just dangerous because of the powers, it's dangerous because of the fruit itself." Luffy said.

"How could a Devil Fruit itself be dangerous?" Sanji asked, actually curious as he had read about Devil Fruits as a kid.

"The fruit, it's a weird one okay? Let me first explain the powers of the fruit and go from there. The Yami Yami Fruit is the Darkness-Logia Devil Fruit. It gives the one the ability to manipulate pure unadulterated darkness. This includes gravity and black holes." Luffy said.

"That sounds cool!" Usopp said before flinching when Luffy glared at him.

"It's not cool. Do you really think the ability to control pure darkness wouldn't have a price?" Luffy asked.

"But I've had no problems with my powers and I'm a Logia-type." Nami said.

"You don't get it Nami. The other Logia-types such as Fire, Earth, Light, Magma, Weather, etc. have no downside because we can already control those elements as humans. We can create fire by lighting a match, we can move earth by using a shovel, we can control light by flipping on a switch, we can control magma by using it to generate power, we can control weather through new technology. But you cannot control darkness." Luffy said.

"So… what is the price of darkness?" Dalton said, deciding to pipe in as he was really curious about this conversation.

"Darkness… it's a very, very volatile element. Darkness in its physical aspect is all consuming, smothering, and always hungry. Being engulfed in darkness gives one a really empty feeling where they feel alone in the world. However, darkness in its abstract is… deadly. Darkness is what causes people to turn on their friends, to murder others in cold blood, to be greedy, to have a need to destroy." Luffy started.

"But Darkness can't be all bad, right? I mean nothing's every black and white like that." Nami said, knowing that very well.

"Your right. Darkness also has another side to it. Darkness can be comforting, warmth, and safe. Darkness can be used to hide one's self from enemies. In that aspect Darkness can save you. That is what makes the Yami Yami no Mi so dangerous. It is a fruit that draws in people that wish to eat it for only the sake of power and makes them commit horrible deeds just to get to it." Luffy said with a sigh.

"You.. you can't be saying that the Yami Yami No Mi is sentient." Sanji said in horror as he realized what it meant.

"Yes, the Darkness Fruit is one of the very, very few Devil Fruits that are sentient." Luffy said.

"But how would you know this?" Dalton asked, not knowing how a seventeen year-old could know so much about Devil Fruits.

"I wanted to explain all of this to you guys later at when we were about to enter the New World where the World Government is hesitant to tread but I'll explain a tiny bit then. You know how I said that magic was in every plant and animal right?" Luffy asked.

"Yeah, you told Kaya that's why potions work." Nami said.

"Well, it's not exactly a mystery as to why Devil Fruits exist. This world is drowning, not in a bad sense, in magic. It got to the point that it started to imbue fruits with the ability to give whoever ate them powers. That was the birth of Devil Fruits. However, some fruits got more magic than others and well… Magic itself is a sentient thing. It can make decisions and damn well will judge people who use it. But the magic in the Devil Fruits well it varies. Like take your Ten Ten No Mi, I could tell it had enough magic just below the point that the magic would be sentient. However, the Yami Yami No Mi has a lot of magic, it would need to in order to give someone the ability to control Darkness." Luffy said.

Luffy looked up the sky and sighed before continuing.

"The sentient Devil Fruits are sort of like a trap but also a reward, ya know?" Luffy said.

"A trap but also a reward?" Vivi asked.

"Yes, if someone was aiming to take the fruit for just power, or even worse power to kill innocents, they'd get pulled in by the fruit's magic to where they'd be forced to eat it. Then the fruit will begin punishment." Luffy said.

Punishment?" Nami asked, now really curious.

"Yes, if your intents for the use of the power of the Devil Fruit was malicious in nature then the fruit will slowly drive you insane. In the aspect of the Darkness Fruit… it will force you to seek out more and more Devil Fruits to eat and consume before you slowly die in agonizing pain that lasts for hours." Luffy said causing everyone to gasp in shock.

"… consume more Devil Fruits? But wouldn't it just kill you on the second fruit?" Sanji asked.

"Not exactly, the Darkness Fruit has a passive power that allows one to eat more than one Devil Fruit, but it has a limit of three." Luffy said.

"How exactly do you know that?" Dalton, still confused as to how this boy could know a lot.

"Well, when you eat a Devil Fruit it creates something called a magical core. This magical core is solely dedicated to your Devil Fruit's ability. However, having more than one magical core causes them to destabilize which is what causes the burning out from the inside. The Darkness Fruit however stabilizes them enough that you can eat more. But well, three is a very special magical number and when it goes any higher it causes catastrophic failure of the Darkness Fruit's ability to stabilize." Luffy said.

"Which is what causes the person to die an agonizing death, but why for hours?" Sanji asked.

"Yes, well, I did say it was a punishment for greed, right? Well, the magic forces the person to stay alive, regenerating the organs repeatedly, until it believes that their punishment is done and then lets them finally die." Luffy said, causing them to blanch.

"T-that's cruel." Nami said, causing Luffy to sigh.

"Nami, magic doesn't have a concept of cruelty, just the need to right a wrong. If it makes you feel better the length of the punishment is based on how much pain the person wished to cause to people. An eye for an eye as they say." Luffy said.

To be honest, the only reason Luffy knew so much about the Yami Yami No Mi is because of Harry's memories, as there was a similar incident. Someone had created a ritual that gave them the power over darkness and proceeded to massacre hundreds of people. It allowed them to absorb bloodline abilities like Metamorphmagus, Sight, and the such as well as negate said abilities. They ended up absorbing too many abilities and the sight was horrible. The man was screaming for hours and hours on end, writhing in agonizing pain. Harry had tried to help the man by giving him a mercy death but the magic would just protect the man and continue torturing him. That night had tormented Harry for weeks before he threw himself into the subject of Magical Theory, which is how Luffy knew most of this information.

"So, what happens if someone ate the fruit for the sake of saving someone, or protecting people?" Sanji asked, needing to know to ease the fear at the consequences of being greedy.

Everyone was shocked however when Luffy smiled a peaceful smile.

"If someone with good intentions and a good heart were to eat the Darkness Fruit, well it'd be beyond wonderful. Like I said early, Darkness is comforting. The person would always feel as if they were safe and loved, as darkness would always be with them, watching over them and protecting them, like a mother or loved one always watching." Luffy said.

"… That's why you said it's a reward." Vivi said, realizing what he meant earlier.

"Yes, for all that I told you about it punishing malicious people, Magic is a loving entity. It loves everyone whether or not they have a Devil Fruit power or not. Thus, if someone were to use its power for good Magic would gladly protect them and love them even more." Luffy said wistfully.

The crew didn't vocalize it out loud but right then they realized that Magic loved their captain. The way he spoke of the sensations that Magic gave to the ones it loved spoke of him having experienced it.

"So.. what are the powers of the Yami Yami No Mi, you know beyond absorbing Devil Fruits." Nami had to ask.

"Well, control over darkness means that you can control gravity as it's an aspect of it, but part of the reason I told Ace to not go after him is because his powers are useless against it, the Yami Yami no Mi can negate the abilities of any Devil Fruit user that he's touching." Luffy said.

"… For someone titled Fire Fist Ace that is a really bad matchup." Sanji said.

Luffy nodded with a sigh. Soon though Kaya and Carmen came up with Goldie on a stretcher. They looked at everyone curiously but Nami told them she'd explain later. Dalton however actually let them come with him to the village so the group that Luffy had picked headed off with Dalton. Dalton took them to his house where he housed them for a bit so they could eat. Boy was Dalton surprised at how much Luffy ate.

"How can you eat so much?" Dalton had to ask.

"Ah, actually I can explain that." Kaya said, having done what she could for Goldie right now so she grabbed a plate and began to eat.

"Luffy's Rubber abilities seem to have given him a bigger metabolism in order to compensate for the large amount of energy that his body expends in order to stretch. So it burns off food a lot faster so it can get more energy." Kaya said, having done tests on Luffy's blood.

"Yeah, me and Sanji had to come up with food high in energy intake just for big brother. It's made it so that he doesn't eat this much." Carmen said.

"And I am forever grateful for that. It's not that I don't like eating this much but being constantly hungry gets irritating." Luffy said.

They sat in silence for a few minutes with Goldie's moans of pain in the background.

"There is one doctor you can see but she's more of a witch than anything." Dalton said.

"Really?!" Kaya said, eagerly.

"Well, she lives in the castle at the top of the mountain and only comes down every so often to treat people and then demand something in exchange." Dalton said.

"We don't mind at all, we need to get Goldie cured." Gin said, voicing the opinion on everyone else's minds.

"Alright then I'll show you the path up, just watch out for the rabbits." Dalton said.

"Rabbits? Aren't they like small and fluffy?" Nami asked.

"No, the rabbits here on Drum Island are giant, really strong, and aggressive." Dalton said.

The five of them nodded and followed Dalton, Gin pulling the sled holding Goldie. Dalton led him to the start of the mountain before wishing them luck.

The trek up the snowy mountain was difficult with the large amount of snow on the ground. The Commanders were just happy that Luffy was able to remedy the cold part by putting Heating Charms on them. So the only problem they had was that the further they got up the mountain, the more their feet sunk into the snow. It got to a point that Luffy got frustrated and conjured snow shoes and had everyone put them on. It took them a few minutes but they managed to get a handle on the snowshoes.

Then they were attack by the 'rabbits'. Dalton may call them rabbits but the five of them didn't believe that at all. The rabbits were giant and very, very, very aggressive. Even when Luffy punched them away they came running back. Gin got mad and proceeded to beat the ever living crap out of them, leaving them unconscious. Soon enough they got to a part where it was so steep they had to climb. So what Luffy did was conjure various lengths of rope and had them tie Goldie to his back and then tie themselves via a length of rope to him. At first they didn't believe he'd be able to carry five other people but Luffy just responded by casting a featherlight charm on them and proceeded to climb, using his devil fruit abilities to get there faster. Soon enough though he reached the top and passed out from exhaustion, his hands bleeding from the climbing. The last thing he saw before passing out was what seemed to be an old woman and a reindeer that was wearing a hat.

When Luffy came to he was lying in a bed with his hands wrapped in bandages, most likely in the castle.

"I see you're finally awake." A female voice said.

Luffy slowly got up but was pushed down by the source of the voice, an old lady wearing the weirdest clothing.

"No, you're going to lay there. I don't want you undoing my work. Your hands were torn up pretty bad despite your rubber-like body." The woman said, giving him a glare.

"Where's my crew?" Luffy asked.

"They're helping me by staying away from here. They're currently wandering around the castle. Though that pink-haired woman seems intent to cook for all of us." The woman said.

"What's your name, and is Goldie okay?" Luffy asked, worried for their youngest in the crew.

"My name's Kureha, and usually you're supposed to introduce yourself first boy. As for the little one, she's fine. I was surprised to see her with a disease that's been extinct for centuries." Kureha said.

"I'm sorry, my name's Luffy. We were on an island called Little Garden." Luffy said, seeing the woman raise an eyebrow.

"Little Garden? That prehistoric rock? I'm surprised you even got off it, there's a giant goldfish that swallows anyone who attempts to leave." Kureha said, handing Luffy a glass of water.

Luffy gladly swallowed the water, his throat getting parched.

"The giants helped us off." Luffy said, looking towards the doorway.

Luffy was surprised to see a child-like reindeer wearing a big red hat with an 'x' on it standing in the doorway trying to hide but failing as more than half his body was in view.

"Who's the one trying to hide but failing?" Luffy asked, causing the child reindeer to eep and inch further behind the doorway.

Kureha gave a chuckle and smiled.

"That's my assistant, Toni Toni Chopper. He's a reindeer who ate the Hito Hito no Mi fruit." She said.

"Shouldn't he be able to transform fully into a human?" Luffy asked, prompting the reindeer-human to walk forward a bit and answer.

"That's impossible, the devil fruit won't let me. I'm a monster." Chopper said quietly, causing Luffy to laugh and Chopper to glare at him.

"I'm sorry I'm laughing at two things. First of all, Devil Fruits don't work half-assed. You probably just haven't tried hard enough to turn into your human form. If Devil Fruits worked the way you thought, then all the other Zoan users wouldn't be able to fully turn into their animals." Luffy said, causing Chopper to drop the glare.

"B-but I've seen Dalton transform before and he doesn't turn into a full bison." Chopper protested, causing Luffy to tilt his head.

"Dalton's a Zoan user? Huh, well that's probably because for most Zoan users if they do the full transformation and they aren't prepared or have a strong will they lose themselves in the instincts of the animal. But since your fruit's the Hito Hito no Mi fruit you should have none of those problems." Luffy said.

"And what's the second reason you were laughing?" Kureha asked, wanting to move this conversation on despite the fact that the information was interesting.

"Chopper's too adorable to be called a monster." Luffy said bluntly, causing Chopper to blush and wiggle.

"It's not as if I like that compliment!" He yelled, clearly showing the opposite.

Kureha however laughed at both of them, glad to see another person treating Chopper well.

"Um, how would I go about transforming fully?" Chopper asked.

"Well, first of all you need to understand the structure of what you're turning into, which you probably already have down pact as a doctor's assistant." Luffy said, Chopper nodding as he understood human anatomy pretty well.

"Secondly, you need to find your, I guess, inner-human? The easiest way to go about this would generally be meditating. Though I have a question, how old are you?" Luffy asked.

"I'm 15!" Chopper said proudly.

"Ah, well I need to give you a fair warning. Because of the fact that you're already small enough and reindeers age differently than humans your human form will be young." Luffy said.

"How young exactly, and will it affect his mental health?" Kureha asked, ever the doctor.

"It probably won't be much, at the least he'll be twelve as a human. But thankfully it won't affect his mentality besides the fact that he'll actually go through puberty." Luffy said.

"Puberty? Isn't that painful?" Chopper asked, having read about it from the medical texts.

"Not exactly, the only thing painful is the growing pains." Luffy said.

Chopper seemed to be thinking for a second before he nodded, his hat wiggling on his head.

"I'll do it. I mean I should try everything right, that's at least what Dr. Hiluluk said." Chopper said.

"Who's Dr. Hiluluk." Luffy asked, this time it was Kureha who answered.

"He was a quack doctor who took Chopper in after the herd he was with refused to have anything to do with him. The man was always talking about curing the coldness in people's hearts." Kureha said, shaking her head.

Luffy nodded but suddenly after that Carmen, Nami, and Vivi came running in.

"We have a problem, the old king Wapol is attacking, and it seems he has a devil fruit that allows him to consume anything. He has two soldiers with him, named Chess and Kuromarimo." Vivi said.

That immediately led to them running outside, with Kureha staying watch over Goldie. When they got outside they saw Gin fighting with Chess and Kaya fighting with Kuromarimo.

"Take this! Surgical Precision!" Kaya yelled, using her sword to leave cuts in places that would burn if the person moved.

Gin however didn't shout anything as he spun and slammed his cannonball tonfas into the man. The giant looking man who had a crown, that Luffy guessed was Wapol, looked irritated and then seemed to swallow both of his men.

"He ate his own men!" Gin shouted.

Suddenly Wapol turned into a house and out the door came what looked like a merged version of Chess and Kuromarimo. Luffy decided to call them Chessmarimo. Gin and Kaya ran at the merged man but he turned out to be much stronger and easily beat them. However, soon after Chopper ran forward and decided to fight.

"Three minutes that's all I need." Chopper said before swallowing a round ball.

"Three minutes! You couldn't even beat me if you had twenty!" Chessmarimo yelled.

"Transform to "Walk-Point"." Chopper said as he changed into a normal reindeer form.

"Isn't that just a normal transformation. I know you have a devil fruit you must be a reindeer-human like Dalton." The merged man said.

"Transform to "Heavy-Point". You're wrong! I'm a human-reindeer!" Chopper said, charging at the man after changing into a really buff looking human-reindeer.

"It doesn't matter, you can only transform into three different forms and I've already seen them! Deadly Hammer!" Chessmarimo yelled, swinging his hammer at Chopper.

"Transform to "Jumping Point" Chopper said, slimming down and his legs growing to allow him to jump really high and dodge.

"What?! Is that a half-human, half-animal form?!" Chessmarimo yelled, swinging his hammers at Chopper as he fell.

"Transform to "Guard Point"." Chopper said, transforming it a giant fluff ball.

When the hammer attack landed on Chopper it knocked him back but other than that the fur seemed to absorb the entirety of the impact.

"You can't hurt me." Chopper said.

"What! That's impossible you should have only three forms!" The man yelled.

"That piece of medicine I took is called a Rumble Ball. It creates waves that disrupts the inherent rules of three forms that the Devil Fruit causes. It's the result of five years of my research and it allows me to transform into four different forms." Chopper said.

"Wow is he smart." Luffy said with a whistle.

"Yeah, I was surprised too when the kid developed that Rumble Ball of his." Kureha said, suddenly appearing from behind them.

"Weren't you watching Goldie?" Luffy asked.

"Yeah but the kid finally fell asleep. She should be fine for now." Kureha said.

They turned their attention back to the fight and it seemed that Chopper had turned into another form that he called "Arm Point". Chopper seemed to be fighting the merged man on equal terms before he jumped back, transforming into another form called "Brain Point". Chessmarimo seemed to mock Chopper, asking if he was running away but Chopper responded he wasn't but rather finding a weakness before he put his hooves together and said "Scope". Chopper then seemed to be looking all of Chessmarimo before he quickly smiled and charged at the man, back in Arm Point. Chopper quickly sent an uppercut at the man, striking him heavily in the cheek and seemingly knocking the merged man out.

"Three minutes." Chopper said, transforming back into his child-reindeer-human form.

They looked around and saw that Wapol had vanished into the castle. Luffy chased after him and saw him attempt to open a door before realizing that he had lost the key. Wapol saw Luffy and began running away again before he ran into a room and swallowed a giant cannon and then transformed into it.

"Hah you can't beat me now!" Wapol shouted before there was a tweet on his cannon mouth.

"Birds?!" Wapol sad before spitting up the cannon and Luffy promptly grabbing the man's face.

"Stop! I'm a member of the World Government! If you punch me it'd be declaring war on them!" Wapol panicked.

"Do you think I give one shit about the World Government?" Luffy asked before he punched the man, sending him flying into and halfway through the roof where Luffy joined him.

Luffy was sitting cross legged right by the flag that was on the castle, a skull and crossbones with cherry blossom petals on it. Wapol however was panicking

"I'll make you a second king!" He shouted.

"I don't care for that. What I do care for is your horrible attitude, so this is what I'm going to do." Luffy said, pointing the Elder Wand at the man's forehead.

"From now until you turn your attitude around and treat others better and give up your foolish idea of revenge I curse your outside to show how ugly you are on the inside. I give you the Beast's Curse." Luffy said, a rose like flash coming out of the wand and hitting the man.

Instantly the man's appearance changed to a hideous looking appearance, causing the man to panic even further. Luffy then stood up and swung his arms back as far as they could stretch.

"Now go learn your lesson, Gomu Gomu Bazooka!" Luffy yelled, sending Wapool flying off into the distance before he disappeared.

Luffy jumped down and saw that people were coming up to the castle. It was Dalton who seemed injured as well as some villagers who seemed injured as well.

"Was that Dalton who was sent flying? And where are the other two?" Dalton asked.

"Yeah, and Chopper here helped with the other two." Luffy said, gesturing to the human-reindeer that was hiding behind Luffy's legs.

Dalton looked and saw Chopper who he seemed to recognize. Quickly he sunk to his knees and bowed to Chopper thanking him, causing Chopper to blush and hide even further behind Luffy. Instantly after though many of the villagers started calling Chopper a monster. That prompted Luffy to grab Chopper close and hug him, read: cuddle, and glare at the people.

"This adorable guy isn't a monster. If anything you guys are the monsters. I mean would you guys call Dalton a monster for being able to turn into a Bison?" Luffy asked, ignoring the fact that Chopper was blushing even harder.

Instantly though the villagers looked ashamed and Kureha was smiling in the background before she walked forward.

"Take the injured people inside and I'll take care of em." Kureha said.

They proceeded on inside where they saw that Goldie was finally awake and feeling perfectly fine. Luffy and the others explained what happened as she had been delirious the entire time she was sick. Kureha however was asking Dalton if he knew where the key to the armory room was. Nami however took out a key and begun spinning it.

"You mean this? I'll give you it if you accept it as payment." Nami said, causing Kureha to smirk.

"Well, look at miss negotiator here. I accept." Kureha said before taking the key and heading out before she stopped a second at the door.

"Chopper I give you permission to go with them if you want." Kureha said with a smile before leaving.

"Well, do you want to come with us? Kaya's been looking for a Vice-Commander to split her paperwork and her job of training the others with. Plus, you'll be able to learn from each other." Luffy said.

"…. Alright! I accept." Chopper said with a smile.

As they were heading down the mountain Chopper started panicking, feeling like he forgot something, saying something about a bag.

"Oh you mean this? That old doctor lady gave it to me." Kaya said, holding up a bag that had an x on it.

Chopper tried hard to hold back his tears as he smiled. When there was an explosion from the direction of the castle they looked. They instantly saw the snow start to turn pink like cherry blossom. That instantly caused Chopper to start crying. Soon enough they reached the ships and got back on. When they got on Luffy saw Zoro and Sanji blushing and refusing to look at each other.

"Why are those two blushing?" Luffy asked, curious, aiming his question at Alvida.

"Oh haha. I was getting sick and tired of those two arguing and fighting so I locked them in a closet. About an hour later I let them out and they were blushing. Personally, I think they kissed." Alvida said with a smirk, which deepened when she saw the two's blush deepen.

"Well.. that would explain why Zoro always yelled at Sanji when he flirted with everyone." Luffy mused.

Putting his crew mates' relationship behind him he asked for them to set sail to Alabasta where they would arrive around nine days later. Where Luffy would finally get to meet his brother in person after three years.

WOOOOOOOOO! Next chapter we meet Ace! As all of you can probably tell, Ace is my favorite character in One Piece, next to Sabo and Luffy. I really like the ASL trio cause they're so adorable as children. Alabasta has been split into two chapters and for those that play One Piece Treasure Cruise, it's split like Alabasta is in that Mobile Game. However, the romance with Ace won't be happening till Impel Down. And uh, no it's not immediate sex, rather the romance scene in Impel Down is just a kiss. I'm saving the sex for maybe a year into their two year training. So, basically it's going to get fluffy around post Marineford War. I know I might have said this before but Thriller Bark is merged with Amazon Lily, Sabaody is skipped and Impel is merged with Marineford. This is because Thriller Bark, Amazon, Impel, and Marineford are my least favorite. Thriller Bark because it's eh, and Amazon to Marineford because it's where Ace is found to be set up to be executed, taken to execution, and then killed. Anyways I appreciate your suggestions as always! Hope you enjoyed the chapter.