Chopper quickly slams the door of his studio open and rushes inside to gather rapidly the medical supplies he needs and heads for the door again until he stops abruptly just in front of it, slowly he turns his head and notices that there's something crouched in the corner at the end of the sick bed, his face goes white.

" what's that?….who is that? An enemy?…should I call for help?" The thought runs through his head, but he quickly discards it.

Slowly he placed is rucksack down and gradually made his way to the dark gray figure in the corner still being defensive he pokes his head around the bed ever so slightly; which for Chopper it means poking your entire body and hiding half your face. Only to find a person sitting on the floor hugging their knees and shivering, not sensing any danger Chopper emerges completely in front of the person, full of concern.

" um excuse me is everything alright?..why are you shivering are you cold or sick?." He asks full of concern.

The unknown person slowly lifts their head to reveal large aquamarine eyes filled with fright, yet steadily seeming to calm down even though the person's face was mostly covered with a black mask. Chopper is a little surprised wondering what this person was so frightened about when the person speaks.

" sniff. I'm fine, just got a little scared I heard thunder, I don't like thunder".

Slowly calming down, Chopper breathes a sigh of relief.

" sigh…oh thank goodness you're not sick…that thunder sound was just Usopp blowing up one of his experiments you don't have to worry" he says with a sweet smile on his face.

The person looks at Chopper embarrassed, and abruptly stands up taking Chopper a little by surprise and he backs away cautiously, the person then bows gratefully at Chopper. Another thing that takes him by surprise.

" thank you for making me feel better you're a really cool reindeer." He says regaining his posture.

" ah no it's nothing…don't think you'll flatter me idiot hehehe…wait... I'M NOT A RACCOON DOG!" Chopper replies irritated as always when people mistake him for a raccoon dog.

" I never said you're a raccoon dog you're clearly a reindeer? Aren't you?" Said the stranger tilting their head to the side, confused at the thought that he might have really called him a raccoon dog.

Chopper stops in his tracks and really looks at this strange person he has in front of him, it's the first time that he hasn't been called a raccoon dog but a reindeer, a wide smile spreads across his face.

" really, you think I look like a reindeer! You're the first one to ever call me a reindeer just at first glance…hahaha!, I'm so happy!" his eyes sparkle as he gets close to the stranger again.

He starts spinning around the room merrily giggling away, while the person still stands staring at him happily and joining in with their own laughter. Until Chopper halts again when the real question crosses his mind.. "who is this person!?". And he's defensive again.

" wait…who are you?... what do you want?. Why are you here?. Are you dangerous?." His bombardment of questions didn't seem to faze the stranger.

The stranger stops laughing and faces chopper a little confused.

" ah right!, sorry I didn't introduce myself and I'll answer your questions gladly but you don't have to be scared I'm not going to hurt you" he says reassuringly.

"how do I know you're not lying?" Chopper says backing away again.

".. well if I wanted to, don't you think I would have done that already?"

The stranger giggles tilting their head to one side waiting for choppers answer.

" mm yes I suppose…so who are you?" slowly starting to calm down, Chopper asks the question again.

" well, my name is Ariel it's nice to meet you ..ahh what's your name?"

" ah Ariel it's nice to meet you too I'm Chopper the doctor of this ship," he says proudly.

" I can see you're a really good doctor you have so many books I was roughly looking through them they all look so interesting," Ariel says admiringly.

" ehh, you like them? hehehe their really cool…ehh wait don't change the subject! why are you here?"

Chopper was mostly glad that he was receiving so many compliments but also angry that Ariel was trying to change the subject, he holds up his hands quite weary and says.

" ah right sorry I tend to do that I'm here because I thought this was the straw hats ship I kind of want to meet their captain straw hat Luffy but I can't seem to find anyone I've been roaming the ship for a while now and you're the first person I've seen".

" ah you want to meet Luffy?…this is the right ship but why do you want to meet him? He asks confused

" eh-ah that's because a friend of mine told me about him so I wanted to meet him…for two years now I suppose it's the first thing on my to-do list and I heard he would be around here so here I am " he replied bluntly.

Chopper looks at him assessing what this mysterious person had said, he doesn't seem dangerous and isn't wearing any weapons that he can see, and if he was dangerous he's sure Luffy would have felt his presence. Ariel seems nice, he's quite tall like Nami's height and seems quite broad like Usopp, yet his voice sounds girlish as well as his posture., he has long red hair that reaches his backside tied back in a loose ponytail with a thin white ribbon, he's dressed fully in dark gray track suit with a strange black cloth strapped around his torso that looks quite tight and has these big silver arm bands on either forearm also strapped tightly.

"two last questions …and I can take you to Luffy if you want," he says raising his paw and directs it at Ariel.

" ahh thank you very much. Yes sure anything what is it?" He says standing confidently.

" alright first how comes Luffy can't sense you when he can use Haki?" This was the most important question that had been on his mind ever since finding Ariel.

" ah that's because I've learned how to keep my presence level really low that even someone with the conquers Haki couldn't tell if I was right behind them"

He seems to smile under his mask proud of his ability, chopper stands there quite shocked yet impressed.

" really that's so cool that's really amazing" his eyes sparkling with eagerness to know more.

Ariel raises his arm behind his head in embarrassment.

" well it's not easy, it requires a lot of concentration even a little sneeze can completely break my concentration and my power technically is released and I won't go unnoticed you might say hehehe" he says a bit weary.

"ohh! I see you must be really strong…anyway last question" paused in place. Not sure he should ask his question and waits for Ariel's confirmation.

"mmm Uhhuh?," Ariel replies and nods her head.

" are you a girl or boy?" He had said it! and looks to Ariel curious and impatient for the answer.

At this question Ariel begins to giggle.

" I knew that was coming everyone obviously wonders that hehehe I'm a girl I'm sort of in a disguise" she says shying away a little.

Choppers mouth drops open in astonishment, "Ariel is a she.!"

" really! But you don't look like Robin or Nami?" With says as his little paws he moves them over his chest area as if something there was missing, with a puzzled expression he looked to Ariel for the answer.

"ah right my chest, that's what this black strap is for they kind of get in my way and men don't take you that serious if you're a girl they all think your weak and fragile which I beg to differ"

She tilts her head to one side again as it seems to be her habit. While chopper takes all this new information in, Ariel reaches for her pocket and extracts a small pink sweet and hands it to Chopper.

" here you go you can have one of these, their cotton candy flavor as thanks for being so kind, their really good!" she says smiling under her mask.

" ahh really thank you I love cotton candy!"

Chopper takes it gladly and quickly puts the sweet in his mouth it's really good and his face expresses it definitely, Ariel is very happy that he's enjoying it so much.

" you're a really nice person Ariel I'll take you to say hi to Luffy and everyone else" he says looking up at her happily.

" thank you very much Chopper..umm but weren't you going somewhere with all that medical stuff?"

Ariel indicates his rucksack overflowing with medical equipment and Chopper suddenly realize that he has to go help Usopp.

" ahhhh! Usopp I forgot about him I need to hurry, come on Ariel you can come help"

Chopper grabs his rucksack and hurries for the door with Ariel casually walking right behind him, following the little reindeer where ever he was going.

" yes Chopper, coming sir." She says giggling.

Chopper is already out the door shouting something that Ariel didn't catch since the wind was quite strong and the sound drowned out Choppers little voice; suddenly just before she steps outside her nose starts to itch, she's about to sneeze. Chopper stops half way to try to call out to her again when.

" AAACCCHHHHOO!"

A small shock wave is released after Ariel's sneeze, it disrupts the quiet peace that the ship had been surrounded in up till now, Ariel turns to face chopper who's stunned at the immense power that is Ariel. She lost her concentration and her presence had been announced.

" oh no Chopper"

" Ariel…"

he takes a shaky step towards her. When immediately Zoro lands on the wooden rail right in front of Ariel, all three swords shining ready for battle, eyes blazing for excitement with a wicked smile on his face like a wild beast ready to hunt its prey, Ariel taken aback stands there for a few split seconds taking in this man's powerful presence then she's active, acting solely on instinct now.