The * in the middle is to mean that the POV has changed, it's still in the first person and still reads beautifully - to me anyway - and I hope you like this treat and the surprise in this chapter that hopefully you weren't expecting. This chapter contains strong language and a small description of injuries. If this makes you squeamish then press the back button.
A guest mentioned to me that this doesn't follow canon and if you are reading this dear guest then you are right! While this fanfiction follows canon to an extent (Devil fruits, Zeff to a point, Zoro's backstory and pirates' vs marines) there are some changes.
Thar be dragons of course but this chapter will give some more information.
Shout out to my wonderful beta who makes my work betta, Charizgrovsion and if you like the animated series of Spiderman but didn't like the fact that he was cured from mutantism then her fanfiction Mutated Spider-Man is the one for you!
Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece or its characters, I'm not that cool.
Being the head doctor of the Whitebeard Pirates, Doctor Kurietia Shinku thought that she had seen it all, but apparently there is always some shit that manages to trump the previous freak injury or weird patient.
Such is the case of her new patient.
This man should be dead with the injury to his neck alone, the deep cut having blue skin that was cool to the touch, burning from the inside and charring on the surrounding skin outside. His burn marks are also strange as there is evidence of frozen skin. It didn't seem to be causing the man any pain when she prodded it and took a sample for the know-it-all bastards that call themselves scientists.
Looking at the man's face, she notices more abnormalities and wonders if the black tint to the sides of his hair and fingers were signs of frostbite. It would explain the blue from the neck wound but not the warm skin. How the fuck would he get frostbite in Alabasta anyway? Shinku quickly checks his blood pressure and temperature but is still at a loss from the results.
Using different equipment each time Doctor Kurieita Shinku checks the strange green haired man's vitals for three times, confused at the results that keep repeating.
Sliding her hands through his hair to find any rotten skin, she flinches at a sharp pain on her palm and is startled to find that her hand had been cut in the mess of long green hair. Curious, she moved the man's hair and gasped at the horns. Having some experience with non-humans, she tried to narrow it down to what species he wasn't: not a succubus – too much muscle, not a golem – his hair is green and his skin was flesh, not a half-orc she concluded after checking his teeth – they were normal, not a dragon – they were extinct.
Taking his tattered shirt off, she gasps at the markings adorning his chest – black and Celtic, running over his shoulders. Her eyes drawn to the haphazardly placed bandages, she removes them, scowling at the rushed way they were applied, and stares at the large burn adorning the man's right side.
At the groan of pain the man emits she gathers the necessary medical supplies (including clean bandages of course) with all traces of surprise masked by professionalism. Checking his ribs, she found that three are broken and one is fractured meaning he is in serious danger of a punctured lung. She shook her head and frowned at the gasping he made, knowing that she hadn't jostled his ribs in any way. Quickly cleaning the wound and ordering a bowl of lukewarm water from a nurse standing outside, she fetches a bottle of antiseptic and pours a generous amount into the water the nurse had delivered. Not knowing what he was, she made sure to use a generic kind.
At the first wipe of the wound the green haired man woke with a gasp of pain and snapped an arm out to her neck. Swiftly standing up he pins her to the wall next to the bed. "Where am I?" he snarls, voice rough. Looking around, he seems to notice something. "And where's Zero?"
"Wh-who?" Shinku gasps out, briefly forgetting what predicament she's in in favour of inward death threats at the Whitebeard pirates. If they didn't let a man receive medical attention in place of interrogation… Again.
With a fierce anger in her eyes, she grabs the man's hand on her neck and pulls herself up, trying to stop the uncomfortable pressure on her throat. "There was another person with you?! I swear if he was injured and they didn't bring him in I'm castrating the lot of them!"
The strange man looks faintly disturbed, shifting around uncomfortably and moving his pelvis away from the insane redhead.
Before Zoro could reply, they heard the door open and Zoro looks in that direction. After seeing Sanji with another man he quickly drops the woman and rushes to the blond, limping slightly and favouring his left side. Enveloping the blond in a hug but keeping his eyes trained on the other man who seems unaffected by his glare, Zoro seems completely unaffected by the fact that Sanji is naked save for a blanket. He notices something else a second after that he failed to in the relief of seeing his brother in all but blood. Tensing Zoro backs up but keeps his hands on Sanji's shoulders, finding himself looking into a sheepish blue eye. "You turned back?" he growls threateningly, "Injured?"
Before Sanji could reply they hear a gasp from the doctor.
Turning to the redhead Zoro sees a look of such horror it was almost tangible in the air, her face pale and her eyes haunted. Zoro is confused at the extreme reaction until he notices that his shirt fell off when he pushed the woman into the wall.
On the green haired man's left shoulder blade there is a thick branded circle and four inverted triangles at the four sides, each side representing one of the blues. The East triangle is facing outwards.
Before anything could be said Zoro tastes copper on his tongue before the world went black.
Cliff-hangers, oh how I love them. Making them of course, not finishing a chapter to find one (I'm looking at you Consider the Sea Beasts by nauticaas. It's a good read if you like a suffering Sanji, or just brilliant structured One Piece fanfictions in general).
Hope you liked the early chapter and reviews are always welcomed. Flames will be made to burn all the books of twilight with. I don't know if that will encourage flames or not…
I have a challenge for you, what is the translations for the doctor's name.
try to resist the urge to google translate it please.
Anyway, hope you enjoy!
~MossyDrake