A/N: Hello, I do hope you like this chapter and story and will continue reading. I really should've started writing on Monday, but I really wanted to watch my favorite episodes from Glee and it took longer than I thought it would. And I still have four chapter of Blood Vampir: Prequel to write, edit, and update on Friday. I am regretting watching Glee episodes now.
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Chapter Twelve: Recruiting Chopper
Nami's POV
"That's backwards… isn't it?" I wondered out loud as I looked at how the creature was trying to hide. He sweat dropped even more before slowly moving so he was hiding the right way. "You're way too slow and you're not even completely hiding. What are you anyway?"
The creature's face scrunched up slightly. I'm guessing he doesn't like that question. "B-Be quiet, Human!" I was shocked at this before he asked how my fever was. "Were you the one that helped me?" I asked the creature.
It screamed before scrambling backwards and hitting something I couldn't see. Things kept clattering to the ground and clouds of dust came into the room. It was really loud which wasn't helping me with an oncoming headache.
"Be quiet in there, Chopper!" that voice is new, who is that?
Looking up, I saw the clouds of dust clear, revealing a tall woman with platinum blonde, wavy hair. She had a bottle of something in her hand. "It seems like your fever has come down a little bit, girl. Are you happy?"
She touched my forehead as she drank whatever was in the bottle. "Who are you?" I asked the woman. "You're doing more or less alright; your temperature is 100.7"
"My name is Dr. Kureha, call me Doctorine" she smiled at me.
"You're a Doctor? That means…" looking around I wanted to see if Luffy and Sanji are alright. "My secret to staying young?"
"I didn't ask that, Doctorine" I told the woman. Why would I want to know that? "You are right, that kid climbed to the top of the Drum Rockies to the Castle at the top of the tallest Mountain" Kureha confirmed. "How are they? The two people that brought me up here"
I was worried because she only mentioned a 'kid' that brought me up here, she didn't mention anyone else. "The two boys are sleeping in another room. Very deeply to, which makes sense. One carried the two of you all the way up without shoes, gloves or a jacket"
That sounds like Luffy. He said he would take care of us no matter what, he's also idiotic enough to do that.
I was relieved that they were alright. I felt the bed shake when the woman sat down on it before I felt cold air on my stomach. She lifted-up my shirt. There were purple markings, like a bruise, on my stomach. It was where I felt a burning sensation when I went back to the ship on Little Garden. "This was the cause"
"What is that?"
"You were bitten by a Kestia. A Kestia is a small, poisonous Tick that lives in high temperature and humidity Jungles. Once bitten, bacteria enters the bite and keeps you in pain when lying dormant inside the body for five days. It can cause: fevers above 104 degrees, coinfection, myocarditis, arteritis, cerebritis, etc.!" she explained. "From the rate it has spread from the area you were bit, you've probably been infected for… three days"
That's about right. "The suffering you must have endured may have been unusually harsh. It would have eased in two more days without treatment because you would be dead by then"
I'm glad I agreed when Luffy asked me if he could take me to the Doctor even in the snow. She got off the bed and continued talking.
"It's called the '5-Day Disease'. I had heard that Kestia died out 100 years ago, so that ravenet should be glad that I kept the antibiotic just in case. Where did you come from anyway? Were you walking out with your belly exposed on an ancient Jungle Island or something? Heeheeheehee"
"That rings a bell? What a crazy girl you are"
"It was Little Garden. Luffy told us not to leave the ship without being fully clothed but I never planned on leaving" I told her before she pushed me down onto the bed.
"Stay in bed. Your treatment isn't finished yet" she advised me. "Thank you, I'll be fine once my fever goes down. My body will take care of the rest, right?" I asked her.
"Such optimism. It normally takes the disease, at minimum, ten days to fully treat. You will have to rest for at least three days, even with my medicine"
I won't argue with her. I did hear Luffy when he told me about her. She's a good Doctor and one you shouldn't argue with when it comes to how fast or slow you'll be cured.
Luffy's POV
Even through my exhausted sleep I heard hoof-steps and a sigh as something clattered on something to my right. I think whoever it was put something heavy down, on stone maybe. It was like this when I finished the climb up the Mountain to.
Time Lapse: Yesterday
"He climbed up the Mountain with no gloves, coat, or shoes?! This Drum Rock is 5000 meters high!"
Is that Dr. Kureha? I was shivering terribly from the cold, but I don't care about that. "His whole body is nearly frostbitten, what is he thinking dressing like that in this climate? Heat up some water immediately and throw him into it"
Don't worry about me! What about the other two?!
"This guy is bleeding horribly. He has a spinal fissure and six broken ribs. May I operate on him?" that was Chopper. He must be talking about Sanji.
"The most critical is this girl, she's dying" I wouldn't have brought them up here if at least one of them wasn't.
"Chopper! Get phenicol, cardiotonic and tialcillin ready!"
"Does she have an infection?"
"That's right, the pathogen isn't from this Island though" that's right! It's from an Island with a Jungle.
I was finally able to move when she said that, so I grabbed her arm to get her attention. They were both surprised I was moving.
"Help them… they're my friends" I chattered through my shivering. "I get it, I will save them. Chopper! We should begin treatment!"
Time Skip: Present
"Hungry…" I said, groggily opening my eyes. "Chop…per?" I asked when my vision was no longer blurry. "Do you have… any Meat?" I asked him.
He scrambled away in fear, making a tray with medical instruments clatter to the ground. I flinched away from the sound because it was too loud for my sensitive ears. "…cooked in a pot for three hours…" that was Sanji.
"Meat becomes properly tender…" what recipe is that? I was barely able to hear what he said because of the ringing in my ears from the tray falling. Sitting up, I saw Sanji grab the scared Human-Human Fruit user. "Venison…"
So that was what he was talking about earlier. I was going to tell him to snap out of it or to not cook him, but I fell forwards on the bed. I was apparently too weak to move much right now. "Ahhhhh! Help!"
When I could move I heard noise coming from the other room. I walked in and saw Nami sitting up on the bed.
"I'm glad you're doing better Nami" I smiled at the girl. "Thank you for helping her, Dr. Kureha. I would've used my Staff, but it doesn't have the Kestia antidote" I bowed to the woman when I turned to her.
"Wait!"
Turning around I saw Sanji running after Chopper. "Stop trying to catch and cook Chopper Sanji!" I yelled as I ran after him.
Running down the hall, I tried to convince Sanji not to cook Chopper. "I don't know who this 'Chopper' is, and I don't care! Nami needs to eat something that I made for her" he yelled at me.
"I have ingredients that you can use in my Pouch! You don't need to cook Chopper"
"Get off you annoying Human! Listen to the man!"
"Sanji! You should stop chasing him now!" I yelled before Chopper stopped moving. "I am not food!" the Reindeer yelled as he got bigger. That's Chopper's Heavy Point form. He punched Sanji in the back of the head, making the blonde's head crack the ground.
I didn't chase after Chopper because I have no reason to chase him. Instead, I took care of Sanji since I know his ribs aren't completely healed yet.
Third Person POV
In the snow-covered Town of Big Horn, everyone was trying desperately to find Dalton. The people's friend and the Island's sole Guard.
"Dalton!"
"Did you find him?!"
Vivi: "Don't die, Dalton!"
Usopp: "We will find him in time! Be alive, Dalton!"
"Who is that?" Zoro asked for the second or third time since he was accidently revived by Vivi.
"Don't just stand there and help!" Usopp yelled at the green-haired Swordsman. "Hafta bow"
The Sharpshooter bowed as soon as a Coin grey Hiking Bear walked by. "Help us look for Dalton already!" Usopp yelled for the final time as he jumped into the hole he was digging. "What is that?!" Zoro wondered as he watched the Hiking Bear walk by.
"We found Dalton!"
Usopp: "What? They found him!" *runs to Villagers*
Vivi: "That's great!" *follows Usopp*
"Dalton!" the duo yelled as they passed Zoro who was just standing there, arms crossed. "So, who is he?!" he asked for the third or fourth time.
A Villager was concerned because he couldn't feel a heartbeat. It terrified Usopp and Vivi to hear that.
Luffy's POV
"Thank you again for healing Nami, Dr. Kureha. What do you want as payment?" I asked the woman as I bowed politely. I made sure I wouldn't hit the dishes that were on the table in front of me. Dr. Kureha was kind enough to feed us.
"What do you have on you?" she asked making me frown. "It would be easier to answer what I don't have on me" I chuckled lightly. "The three of you are Pirates, aren't you?"
"Yes, we are. I was planning on coming here even if no one on my Crew was dying. Someone that I want on my Crew lives here and I have no intention of leaving until he joins" I smiled. She chuckled at that before I heard the floor crack and familiar screaming.
Turning my head, I saw Sanji was missing. "I am so sorry for Sanji, Dr. Kureha. Excuse me!" I bowed to the woman before running after him. "Wait!" I heard Sanji yell ahead of me.
"Stop trying to catch him Sanji! He doesn't deserve this!" I yelled at him when I caught up. I heard Dr. Kureha yelling behind me.
We were back in the room Nami was sleeping in when I was finally able to stop Sanji from chasing Chopper. I grabbed his collar, making sure he wouldn't go anywhere. "Will you three stop making so much racket!"
I let go of Sanji who ran away from Dr. Kureha. I dodged the Swords that Dr. Kureha was swinging around before the two left. They left the door open.
"You can come out Chopper, I won't try to cook or eat you" I told the Reindeer when I closed the door. "You should stay in bed!" I heard Chopper yell from behind me.
Turning around I saw that Nami was trying to leave her bed. "He's right Nami, the bacteria hasn't left, even with Dr. Kureha's medicine" I told the girl. "You still have a fever to! Doctorine's medicine will bring the fever down, but it's better to stay in bed because of the Kestia's bacteria"
"Thank you, Chopper was it? You've been attending to me all this time, right?" Nami thanked the Reindeer who was by her bedside.
"Be quiet! I don't wanna be thanked by a Human!..." the rest was blabbering from his dual personality. He tries to be humble, or take a compliment in stride, but he can't help but be bashful from it.
"Are you guys really Pirates?" Chopper asked. He was hesitant to touch Nami's hands. I think she could see that and that was why she hasn't moved.
I had moved to sit down on a chair so I wasn't sitting up the whole time. I don't know how long it will be till Sanji gets back and starts chasing Chopper again. "Yes, we are"
"Real ones?" that's an odd question.
"Real ones" she confirmed. "You have a Flag with a skull?" he asked her. Reaching into my Pouch, I grabbed out a smaller version of our Pirate Flag.
"This is what it looks like" I told the Reindeer, tossing the folded-up rectangle on the bed. I don't want to scare him even more by going near him. Though that's a bit of a double-edged Sword though. If I don't get too close or don't try to get closer, he might think that I think he's creepy or scary. If I do move closer to him, he could be frightened away.
He unfolded the black cloth and looked at my version of a Skull and Crossbones. "Are you interested in Pirates?" you shouldn't have said that.
"No way, you idiot!" Chopper yelled as he scrambled backwards. He hit a bookcase that lined the wall. "Okay, I'm sorry" Nami apologized. I watched her pinch the bridge of her nose. "Why don't you come with us? He is the one you wanted to join our Crew, right Luffy?"
"Of course!" I nodded with a cheery smile. "I won't have to stay here for three days if he comes with us to! We'll be able to get Vivi home in time to stop her Country's Civil War" Nami smiled. People will still die in that time; ending the Civil War how Vivi wants is impossible.
"D-Don't be stupid! I'm a Reindeer! There's no way I can stay with Humans! Aren't you scared of me? I'm a Reindeer but I can stand on two legs and can talk… my nose is blue to…"
"That's not a solid argument you know, don't you intend to have someone who is supposed to be dead on the Crew later?"
"Yep! He ate the Revive-Revive Fruit so, right now, he's a walking, talking skeleton" I smiled happily. "There you are! I'll cook you into something good for Nami!"
Chopper ran off and Sanji followed in their game of Cat-and-Mouse. "Guess it's time to leave, see ya Nami! Hope you feel better soon!" I smiled, holding my hand up in a wave, before I followed them.
Third Person POV
"Were you tempting the Reindeer without my permission when I wasn't here?"
"Not really, Chopper is the reason we would've come here even if I wasn't dying. Luffy won't leave till Chopper joins" Nami explained. "Why does he want Chopper? There are plenty of other Doctors" Kureha asked.
"The reason is because he has a bad past, he has a dream that he can't achieve 'stuck' on this Island, and something else" Nami answered as she tapped her chin. "Oh, really? Those are good reasons. Is it the same for the rest of you then?"
"I think it is, he only has a few rules for us. It's fine if we leave the Crew so long as we give good reasons for it. We can come back whenever, just tell him why we are returning. And when fighting 'do NOT kill'" Nami smiled. The last rule made Kureha chuckle.
"That's a good rule! Heeheeheehee!"
"I don't think you will be leaving for a while, Chopper has a big scar on his heart that even I can't cure. The moment he was born his herd, even his parents, abandoned him. All because he had a blue nose"
That shocked Nami. But when she thought about it, it made sense. 'That was why he mentioned his blue nose' Nami remembered. "He always walked at the back of the group, all by himself… even though he was a newborn"
"He was treated even worse than that, like a monster, when, one day, he ate a Devil Fruit. The Reindeers ferociously pressured him to leave the herd as he was no longer an ordinary Reindeer. He wanted friends… so he went to the Village as a Human"
"What is that creature?" a Villager said in fear when he and a group of Villagers saw the Reindeer who ate the Human-Human Fruit.
"His figure wasn't Human either though, his nose even kept its blue color"
The women screamed as they ran in different directions.
"It must be a Yeti!"
"Get the children inside where it's safe! It's dangerous out here!"
"Gun! Get me a Gun!"
"Shoot him dead!"
"You monster!"
"Get out of here!"
Chopper was sweat dropping, unsure what he did that caused them to panic.
A stone was thrown at the Reindeer's forehead with a force great enough to make him stumble backwards. A man fired the Gun in fear of the unknown, hitting a tree right by the Reindeer's head.
They continued to fire their varying models of Guns. There were different models of Shotguns and Muskets. The Reindeer fled from the bullets fired at him with not much accuracy.
"Chopper didn't know what was wrong, or what to blame for what happened"
"You monster!" the phrase yelled by the fearful/brave Villager echoed through the Reindeer's mind as he continued to run through the Forest. Tears were streaming down his face like waterfalls in the light Blizzard.
"He only wanted friends, but he was called a monster instead. He was no longer a Reindeer and he wasn't Human either. He has lived alone like that; can you heal the scar in his heart?"
Luffy's POV
"Look at that door at the front entrance! It's wide open!" Sanji yelled through the howling wind.
"No wonder it's cold, but don't close it" I told him when he walked towards it. "Don't touch that door!" looking up, I saw Chopper on the second floor. "Protect" I ordered when my Staff's gem and the doorframe glowed Fire orange. The cold wind was no longer coming through the door.
"What is that?!" Chopper yelled as he jumped down, landing in front of me. "It's a good thing you did that Luffy, come over here"
I saw Sanji light his Cigarette because the wind was no longer blowing inside. I nodded before hopping over to him. *Chirp Chirp* I smiled at the five Crepe or Blush pink hatchlings in their nest on the door.
"They're Snow Bird hatchlings. Chopper didn't want them to fall, so he told us not to close it" I smiled. "Hey… wasn't that creature from earlier talking and standing on two legs?"
"Yep! He's a cool creature, isn't he?! That's one reason I want him on our Crew" I smiled cheerily. "Why would you want a monster on the Crew?!"
"Be quiet Sanji! He's not a monster. He may be large sometimes, but he isn't mythical, ugly or frightening" I told my Cook.
~Alabasta Saga~
Opening the door, quite softly, I saw Chopper working on something with a Microscope.
"Day 3: The prognosis is that the bacteria was reduced by 30%"
"Chopper?" I asked scaring him. Everything fragile flew into the air. "Catch!" I said, seeing everything that was in the air, and my Staff's gem, glow Sky blue. "Didn't mean to startle you Chopper" I smiled as I plucked a Test Tube from the air.
I put the Flask on the table before Chopper started doing the same thing when they stopped glowing. "Will you be my friend Chopper?" I asked the Reindeer as I grabbed an Erlenmeyer Flask.
He repeated the word 'friend' in shock, making me nod. "Yep! You're really cool Chopper. I want you to join my Crew! You'll have a bunch of friends; a Pirate Crew is a lot like a family" I smiled.
"I'm not interested in Pirates at all. I never wanted a friend either!" he sweat dropped as he backed away. He was holding a Florence Flask with something that was an Iris purple color inside. It made me curious, but I didn't ask about it. "You have a dream, don't you?"
"What does a dream have to do with anything?" he was confused now, making me smile.
"Many dreams can't be achieved from where you live alone. Being a Pirate gives you the freedom to pursue your dreams, no matter how big, small, or 'crazy' they are" I smiled happily.
He was shocked. "Will you be the Doctor on my ship? You'll have a better chance at achieving your dream if you do" I asked. He opened his mouth to say something but closed it before shaking his head.
"No! I won't become a Pirate" he ran from the room making me sigh. I decided to run after him to see where he'll go. He decided to run into the room Nami is in.
"Help me Doctorine!" I heard him yell before he jumped through a closet door. It now had a Chopper-shaped hole in it.
"What are you doing, Luffy?"
"I asked him to be my friend and join our Crew as our Doctor. I told him why I wanted him. He was going to say something but ran off. I want to find out what he was going to say" I answered our recovering Navigator. "That's good! You ought to just agree Chopper, Luffy won't leave until you join us"
"I don't want to join though!" Chopper yelled when he opened the door to the closet. "Zoro said the same thing, he eventually agreed because his dream meant more to him than his pride" I smiled.
Chopper jumped on my head and used it as a platform to jump again. He ran out the door, so I chased him.
Third Person POV
Sanji stood up from the hit he took not too long ago. "To ask to be his 'friend' without even knowing how much that means to him…"
"He does know, Dr. Kureha. Luffy knows everything about us, even the people that will to join us later. He had to know about them in order to pick them in the first place" Nami smiled at the Doctor.
"Would you mind telling us though? He doesn't reveal the past of someone to others without their permission first" Nami asked the Doctor. Kureha looked towards the door that the duo ran out of before speaking.
"There was a man who Chopper opened up to when he was alone. Dr. Hiluluk was his name. He was a quack Doctor who gave Chopper his name and called him his son"*
"Their first encounter was when Hiluluk saved Chopper from the angry and fearful Villagers that were trying to kill him"
"What happened to Hiluluk?" Nami asked as Sanji poured some coffee.
"The good times passed very quickly, and…" Kureha took gulps from her bottle. "The time for goodbyes, comes for everyone…"
Kureha poked the fire to keep it going. "The duo's story doesn't have a happy ending like some would hope there to be…"
Luffy's POV
"Chopper! Where'd you go?!" I yelled. "Please be our friend and Doctor!"
"That looks good!" I smiled, walking over to a plate of fruit in a room. There were Apples, Limes, Bananas, Oranges, and one other one. "I promise that being a Pirate is really cool!"
I dumped more Fruit into my mouth from the large plate. I held it above my mouth so I wouldn't accidently take the plate into my mouth and choke on it. I started eating Fruit from the other plate now.
"Are you really a Pirate?"
"Yep! Want me to show you the big starting Bounty from the East Blue I have to prove it to you?" I asked when I turned to him. He was hiding behind a pile of crates. "Please join us, I only have three concrete rules. You're better off being a Pirate with me now than another Pirate group later! We sing to!" I smiled.
"Pirates s-sing?" how is that so hard to believe?! Of course Pirates sing!
"Yep. And they dance to! It's really fun! Pirates can do whatever they want because they're free" I smiled happily. "Because we're free we can travel the sea meaning we can go on a lot more adventures!"
"So, Pirates go on adventures to?"
"Pirates risk their lives to! We get to meet all sorts of creatures and people"
~Alabasta Saga~
Chopper shut the door before I heard its lock click in place. "Why did you lock me in here Chopper?" I asked the Reindeer.
"It's because you're pestering me! Your injuries are not so light that you can just get out of bed and run around! Rest in there since you won't anywhere else"
I took the keys without him noticing and unlocked the door. "I could've opened this door even without the keys so doing that was useless Chopper" I told the Reindeer.
"Why?!"
What is with all the running? I haven't done anything to make him hate me that much, have I? All I'm asking is what Hiluluk wanted him to do, asking him to see the world outside this Island and help him achieve his dream.
I saw Chopper stop before I heard, and smelled, something. "Does this guy ever quit?!" I complained. "It's Wapol!"
I watched as Chopper ran in his Walk Point form to tell Dr. Kureha about Wapol's arrival. "That man just doesn't give up, does he?" smushing my face against the window.
"I have finally returned! Now to restore Drum Kingdom!"
Third Person POV
"Chopper was very upset when he found out that Hiluluk only had ten days to live. That was only natural though. In his own way he took action"
"So, for six years since the death of his foster father… Chopper has been studying under you" Nami summarized. "Yes, I taught him everything I know"
"Doctorine! Doctorine!" Chopper yelled as he ran to the room the Doctor was in.
The door was knocked open as Chopper entered in his Walk Point form. "We have a problem! Wapol is back!"
"I see…"
A/N: Hello, I finished writing this at 7:54 P.M. on October 23, 2018.
*I was debating on rewriting Chopper's past but decided not to since I didn't write Zoro's.
I do hope you guys like this chapter and story and will continue reading.
