One Piece: Blizzard and Chopper's Day Out
One Piece © Oda
Blizzard © Me
Summary- When Luffy gets sick again, Nami sends Chopper to go get some medicine for him, and Blizzard goes along with him, and what starts as a simple shopping trip turns into a small adventure for the wolf-dog and reindeer. Post-timeskip.
Tony-Tony Chopper sat in the sick bay, grinding up herbs for his medicine, humming a little tune to himself. To Chopper, there was no such thing as being too prepared. He wanted to have as much medicine ready as possible, just in case.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.
"Come on in!" Chopper called.
Nami entered, holding her captain, Monkey D. Luffy, to her side. For some reason, the latter is cradling his stomach and moaning in pain. He even let out a few burps and his tummy let out a gurgle or two.
"Hi, Nami," Chopper greeted.
"Hey, Chopper," said Nami as she laid Luffy on the gurney.
"Is Luffy okay?" asked Chopper.
"No, Chopper, he's not," Nami answered. "Poor Luffy has a bit of an upset tummy. Don't you, Luffy?"
Luffy moaned in reply and rubbed his stomach.
"Lemme guess," Chopper said. "From eating too many sweets, again, right?"
"For once, no," said Nami. "He just started to have stomach issues out of nowhere, and he says he didn't eat any sweets, at all."
"My tummy~!" Luffy whined.
"Well, I wish I could help, Nami," said Chopper, "but I don't have any stomachache medicine."
"Well, you think you can go into town and get some?" asked Nami. "Luffy really needs it."
"Please, Chopper," said Luffy. "It hurts so bad!"
"Well," said Chopper, "I was gonna go into town to get more ingredients. Why not? I'll go!"
"Thanks, Chopper," Nami said, gratefully as she helped Luffy climb into the gurney. "I owe you at least two sticks of cotton candy."
"Shut up!" Chopper cried, wriggling around, happily. "Why would saying that make me happy?!"
Nami smiled as the doctor left, leaving her to tend to her sickly captain.
"Don't worry, Luffy," said Nami as she sat down next to Luffy and rubbed his stomach. "Chopper will be back and he'll help you feel better before you know it, okay?"
Luffy nodded. He never doubted Chopper for a moment. If anyone could help him feel better, aside from Nami, it was him.
XXX
Outside, Chopper is about to go out into town, prepared to buy some medicine with his allowance, when suddenly, he was stopped by Blizzard, who was lying on the deck, having just woken up from a nap.
"Hey, Chopper!" the wolf-dog called. "Where you going, little buddy?"
"Into town," Chopper answered. "Luffy's sick with a stomachache, so I gotta go get medicine for him."
"Mind if I come along?" Blizzard asked.
Chopper froze, and then turned to the wolf-dog. He wanted to say that he didn't want his company, but…even he couldn't say no to that face.
"Well," said Chopper. "Okay."
"Great!" Blizzard said as he got up and walked up to Chopper. "Let's go!"
Chopper heaved a sigh.
XXX
"What in the world?"
"Is that a raccoon dog riding on top of a wolf?"
"Well, you do see strange things in the Grand Line, especially here in the New World."
"Wait, that's a wolf? I thought it was a horse!"
"You see something new, everyday."
Blizzard was walking through the streets of the town with Chopper riding atop his back. Chopper said that he didn't want a ride, but Blizzard insisted upon it. It did catch a few eyes, but they just ignored it.
"Uh, Blizzard?" Chopper asked.
"Yeah?" Blizzard asked.
"Why did you come with me?"
"Well, why not? You're not embarrassed, are ya?"
"It's not that…I'm just asking."
"I just felt like you could use my company, that's all. That bad?"
"No, it's not! I just…you know what? Never mind."
Blizzard came to a stop when he saw a huge pit in the ground, and some men working inside to fill it.
"Oh, boy," he said. "It looks like this road is blocked off."
"But the pharmacy is just passed this pit," said Chopper. "How are we gonna get passed it? Can't you just jump over it?"
Blizzard looked to the side and saw another way around: the gate to a junkyard.
"I've got a better idea," said Blizzard. "Let's go around it."
"Around it?" Chopper repeated. "How?"
Blizzard answered his question by looking to the junkyard.
"Th-through there?" Chopper stuttered. "Uh…"
"Not scared, are you?" Blizzard asked.
"No! Of course not!"
"Then let's go in! Don't worry, I'll be right here with you."
"I told you! I'm not scared! Also, you can put me down, now! I can walk by myself!"
"Okay, okay!"
Blizzard lowered himself to the ground, where Chopper could climb safely off. The moment he got on the ground, the little reindeer just walked into the junkyard…and at a rather fast pace, too.
"Chopper," Blizzard called as he began to follow him. "Chopper, wait! Slow down! You could get lost!"
"I will not!" Chopper argued. "I'm not Zoro, you know."
"I'm not saying you are!" Blizzard said. "Listen, I've been through here before, and I know it better than you do! Chopper, slow down!"
Before long, Chopper disappeared before Blizzard could catch up to him.
"Chopper!" Blizzard called. "Chopper! Where are you, little buddy? Answer me!"
No response.
Blizzard sighed. His little friend was lost somewhere in this valley of trash.
"Damn," Blizzard cursed. "I lost him…and I can't figure out which way he went. The smell of garbage and crap is so thick, I can't get even a trace of reindeer anywhere. Well, I guess I better start looking."
With that, Blizzard began to walk off in search of Chopper.
Little did he know that someone was going to find him, first.
XXX
"Blizzard? Where are you?"
Meanwhile, Chopper found himself looking for his four-legged crewmate, as well. However, as insecure as he felt, the reindeer thought it was all the better for him.
Chopper sat down on a trash bag, paying no mind to how uncomfortable it felt, and sighed.
"Who does Blizzard think he is?" he thought aloud. "My sitter? I can take care of myself, just fine! What did he think I was doing during those two years? Picking daisies?!"
He jumped down from his little seat and walked off. However, the little guy didn't realize that on the mounds of garbage, shadowy figures were watching him.
"I'm not helpless like I was before, and I'm definitely NOT weak! I'm also not as big a scared-y cat, anymore!"
He stopped in front of a tunnel of junk.
"I'm a pirate who laughs in the face of danger!" Chopper yelled into the tunnel. "HA-HA-HA-HA~!"
Laughter echoed from the tunnel…but it didn't belong to Chopper. The blue-nosed reindeer gasped before he backed away. Skulking out of the tunnel came a trio of dogs. The first, possibly the leader, looked like some sort of harvest gold Setter dog that was losing some fur on his leg and tail. The second was some slate gray Shepherd mix with a scar on his left shoulder. The third was a brown-and-white English Bulldog with a stitched-up scar across his neck. All three of them were wearing rather malicious grins.
"Uh…hey," Chopper greeted, nervously.
"Hey, kid," said the Setter. "What ya doin' here, all by yourself?"
"I…I was on my way to the pharmacy," Chopper said. "My friend is sick with a stomachache, and he needs medicine to help him feel better. I took the junkyard as a shortcut."
"That so?" asked the Shepherd mix. "Well, you should know that you're walking in our turf, now."
"The name's Gnasher, kid," said the Setter.
"I'm Shirozakura," said the Shepherd mix.
Gnasher turned to the Bulldog.
"This guy here is Bongo," he said.
Bongo let out some sort of insane cackle.
"Uh, charmed, I'm sure," Chopper said. "Well, nice talking to you guys, but I gotta go! See ya!"
He turned to run, but was intercepted by Bongo, who had a rope of drool hanging from his scrunched up maw. Soon, the three dogs began to circle around Chopper, who grew more nervous by the second.
"What's your hurry, kid?" Gnasher asked. "You should stick around for a while. Right, Shirozakura?"
"Yeah," agreed Shirozakura. "We were just about to have lunch. Right, Bongo?"
Bongo laughed in reply and licked his lips.
"Oh, gee, that's nice," said Chopper, putting on a friendly, but nervous smile, "but I can't stay. Besides, I didn't bring anything to eat!"
"Oh, I think I see something," Shirozakura mused.
Gulp! Chopper swallowed the lump in his throat.
"Uh…I have this weird feeling that you're talking about me," he said.
Shirozakura licked his chops and grabbed Chopper by his arm, but Gnasher smacked him on the muzzle.
"Ouch!" he shouted. "Boss, what was that for?!"
"You know I get the first bite!" he said. "Now hand him over!"
"What are you kidding?" Shirozakura asked. "Hell no! Do you know how long it's been since I had something decent?! I haven't had venison in years!"
Chopper let out a small squeak of fright before Gnasher pulled him away from Shirozakura.
"I'm havin' the first bite," Gnasher growled. "Besides, I love venison more than you know!"
Bongo just made a lot of gibberish.
"Yeah, yeah, Bongo," said Gnasher. "We know! You haven't had venison in a long time, too, but you're not gettin' the first bite, either!"
While the trio of canines argued, Chopper took this as his chance to make a run for it, and that's exactly what he did.
"So it's agreed, then," Gnasher said. "We split the kid in thirds! I get the head, Shirozakura, you get the middle, and Bongo, you can have the bottom part, including his legs."
"Now, hold on a minute!" said Shirozakura. "What gives you the right to have the head? I should get the head!"
"Oh, no, you don't!" Gnasher barked. "We agreed, and it's final!"
"Well, I don't I think I like this agreement!" Shirozakura barked back.
Suddenly, Bongo started to bark in gibberish again, but he looked frantic and was making some strange gestures, as if he is pointing at something.
"Oh, what is it, now, Bongo?!" Gnasher questioned.
"Uh, hey, Boss," said Shirozakura. "Did we order this dinner to go?"
"No," Gnasher answered. "Why?"
"Because THERE IT GOES!"
(A/N: You gotta love The Lion King. XD)
Gnasher looked up and saw Chopper running away as fast as little legs could carry him.
"Don't just stand there, you mugs!" Gnasher snapped at Shirozakura and Bongo. "Go after him!"
The dogs soon gave chase after Chopper, barking wildly, with trails of saliva falling from the gnashing jaws. Chopper could hear them getting closer as he ran for his life, and as panic began to overcome him, he could only manage to scream one word.
"BLIZZARD~!"
XXX
Somewhere nearby, Blizzard's ears perked up at the sound of Chopper's voice screaming for help.
"Chopper?" he questioned.
XXX
Chopper ran as fast as he could throughout the junkyard, climbing up and over mounds of garbage, getting his hooves cut by shards of broken glass as he ran, and also, just tiring himself out. He hoped the dogs would tire out before he did, though. He hated always having to run away like this, but in this case, his very life was at stake.
He did everything he could to try and lose the trio: causing an avalanche of trash, make quick turns, and making a fake trail for them to follow, but nothing seem to work.
These dogs were smarter than he thought!
"Give it up, kid!" Gnasher barked after him.
"Yeah! Just make it easier on yourself!" Shirozakura shouted.
Just when the dogs were closing in on poor Chopper, a white blur jumped down from one of the mounds of garbage and landed in between him and the dogs.
It was Blizzard to the rescue!
The dogs cowered at the sight of Blizzard's stature, and Chopper hid himself behind the huge wolf-dog's legs.
"What the hell do you bastards think you're doing?!" Blizzard growled, baring his fangs in the trio's faces while they lowered themselves down with their ears folded back and their tails between their legs.
"H-hey," said Gnasher. "Calm down, okay? We just wanted the deer-"
"He's a REINDEER!" Blizzard corrected. "And he's MY little buddy!"
"Oh, wait, he's with you?" Gnasher asked, smiling nervously. "W-well why didn't you say so?!"
"I AM saying so!" Blizzard snapped. "Listen, you filthy little parasites. If you EVER come near Chopper again- hell, if you even so much as LOOK at him, I'll tear you all apart, limb-from-freaking-limb! Understand me?!"
Gnasher, Shirozakura, and Bongo just shivered.
"I said GOT THAT?!" Blizzard roared.
No answer.
Instead, the dogs just turned tail and ran like there was no tomorrow, yowling in fear.
Blizzard snorted as he watched them make their exit.
"What a bunch of bums," he said. He then turned to Chopper. "Hey, Chopper, they didn't hurt you, ri- Chopper?"
Chopper was walking away, hanging his head low.
"Chopper?" Blizzard called after him, only to receive no response. "Chopper, where are you going? Wait!"
The wolf-dog followed Chopper, who was quite a distance away, but not too far so that he couldn't see him. Still, Blizzard couldn't shake the thought that the Chopper was deliberately trying to keep his distance from him…but why?
XXX
By the time Chopper stopped walking around the junkyard, aimlessly, Blizzard found him sitting on a mound of trash, looking out to the horizon.
It was already sunset.
Blizzard climbed up the mound and sat next to Chopper. Granted, it was a bit a hard to do so because all the junk made it uncomfortable, but the wolf-dog managed to get himself settled.
There was a bit of an awkward silence until Blizzard decided to speak.
"Wow," he said. "Look at that sunset, huh? I can't believe we've been gone that long. Nami's probably pissed, wondering what's taking us so long to get back, right?" He chuckled. "And Luffy…ah, that poor guy's stomach must be killing him, by now." He chuckled some more.
No response. Not even a giggle.
Blizzard heaved a sigh. He hated when Chopper was acting all silent like this.
"Okay, Chopper," said Blizzard. "What's going on? Why are you giving me the silent treatment all of a sudden? I'm starting to get this feeling that you don't want me around!"
A pause came. Then Chopper looked up at Blizzard with serious eyes.
"You're right, Blizzard," he said. "I didn't want you to come with me."
"Why didn't you?" Blizzard asked.
"Because I thought that you thought that I couldn't take care of myself," Chopper said. "And…you were right. I can't. When I saw those dogs, the first thing I did was get scared, then I just ran! Ever after two years, I'm still weak…and I still have to depend on you to protect me."
Blizzard's eyes went wide. Now it made sense.
Chopper was afraid to show that he was still a coward after those two years.
"Chopper," said Blizzard. "You're not considered a coward because you run away from trouble. That's what reindeer are supposed to do! It's part of your instinct! You were born with it!"
"Sometimes, I wish I didn't have that instinct," Chopper said. "I may be a reindeer, but I think like a human does. Blizzard…I trained for two years not just to help the others, but to defend myself for once and not depend on anybody!"
"But Chopper," said Blizzard, "that's what being part of a pirate crew is about. We look after each other, no matter what. Sure, you may not like it at first, but…that's how it is. We're like family. Okay, I admit it. I came with you because I was afraid for you, but that doesn't mean I think you're weak."
Chopper looked up at Blizzard.
"Chopper…look, I don't just come with you into town whenever you go shopping to help," Blizzard continued, "I'm afraid that one day, we'll end up getting jumped by someone…and something terrible might happen to you if I can't do anything to help."
"Are you saying you're afraid that you might lose me?" asked Chopper.
Blizzard sighed and nodded his head.
"I'm afraid of it a lot more than I was two years ago," said Blizzard.
"Was it because of what happened with Kuma?"
"Well…it was actually because what happened during the Paramount War."
"Because of Ace, right?"
"Y…yeah."
Chopper noticed some hesitation in Blizzard's voice, but decided to put if off for now.
"Anyway, Chopper," said Blizzard. "You're my little buddy. No, you know what? You're more than that. You're like my little brother…and…I don't think I could live without you. Sure, I may be a bit overprotective, I admit it…but I don't know what I'd do if something happened to you. I…I guess you could say…I love you, Chopper. You know, in that big-brother-little-brother way."
Chopper smiled, his eyes starting to tear up, before he went to hug Blizzard's leg.
"I…I love you, too, Blizzard," he said.
Blizzard smiled and pulled Chopper into a loving embrace.
"So…I guess even you can get scared, huh?" the little reindeer mused.
"Yup," Blizzard answered.
"But you know what?"
"What?"
"I bet that those dumb dogs were more scared than you were."
Blizzard snickered.
"That's because nobody's gonna mess with my little brother and get away with it," he said before he picked Chopper up, pulled off his hat, and began to roughly but playfully brush his paw against his head.
"Hey!" Chopper exclaimed, laughing as he tried to pull away. "Let go, you bastard! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!"
Blizzard laughed as Chopper pulled away and then jumped at him, causing both of them to tumble down from the mound of trash, surprisingly unscathed.
Blizzard heaved a sigh as he stood up.
"Well, c'mon," the wolf-dog said as he stood up.
"Can I have a lift?" Chopper asked.
Blizzard smiled and lowered himself to Chopper's height level so that the reindeer could climb safely up.
"Ready to go?" Blizzard asked as he stood up.
Chopper nodded his head.
"Then hold on tight!" the wolf-dog declared before he ran off at full speed with Chopper cheering the whole way.
However, they didn't realize that they were being watched.
It was Gnasher and his two flunkies.
"How dare that bastard humiliate me," he said. "When we see him, again…he's gonna pay."
XXX
"Thank you! Come again!"
"We will!"
Blizzard and Chopper left the pharmacy, just as night was beginning to fall, with some medicine for Luffy's upset stomach safely packed away in the latter's medical bag. The road was still closed by the time the two got out, so it appeared that they'd have to take the junkyard to get back to the ship.
They were in quite a hurry, too, for they knew that Luffy was probably wondering where they were with his medicine, and they also knew that they might've possibly incurred Nami's wrath.
The road was still closed, so it looked like they had to go around and take the junkyard, again.
"It looks a lot creepier than it was, earlier today," Chopper commented.
"Yeah, well don't let it get to ya," said Blizzard. "We'll be out soon, hopefully."
"I hope you're right," Chopper said.
However, Chopper's ears twitched when he heard what sounded like a THUNK! And it sounded like it was coming from behind.
"W-what was that?" the little reindeer asked.
Blizzard looked back, eyes narrowed and ears pricked.
"Who's there?" the wolf-dog said with a growl in his voice.
Who else could it be but Gnasher and his two flunkies?
The three dogs came skulking out of the shadows.
"Going somewhere?" asked Gnasher.
"Yeah," Blizzard answered, "but I don't see why we should tell you."
"Yeah," Chopper agreed. "Not leave us alone! We're in a hurry!"
"I don't think so," said Shirozakura. "You see, you made the boss pretty angry, and when he's angry, so are we. Right, Bongo?"
Bongo let out a sinister chuckle.
Suddenly, Blizzard's and Chopper's ears twitched, and they looked around and saw the forms of all these dogs coming out from the mounds of trash, slowly surrounding them. First there are 7...then 10...then 24...then 35...then 48...then 52...and finally, 69 dogs.
Blizzard growled. He could handle 69 dogs. Hell, he fought at least hundreds of Marines back at Marineford. Chopper, on the other hand, looked to scared to fight anything.
"Chopper, get outta here!" Blizzard ordered. "Don't worry about me! I'll catch up with you!"
"A-are you sure?" asked Chopper.
"Positive," Blizzard answered. "Now go! Get going!"
Chopper jumped from Blizzard's back, shifted into his Walk Point form, and then hightailed it out of there, leaving his brother behind to behind to fight the dog. Truth be told, the reindeer didn't really want to leave him, but…he was just too scared.
"Once we're done with you," Gnasher began, "we'll go after the reindeer, next."
"Like hell, you will," Blizzard hissed, venomously.
Gnasher narrowed his eyes at Blizzard, and then turned to his followers.
"Kill him…"
The dogs lunged at Blizzard for the attack, forcing the wolf-dog to charge back at them.
XXX
"Ugh…where are those two?!"
Nami paced back and forth on the deck with arms crossed, her frustration hiding her worry.
It's dark out, and Blizzard and Chopper still haven't returned!
"What could be keeping those two?" Nami asked to no one in particular. "That's it! I'm going to look for them!"
Tmp! Tmp! Tmp!
Nami gasped silently at the sound of footsteps, and she spotted a familiar figure, walking up the gangplank.
It's Blizzard with Chopper riding shotgun on his back, but…they were both covered in cuts and bruises!
"What in the world happened to you two?!" Nami questioned, shocked.
Chopper chuckled, albeit a bit weakly.
"We kinda got into a bit of a scrape," he said. "Sorry we took so long getting back, Nami. Oh, right!"
He reached into his medical bag and pulled out a small packet.
"Here's the medicine for Luffy's stomachache!" he said, grinning proudly.
"Oh, Chopper," Nami said. "Thanks, but Luffy doesn't need it, anymore."
Chopper and Blizzard dropped their jaws.
"He doesn't?" the former asked. "How come?"
"Because of this," Nami replied as she revealed a shiny red ruby in her hand the size of a human heart, making the doctor and guard dog gasp.
"W…where did that come from?!" Chopper asked.
"It turns out Luffy had this in his stomach, the whole time," Nami said. "He was going to give it to me as a present, but then he fell asleep, so he put it up on top of the boys' lockers to give it to me later. When he woke up, he bumped the locker and the ruby fell into his mouth and he accidentally swallowed it, and it's been bothering his stomach ever since. He finally coughed it up while you guys were gone. Funny, huh?"
"So…we went into town and got medicine for nothing?" Chopper questioned, disappointed.
Grrruff! Blizzard barked in disappointment as well.
"Sorry, guys," Nami apologized, "but hey! Think of it, this way! At least you have some medicine stocked up, just in case Luffy does get tummy troubles, again."
With that, Nami turned and left, and Chopper sighed.
"I can't believe we went through going into town and fighting a pack of crazy junkyard dogs for nothing!" Chopper said.
"Tell me about it," Blizzard agreed.
"Oh, well," Chopper muttered before he jumped down from Blizzard's back and headed for the sick bay. "Let's go get our wounds patched up."
"Yeah," Blizzard agreed before he followed the reindeer.
"Hey, Chopper?" he suddenly called.
"Hmm?"
"Thanks for…you know…coming back for me."
Chopper turned to Blizzard and smiled.
Flashback
Blizzard was fighting off the dogs as they piled on top of him, one-by-one. The wolf-dog easily shook them off and slammed into walls of garbage.
"What's wrong, Gnasher?!" he asked the Setter mix. "You too scared to fight me on your own?!"
Gnasher just stared and watched.
Just then, BAM! Something rammed into Gnasher from behind, and then joined Blizzard's side.
"What the hell?!" he shouted as he got to his paws. "Who just-"
He gasped.
It's Chopper, in his Walk Point form!
"Leave my big brother alone!" he exclaimed.
"Chopper, what are you doing here?!" Blizzard asked. "I told you to run for it!"
"A Straw Hat Pirate never abandons his crew!" Chopper declared. "Right, Blizzard?"
Blizzard stared at Chopper in surprise, but then grinned.
"Right," he answered.
"How touching," Gnasher commented. "Now you can both die together!"
"Like that'll happen!" Blizzard spat.
"Just stay outta our way!" Chopper added.
"Boys!" Gnasher shouted. "Kill them both! I want their heads on the ground!"
Flashback end
"Of course I came back," Chopper said. "I had to. You're my big brother, right?"
"That's right, Chopper," Blizzard said, "and I'm proud to be your big brother."
"And I'm proud to be your little brother," said Chopper.
With that, Blizzard gently pulled Chopper into an embrace and nuzzled him affectionately.
"I know I said this already," Blizzard started, "but I'll say it as many times as I want. I love you, Chopper."
"I love you, too, Blizzard," Chopper said.
THE END
Here's another one! Been working on this FOREVER, and I finally got it up!
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