One Piece: Blizzard and Chopper Tell a Story

One Piece © Oda

Blizzard © Me

Summary- Chopper can't sleep, so he asks Blizzard to tell him a story. However, they end up waking up the Straw Hats, so they decide to tell the story together. Contains friendship, as well as slight Luffy/Nami and some Zoro/Robin fluff. Post time-skip.

Another night on the Thousand Sunny, and the crew on board is sound asleep.

Well, almost.

Tony-Tony Chopper is lying in his bed, wide awake in the men's quarters, while the rest of the guys were snoring away. He didn't know why, but he just couldn't get to sleep. He just wasn't tired enough, and if he wasn't tired, now, he'd really be tired in the morning, and he didn't want that, because there was no telling what could happen, tomorrow. The crew could run into hostile waters and Chopper would be too pooped to try and help.

Heaving a sigh, Chopper got out of bed. There was only one person…actually, one animal, who could help him. He walked over to the bed in the corner of the room and saw Blizzard, sleeping upside down in it.

"Blizzard," he called, only to be answered with a loud snore. "Blizzard? Could you wake up, please?"

Blizzard snored once again, this time louder.

Chopper, now a bit peeved, took in a deep breath.

"WAKE UP, BLIZZARD!" he shouted.

Blizzard did indeed awaken, but when Chopper shouted, he unwittingly woke up the others, too.

"Hey!" Zoro said. "What the hell is with the shouting?!"

"Yeah, we're trying to sleep!" Usopp added.

"Is it breakfast, already?" Luffy mumbled, sleepily, as he scratched his tummy.

"What's going on?" asked Franky.

Suddenly, the door opened, and Nami walks in with Robin following not too far behind.

"Who the hell is shouting?" Nami asked. "I'm trying to have my beauty sleep!"

"Oh, great," Sanji said. "Look what you did to poor Nami and Robin, Chopper!"

"Sorry, guys," said Chopper. "I didn't mean to wake anybody…well, except for Blizzard."

"Why wake Mister Blizzard?" asked Brook.

"Yeah, what's wrong, Chopper?" Luffy asked.

Blizzard looked at Chopper, tilting his head and whimpering in concern.

"I…I can't sleep," said the little reindeer.

"Aww, Chopper," Nami said as she went to embrace the little reindeer. "How long has this been going on?"

"Just now," Chopper replied. "I just can't sleep. I'm not tired enough, so I woke Blizzard to ask him…if he could tell me a story."

Blizzard smiled.

Ruff! He barked.

"Huh?" asked Chopper. "You will tell me a story, Blizzard?"

"Huh? A story?!" Luffy repeated, excitedly. "Oh, boy!" he rushed over and sat down in front of Blizzard. "Go on, Blizzard! Tell the story!"

"I guess I could listen, too," Usopp agreed as he went to sit with him.

"Yeah, go on, Blizzard," said Nami as she sat next to Luffy. "Go ahead and tell us a story."

"This will be the first time I ever heard a story being told by a dog," Robin commented with a smile as she sat down, too, next to Zoro.

"If Nami and Robin want to hear, then so do I~!" Sanji swooned.

"Idiot," Zoro grumbled.

"What?!" Sanji questioned.

Soon, everyone sat down in front of the wolf-dog.

Looks like I've got an audience, Blizzard thought with a smirk before he barked at Chopper, once more.

"Huh?" Chopper muttered. "You want me to help you tell the story?"

Blizzard nodded.

"Uh…okay!" Chopper said. "I'd love to!"

"So, what's the story called?" asked Luffy.

Blizzard started to talk in his own dog language with Chopper translating every word.

"This story is called 'The Wolf and the Reindeer'," Chopper said.

"The Wolf and the Reindeer?" repeated Usopp.

"Never heard that one, before," said Sanji.

"Once upon a time," said Chopper, still translating Blizzard's words, "there was a white wolf who lived in the mountains and a little reindeer who lived in the meadow. The wolf was very hungry and hadn't eaten in days."

"Boy," Luffy said, rubbing his tummy. "I know how he feels."

"The wolf had been watching the little reindeer for a while, and had decided that he would make a perfect meal for him," Chopper continued, "for the reindeer was small and seemed helpless."

"Did he eat him?" asked Usopp.

Blizzard growled at the sniper.

"Who's telling the story? Me or you?" Chopper translated, questioningly.

Usopp pursed his lips and narrowed his eyes at that question.

"As I was saying," Chopper said, still translating for Blizzard. "The wolf made his way down from the mountain and toward the meadow. Once he did, he said, 'Hello, little reindeer. Won't you come with me and play?'"

Everyone watched with interest.

"At first, the little reindeer seemed hesitant," Chopper kept translating Blizzard's speech, "but he decided to go with the wolf, who, unbeknownst to him, was going to take him far away from the meadow and deep into the forest, where he would kill and eat him and no one would see."

"Did he?" Luffy asked.

"Yeah, what happened?" Nami asked.

"Well, as they walked," Chopper continued, "the reindeer began to talk with the wolf, who started to find comfort in his voice, and once they reached the heart of the forest, where the wolf intended to kill him…he realized he couldn't. The reindeer was so cute and kind and innocent, and the wolf could not bring himself to do something so cruel as to take his life just to sustain his own."

"What did the wolf do?" Zoro asked.

"The wolf told the reindeer why he brought him to the forest," Chopper said. "At first, he was shocked to learn the truth, but he was happy that he told him. The wolf decided that instead of eating him, he would protect the reindeer as his friend. However, not everyone liked hearing this news. The reindeer's herd was ashamed to learn that one of their own had become friends with the likes who would kill reindeer for food, and the wolf's pack as disgusted with him for befriending their prey."

"So what did they do?" Brook inquired.

"They ran away together," Chopper replied, still translating Blizzard's story, "and hoped that someday, they would find a place where they could live peacefully without ridicule. However, the wolf's pack was going to hunt them down and kill them both."

"But why?" Luffy asked. "Why would the wolves hunt them both?"

"They wanted kill the wolf because they believed he had become a traitor to his kind," Chopper continued. "As for the reindeer, they wanted to kill him just to eat him. The two friends ran away for days, and while the reindeer fed off the plentiful vegetation that was around, the wolf was beginning to show signs of starvation. He began to think about eating the reindeer, again, but he decided that he would rather starve to death than eat his only friend."

Sanji was speechless. He knew what it was like to starve, and that wolf was so loyal to his friend, that he'd be willing to starve himself to the point where he'd be close to death? That was some wolf.

"So…what happened?" the cook asked.

"The wolf and the reindeer were stuck on a mountain's peak," Chopper replied. At this point, Blizzard wasn't even saying anything. "They were forced to take shelter inside a small den, but the wolf was so hungry, that he didn't seem to have the strength to go on. The reindeer offered him only one choice: to have the wolf eat him and keep going without him, but the wolf continued to refuse, for he could never bring himself to eat his friend. However, before they could continue to argue about it, further, the wolf's pack had found them."

"Did they fight?" asked Luffy. "Did the wolf die?!"

"Luffy!" Nami said.

"What?" Luffy asked. "I'm just asking!"

"The wolf decided to sacrifice himself to the pack in order for the reindeer to escape," Chopper said, "so he fought off the wolves as best as he could. However, the wolf was so hungry after not eating for so many days. In the end, he was very weak from starvation."

"What happened to him?" Nami asked.

"The next morning, the reindeer's friend was nowhere to be found," Chopper continued. "All the other wolves had died in the cold night. The reindeer went on, searching for his friend, but he never found him. Just when he felt like he should give up searching, he finally found him, again, on a sunny spring day. The reindeer was so happy to have found him again, and the wolf felt the same. And so, the two lived together in the forest, and not anyone questioned their bond anymore. As for the wolf, who had not eaten in so long, he decided that instead of eating the other animals that lived in the forest, he would eat the fish that lived in the river. And the wolf and the reindeer lived happily. The end."

When Chopper was finished telling the story, he soon saw, to his surprise, that everyone had fallen asleep. Luffy was snoring away, one arm draped around Nami, and Robin was quietly snoozing as she leaned on Zoro's shoulder, and the little reindeer noticed a slight blush on the swordsman's face, which he smiled at. Then, he turned to face Blizzard, who gave him a smile, which he returned.

"Blizzard," said Chopper. "That story…it was really about you and me, wasn't it?"

Blizzard gave Chopper a nod.

"I had a hunch," Chopper said, when suddenly, he let out a yawn.

Blizzard smiled before he gently clamped his teeth on the back of Chopper's shirt before he gently pulled him into his bed and laid him against his side. Chopper let out another yawn and pulled Blizzard's tail over himself, like a furry white blanket.

"Blizzard?" Chopper asked before he could fully cast into slumber.

Blizzard looked at him with one sleepy eye.

"Thanks for the story," said Chopper.

Slurp! Blizzard gave Chopper a small lick on the cheek before he and the little reindeer fell asleep…together.

THE END…

In case you're wondering, yes, this was actually inspired by Arashi no Yoru Ni (One Stormy Night). XD

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