Chapter three: the Tourist
Chopper walked out of the infirmary sighing deeply. There was no one except Zoro, who was peacefully sleeping opposite the door. Chopper looked at him carefully and gasped loudly dropping a piece of white cloth. The front of the man was covered in blood that seemed dry, small puddles of blood next to him were slowly drying. The terror Chopper felt that moment was almost the same as the time when he found out that the mushroom he got the doctor was poisonous.
"How could I?" he mumbled. "I forgot my patient!" Chopper felts tears streaming down his face. "ZORO!" he yelled as loud as he could, causing the man in front of him to jump up and open his eyes.
"Chopper, why the hell are you yelling?" Zoro hissed no anger in his voice.
"Zoro, you are alive!" Chopper smiled still crying.
"Of course I am." Zoro replied standing up. "Why are you crying?" he asked curiously not understanding that he was the cause.
"I forgot to treat your wounds." The reindeer continued sobbing.
"What's going on here?" Sanji's blonde head popped from the corner. "Stupid marimo, now you made Chopper cry. You're a real idiot." He stated as he lit his cigarette.
"Shut up ero cook!" Zoro yelled making an attempt to hit the blonde but Sanji moved out of the way.
"Zoro! You shouldn't be moving in your condition!" Chopper yelled changing into his human form. He picked up the swordsman and carried him into infirmary.
"Hey Chopper, I'm fine." Zoro yelled but the reindeer wasn't listening.
"I need to treat your wounds!" the reindeer carefully placed him down on a chair and returned to his normal form. "Take off your shirt." He ordered. Zoro didn't argue. If it made Chopper so upset that he didn't treat his wounds then Zoro wasn't about to make him feel even worse. Zoro took off his katanas and t shirt and tossed it to the floor. Chopper quickly prepared something on his table; Zoro assumed it was something that would heal his wounds faster. He shrugged and looked around. His eyes fell on the bed that was currently taken by the girl they met not long ago. He raised his eyebrow. Now only one eye was bandaged. He looked carefully at the other eye wondering why she wanted him to stab her...in the eye. Even though she was blind, was it really a rational thing to do? Zoro shook his head. Why did he follow her lead anyway? She is an enemy. No matter how he looked at it, they couldn't trust her.
"She lost a lot of blood." Chopper commented with sadness in his voice as he quickly treated Zoro's wounds. When his whole torso was finally bandaged Chopper let out a sigh of relief.
"How long will she stay unconscious?" Zoro asked as he stood up and picked up his weapons.
"I don't know. It's difficult to say." Chopper replied. "One day, two days, a week."
"Che..." Zoro ran his hand through his short hair unsure of what to say.
"Zoro," Chopper called quietly. "Why did you stand her in the eye?" he asked looking up. Zoro looked back at him wide eyed.
"I told you already, she asked me to. She asked me to get her out of there, so I did." He replied annoyed. Chopper shook his head sadly. "What is it?"
"If the blade went just an inch deeper," he started. "She would die."
***
*One week later*
Wanda groaned quietly and opened her eye. The first thing that came into her view was an unfamiliar wooden ceiling. By the slightly movement of the bed she guessed that she was on a ship. She raised her hand and touched her bandages eyes. A small smile touched her lips and she slowly got out of bed. She quickly scanned the surroundings and looked down at herself. Someone must have changed her into a short while cotton nightgown. Wanda walked to the door and opened it. Bright sunlight blinded her, causing her to close her eye. She walked out and looked around. The blueness of the ocean water made her smile wider. She ran closer to the side of the ship and looked into the depth of the ocean. She couldn't see a lot due to the speed of the ship, but that didn't upset her. She laughed clapping her hands together.
"So, you are finally awake."
Wanda turned around abruptly to face a green haired man that helped her out. His arms were crossed on his chest as he watched her intently, ready to fight any minute.
"No need to be so uptight." Wanda shrugged. "I'm not going to fight." She added turning back to the sea.
"But you are blind..." Zoro stated out of blue.
"I never said I was." Wanda replied staring straight into his eyes. Zoro felt his heart clench at the sight of her eye. It was a bright blue and purple, he couldn't figure it out. But it was beautiful, he couldn't disagree. Another wave of pain covered his chest; the man couldn't help but feel the guilt rising in his blood. After all, he was the one who destroyed one of her eyes. He felt as if he committed a crime.
"Oi, Luffy!" Zoro yelled to his captain as he turned away from her, not wanted to face her any longer. "The girl is awake."
"Really?" Luffy laughed and quickly stretched his hand enough to land beside her. He fixed his hat on his head and brought his face closer to Wanda's. Wanda blinked a couple of times in amusement. Luffy smiled widely and patted her on her back.
"Welcome to our ship!" he stated loudly. "Would you like to be our nakama?"
"WHAT?" a loud yelp from Usopp made them turn around. The rest of the crew were standing nearby and watching what was happening. "Luffy, you aren't serious are you?" Usopp continued. "Just think about it, her crew is probably already after us, besides we don't know her intentions."
"Usopp is right." Nami stated. "We don't know anything about her."
"But she can tell us. Won't you?" Luffy's optimist didn't fail to amaze her. Wanda chuckled before she cracked up from laughter.
"Actually, your crew is right." She replied wiping the tears from her eye. "You know nothing about me, but," she smiled widely allowing them to see small pieces of diamonds attached to two of her teeth. "I would like to make a deal with you." she stated.
"She is so straight forward." Sanji drooled as he quickly approached her. Everyone rolled their eyes. Sanji never changed.
"What deal?" Luffy asked in confusion.
"Take me travelling with you." she stated.
"That is kind of..." Nami started but Wanda smiled sweetly at her.
"I'll pay." She opened her mouth and quickly took something out and dropped it into Nami's hands. Nami winced slightly until she looked closely at the small item.
"That...could it be?" she was speechless.
"Your guess it's correct. That's one of the diamonds. It is what you came for isn't it?" she smiled.
"Excellent, of course you are welcome on our ship, right captain?" She wrapped her arm around the girl and smiled widely, hiding the diamond in what seemed like her bra.
"So easy to please." Wanda smiled.
"Yeah of course." Luffy replied. "But I still want her as our nakama."
Wanda shook her head. "No thank you. Just think of me as a tourist on your ship."
"Tskk..." Zoro made a strange sound with his tongue.
"Wait..." Sanji finally stopped floating around her and looked carefully at her face. "You can see." Wanda sighed nodding.
"Beautiful!"
"Idiot." Zoro hissed under his breath.
"WHAT WAS THAT? YOU WANT A FIGHT?" Sanji yelled kicking Zoro over the head.
"DAMN COOK!" Zoro took out his katanas and attacked Sanji. As the two argued Wanda watched them with her eye wide open.
"They fight like an old married couple." She whispered to Nami who shook her head in annoyance.
"Always."
"WE ARE NOT AN OLD MARRIED COUPLE!" the two yelled in union.
"So now you are copying me!" Sanji sent another kick at Zoro.
"Like hell I am."
"I still don't understand though." Chopper came closer to the girl. "Why did you want Zoro to stab your eye? Especially if you could see..." the reindeer seemed like he was pouting.
*Cute.* Wanda thought biting her lip. "So damn cute!* she bent over and looked carefully at the reindeer. Chopper felt uncomfortable and rushed to hide behind Robin's legs. Wanda chuckled. Tension filled the air. It seemed as if the whole crew was waiting for her answer.
"Because if one of my eyes is destroyed, half of my devil fruit power will be gone. Right now in my current state, my head is probably worth half of the amount it was if not less." She explained shrugging and turning her head to the ocean.
"But how are your eyes related to your devil fruit power?" Robin asked.
Wanda ran her fingers through her hair. "My devil fruit is artificial."
"Even so..." Chopper yelled. "Why would you want to get rid of your eye?"
Wanda turned back to face the fluffiness. "Because if I can see the ocean with one eye, it's enough for me."
"OH, you must love the ocean then." Luffy stated the obvious. "So will you be our nakama?" he asked once again.
Nami twitched and grabbed his face, stretching his cheeks. "She already said, NO, so why won't you stop questioning our guest and let her rest. Besides, she was unconscious for a week she must be hungry."
At that moment Wanda's belly rumbled. She rubbed her flat flesh feeling slightly dizziness.
"Oh, Nami dear you are were absolutely right." Sanji pushed Zoro away and ran towards the girls. "I will make something nutritious for the beautiful lady whose name is...?" He looked at Wanda.
"Wanda isn't it?" Robin asked.
"No, actually my name is Fausta. Wanda is the name given to me by the captain."
"So...how should we call you?" Usopp asked moving slightly closer to her.
"I don't care." She shrugged. "Whatever floats your boat!"
"Do you have any preferences?" Sanji asked.
Wanda thought for a moment.
"MEAT!"
"Did you say...MEAT?" Luffy yelled jumping up in the air. "SANJI! MEAT FOR ME AS WELL!"
"NO, I ASKED FIRST!" Wanda argued pushing Luffy aside slightly.
"NO, ME ME!"
Nami sighed. "We got ourselves another Luffy." She stated in a matter of fact way.
"I doubt she will eat as much as he does." Zoro replied with his arms crossed.
"Food is a good idea though," Nami stated as she followed the three to the kitchen. Zoro shrugged but walked behind Nami into the kitchen. Usopp watched walk away from the deck thinking. *How can they be so careless? She was on the enemy's ship. What if they come searching for her? they didn't look particularly friendly...what if...?* his thoughts were interrupted by Robin's calm voice.
"You are still thinking about the new girl?" she asked. Usopp nodded looking down. The woman smiled. "I understand, but I don't think she is up to no good, though..." she added thoughtfully. "She is not that simple either. There's something else behind that carefree smile..."