Luffy had settled down and was now back to chasing Chopper around the castle, asking him to join his crew. While this was happening, Nami, Grace, Sanji, and Greg were talking about how they could leave as soon as possible without Kureha killing the girls.
"She scares me." Grace said.
"Us too." the other three said before Chopper came bursting through one door of the room and out the other with Luffy chasing after him.
"What was that?" Grace asked.
"Looked like a raccoon dog." Greg said.
"Better question. Why does Luffy want him to join so badly?" Sanji asked after lighting up a smoke before shivering. "Stupid idiots left the door open. Nami and Grace will freeze." Sanji said as he walked towards the door.
"You should all be resting!" Chopper said as he ran inside, looked out to see if Luffy was still chasing him, then shut the door. "The men need to regain their strength after all that time in the cold. And the girls still have the Kestia bacteria in their bodies." All of them just looked at him as he stared back at them.
"He does look like a raccoon dog." Sanji said.
"I'M A REINDEER YOU JERK!" Chopper yelled before gasping and 'hiding' behind a chair.
"It's still wrong." Nami said, causing Chopper to gasp again and properly hide. "Too late."
"Hey, Mr. Reindeer." Grace said. "Did you cure us?"
"Huh?" Chopper said. "No. Doctorine did. I only helped."
"Really?" Grace said before smiling a little. "Thanks.
"You humans," Chopper said looking ready to freak out before smiling and dancing around. "Saying stuff like that isn't going to make me feel better, ya bastard!"
"Not one to hide his feelings huh?" Sanji said.
"Um...are you guys...really pirates?" Chopper asked as he inched over to them cautiously.
"We are." Nami said.
"Really? With a skull and crossbones as well?" Chopper asked.
"Yep." Nami said. "You wanna be a pirate?"
"WHAT?!" Chopper yelled as he flew back into some furniture.
"Come with us." Nami said. "We need to leave quickly. Plus, we need a doctor on our ship."
"Please Mr. Reindeer." Grace said.
"What? No way! I can't be friends with humans!" Chopper shouted before Luffy starting shouting again.
"HEEEELLLLP! THE AUNTIE'S GONE CRAZY!" Luffy shouted.
"Auntie?" Greg said.
"Crazy?" Sanji said before they both walked out the door. They looked around before Luffy ran past them before following him as all sorts of weapons came flying at them.
"COME HERE JUST A MOMENT BOYS!" Kureha shouted as she ran past the door and after them.
"Now I'm really scared!" Grace said, looking a little blue in the face.
-Moments later-
It took awhile, but the trio had finally managed to get away from Dr. Kureha.
"That...that hag...is crazy." Greg wheezed.
"Is she really...a doctor?" Sanji asked before the two shivered and saw that the whole castle was cold and full of snow. "Who left the door open?!" Sanji demanded.
"Let's close it. I'm freezing!" Greg said as he walked over towards it.
"Stay away from that door!" someone screamed. All three of them looked up to see Chopper looking down at them. "Get away!"
"He's want the door open?" Sanji said.
"Forget it." Greg said as he walked closer.
"Don't close it." Luffy said as he looked up at the top of the door. "You'll hurt them." Both of them followed his line of sight until they spotted a nest full of baby snowbirds chirping.
"Oh, so that's why they leave it open." Sanji said.
"Fine. I won't touch the door." Greg said before the wind blew and they both ran back inside shivering.
"Let's go join Nami and Grace." Sanji said. "Okay Luffy?...Luffy?" Sanji said looking around. "Now where'd he go?"
"Who cares?" Greg said as he rubbed his arms. "Let's get out this cold!"
-Back with Nami and Grace-
Sanji and Greg had rejoined the women before Kureha joined in. Both Sanji and Greg looked ready to run before they saw that she was unarmed.
"That friend of yours with the Straw Hat is an energetic one." she said as they heard Luffy and Chopper yelling and running around the castle. "Also, what's with you trying to take him with you?"
"We need your permission?" Nami said with a smile.
"Heeheehee." Kureha laughed. "Take him with you. I don't care. But it won't be easy." she said. Everyone looked at her as she went on. "Inside his heart is a wound that even a doctor can't heal." She then began to explain Chopper's past.
-With Chopper and Luffy-
"Why won't you leave me alone?!" Chopper yelled as Luffy found him hiding in a room.
"Cause you're a really cool guy and I like you!" Luffy said with a grin. "Come on Chopper! Join my crew! It'll be fun!"
"You...like me?" Chopper asked as he stared at Luffy.
"Yep. You'd make a great pirate, so join us!" Luffy said. Chopper frowned before running away again.
"I DON'T WANT TO A BE A PIRATE, OR YOUR FRIEND!" Chopper shouted. Luffy only smiled before chasing him again. He kept chasing him around the castle before he spotted his weakness: Food."
"Alright! I'm starving!" Luffy said as he sat down and ate. While he ate, Chopper looked out from behind a crate.
"Are you...really a pirate?" he asked.
"Yep. Sure am." Luffy said after downing the food. Luffy then began to tell Chopper about all the amazing things that a pirate can do.
"Wow!" Chopper said softly as he stared at Luffy.
"And there's still so much more than that out there." Luffy said with a grin. "So come Cho-" Luffy stopped talking and sat there quietly with his hat shadowing his eyes.
"Huh?" Chopper said. "What's wrong?"
"We've got company." Luffy said as he stood up and started walking.
"Company?" Chopper asked before his eyes widened and his fur stood on end. 'That scent!' he thought before running off in his walk point.
-Back with Nami's group-
Everyone had listened to Kureha's story about Chopper's past as she finished. All of them were quiet as they let all of that sink in.
"Now that you know, do you think you can heal the wound in his heart?" Kureha asked before Chopper burst through the door.
"Doctorine!" Chopper yelled. "Wapol's back!"
"Is that so?" Kureha said.
"Where's Luffy?" Nami asked.
"Huh?" Chopper said. "He was walking towards the entrance."
-Outside the castle-
Luffy was outside waiting as Wapol and his men appeared on top of the mountain and in front of the castle.
"MAHAHAHAHA! Drum Castle! As amazing as it was when I left!" Wapol laughed. "Time to retake my throne!" he said Chess noticed something on top of the castle.
"Lord Wapol! Up on top of the castle!" Chess said. Wapol looked up to see a pirate flag with cherry blossoms on it waving in the wind on top of the castle.
"What?! Where's Drum Kingdom's flag?!" Wapol demanded.
"I've already burned that rag." Kureha said as she walked outside the castle with Chopper next to her. Sanji and Greg joined as well with bored looks on their faces.
"Oh, these losers again." Sanji said before spotting Luffy leaning against the wall.
"Dr. Kureha!" Wapol shouted. "The last doctor in my doctor hunt! Now I can finally be rid of you!"
"Drum Kingdom's dead!" Kureha said as she grinned at Wapol. "There's been too much suffering and misery under your rule. Now leave."
"Drum Kingdom dead?!" Wapol said before laughing. "MAHAHAHA! Don't make me laugh! The only death around here will be yours! And that goes for those annoying Straw Hats next to you!"
"You know this guy?" Kureha asked as she lifted her glasses and looked at Luffy's group.
"Something like that." Sanji said as he lit up a cigarette. "He was some stupid pirate that ambushed us out at sea. Didn't do much since our Captain sent him flying almost immediately."
"Don't ignore us!" Chess shouted.
"Now, to reclaim my throne!" Wapol said before laughing as he stared up at his castle, not noticing Luffy had appeared in front of him and punch him in the face.
"WAPOL-SAMA!" Chess and Kuromarimo shouted as they dove after Wapol and grabbed his legs before he fell off the mountain.
"That...was close." Wapol said as the others stared at what happened.
"I didn't even see him move." Kureha said in actual surprise as Chopper gapped at Luffy.
"Bout time someone shut that moron up." Greg said.
"How dare you!" Kuromarimo shouted. "Have you the slightest idea of who it is you just attacked?!"
"This isn't just some commoner!" Chess shouted. "This man is Wapol! The King of Drum Island! Shame on you for striking him, you Straw Hat bastard!" he shouted before mumbling under his breath. "Wait. That sounds familiar."
"Who cares?" Luffy said in a calm tone. "People like him make me sick!"
"NOW I REMEMBER!" Chess shouted just as Wapol shouted and got back up.
"Remember what Chess?" Wapol seethed as he glared at Luffy.
"I told you before Wapol-sama that I read about him from somewhere! Now I remember why!" Chess yelled as he pointed a finger a Luffy. "That kid was the one who attacked the Goa Kingdom of Dawn Island!" This got everyone's attention except for Sanji, who'd already of this before.
"You're right!" Kuromarimo said. "In fact, the recent newspapers identified him as the culprit!"
"So that's it huh?!" Wapol asked with a grin. "You like going around and attacking royalty huh?"
"I didn't even touch them." Luffy said. "I broke in, stole their food, and broke out. The only that got attacked were the guards that tried to stop me."
"Then why would the paper say you attacked them?!" Chess shouted, thinking that Luffy was lying. Luffy grinned under his hat before looking at them.
"Because I told them that they can't hide behind the World Government forever." he said. "After I become the Pirate King, I'm gonna tear the World Government apart." Silence filled the area the wind blew before Wapol started laughing.
"MAHAHAHAHA! It's so funny I can't stop laughing!" he said before Luffy kicked him in the gut, sending him flying back and slamming into Robson, who went flying off until he was a star in the sky.
'Wonder if it flew another farther then last time.' Luffy thought as he looked out into the sky.
"Why you little-" Kuromarimo said as he lunged at Luffy with spikes sticking out of the afros on his hands while Chess shot a flaming arrow at him. They're attacks hit him dead on as they smiled while the others shouted out in worry, only for them all to stare in wonder, or horror, that Luffy was fine while the arrow and spikes broke.
"What are you doing?" Luffy asked as they backed away.
"That's it." Wapol said as he got up. "Now I'm pissed!"
"Wapol-sama!" the two henchmen said as Wapol stood up and spat out some blood.
"Now I'm gonna show you the true power of my Munch Munch fruit!"
-In a lift heading for Drum Castle-
The rest of the Straw Hats, along with Dalton and some villagers, were slowly ascending up the mountain.
"I really hope that Nami and Grace got to the doctor in time." Vivi said in worry.
"Me too." Nojiko said as she sat down with her knees to her chest.
"Don't worry." Usopp said. "I bet that by the time we get up there, they'll be healthier than they were before they became ill." Vivi just looked at him before he continued. "We just gotta trust Luffy." he said with a smile. Vivi looked at them all as the Straw Hats, even Nojiko, all smiled back at her.
'He's right.' she thought. 'I'm worrying too much.' "Thank you Usopp."
"Now come on! Pedal faster!" Usopp said.
"There's too many people on this lift!" the villager grumbled.
-Back at Drum Castle-
"Chess!" Wapol said. "Read back what I ate for breakfast this morning!" he ordered. Chess then pulled out a book and read back and read what Wapol had eaten: 2 cannons, cannonballs and gunpowder, and a house.
"What kind of breakfast is that?" Sanji asked.
"I'll believe he eats knives," Greg said after seeing it happen before. "But no way can he eat all that."
"Think again." Wapol said with a grin. "I've eaten the Munch Munch fruit! Observe! MUNCH MUNCH SHOCK!" he cried out as he began to transform. "Everything I eat becomes a part of me!" he said as he transformed into a giant house with windows, a door, a chimney coming out of his head, and a cannon for each of his arms. "WAPOL HOUSE!"
"He turned into a house?!" Sanji asked in disbelief as Greg's glasses slipped down his face, revealing a wide-eyed expression full of disbelief.
"The show's not over yet!" Wapol declared as he eyed Chess and Kuromarimo. "MUNCH MUNCH!" he cried out before chomping down on them both and starting chewing.
"Now he's eating his own men?!" Sanji cried out as Greg's glasses slipped off completely and fell into the snow.
"That's just mean!" Luffy said as Wapol danced around while steam came out of his chimney and arms. The door in his stomach then opened as a pair of voices came out.
"Behold! The strongest warrior of Drum Kingdom!" cried out the voices as the two men came out as one person. "CHESSMARIMO!"
"Are you sitting on his shoulders?" Sanji asked, not at all impressed. Greg just facepalmed after Luffy commented how that was awesome.
"Careful." Kureha said, getting their attention. "It's because of them that no one in this kingdom could fight back."
"Article 1 of Drum Kingdom: Those who defy the king are punished with death!" Wapol said. "After you're all dead, nothing will stop me from re-establishing Drum Kingdom! And I'll start with that quack's flag!" he said as he pointed his cannon arm to the sky. Just before he launched a cannonball however, he felt his spirit freeze up before he found himself down on one knee alongside Chessmarimo. 'W-what?' he thought as he felt like he blacked out for a moment.
"Don't even think about it!" Luffy growled as he glared at Wapol. Everyone was now staring at Luffy as a few of them rubbed their arms. Kureha stared at Luffy while Chopper backed up a step away from Luffy.
"What just happened?" Greg asked as felt colder than before.
"Something called Conqueror's Haki." Sanji said as he puffed on his cigarette to calm his nerves. He still wasn't used to that.
"You guys are nothing but a bunch of fake pirates!" Luffy said. "This flag is a symbol of faith! It's one that you pledge your life to!"
"That stupid pirate decoration?" Wapol laughed. "What kind of nonsense are you talking about?"
"It's only nonsense to you because you're a moron!" Luffy yelled.
"Hmph. I'm a King. I don't have to listen to you prattle on about some stupid flag!" Wapol yelled as he raised his arm again. "If I say that flag comes down, IT COMES DOWN!" he shouted before firing a cannonball at the flag. Chopper watched in horror as the cannonball sped towards his father's flag before an explosion engulfed it. Wapol laughed as they all looked, only to see Luffy up there in front of the flag with a smoking hand out. "HUH?!"
"How'd he get up there so fast?!" Chessmarimo said as Luffy glared down at them. Chopper just stared up in awe at Luffy along with the others.
"I don't know who's flag this is, and I don't care." Luffy yelled. "This flag is a promise to risk your life! It's not a mere decoration you fly as a joke!" he said. "SOMEONE LIKE YOU WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT CAN NEVER HARM THIS FLAG!" Luffy roared with a mixture of rage and haki that caused both Wapol and Chessmarimor to shake where they stood.
'That's...a pirate?' Chopper thought. 'He's...amazing!'
"Hey Chopper!" Luffy called out with a grin. "I'm gonna kick their asses! You in?"
"Me?" Chopper asked.
"Moron!" Wapol yelled. "I'll blow both you and that flag to pieces!" he shouted.
"Hey fatso!" Sanji yelled. Wapol looked to see Greg jumping as Sanji spun a leg around. Everyone watched as Greg was now standing on Sanji's leg.
"Hope your aim's good!" Greg said.
"Don't worry!" Sanji said with a grin. "Bombadier SHOT!" Sanji cried out as he sent Greg flying towards Wapol with a kick before using a full body explosion. Smoke filled the area as Greg walked out of it as if nothing had happened.
"Nice kick." Greg said. Sanji grinned before Luffy started shouting.
"LOOK OUT!" Luffy yelled, but it came too late. Out of the smoke came to flaming arrows, each hitting both Greg and Sanji. Both fell to the ground in pain as Luffy jumped down and looked at them in panic. The snow put out the flames, but they were still bleeding. "You guys okay?!
"The wounds aren't fatal!" Kureha said as she walked over and looked at them. Greg got an arrow through his shoulder while Sanji got on in his thigh. "They'll need some surgery though."
"Thought that it...was gonna be that easy huh?" said a voice from the smoke. Everyone watched as the smoke cleared and showed both Wapol and Chessmarimo standing. Both were hurt from the blast, but not enough to be knocked out.
"Shit!" Greg grumbled.
"MAHAHAHA!" Wapol laughed. "That explosion was nothing! The one that quack doctor Hiriluk used to kill himself was better!" That was the last straw for Chopper.
"THAT'S ENOUGH! DON'T YOU DARE MAKE FUN OF MY FATHER!" he roared as he went to strike Wapol, but was blocked by Chessmarimo.
"Hand's the off the King freak!" Chessmarimo said. "You must be that yet that the villagers shot at huh? Trying to fit in with humans won't work for you. No one's gonna wanna be friends with you."
"Wrong!" Luffy said. "He's already got friends! Me and my crew!" Chopper looked back at him, as if he couldn't believe he would say that. "Hey Chopper, I'm gonna take down big mouth. Think you can handle that weirdo?" he asked.
"Piece of cake!" Chopper said.
"Heh, bring it on freak!" Chessmarimo said.
"MY NAME IS TONY TONY CHOPPER! NOT FREAK!" Chopper yelled. "IT'S THE NAME THE GREATEST DOCTOR IN THE WORLD GAVE ME! HE MAY HAVE FORGIVEN YOU FOR TRYING TO DESTROY HIS FLAG, BUT I WON'T! he shouted as he pulled out a rumble ball. "I'll finish you in three minutes he said before chomping down on the little yellow ball.
"Heh, just try and defeat me!" Chessmarimo shouted. "I know all of your transfomations!" Everyone was now watching the fight as Chopper used his 3 normal transformations, plus his four others with the rumble ball, to battle Chessmarimo.
"What's wrong with him?" Kureha asked as Luffy was watching Chopper with stars in his eyes. Even though he'd seen it all before, Chopper's transformations were still cool, none of them noticing Wapol slip away. At the end of the three minutes, Chopper finally ended the fight by attacking Chessmarimo's weakspot and knocking him out.
"Nice job reindeer." Greg said with a bored look.
"Awesome Chopper!" Luffy yelled out. Chopper looked at him before smiling.
"Hey, where's big mouth?" Sanji asked. Everyone looked to see Wapol had disappeared.
"His pet's gone, so he couldn't climb down the mountain." Kureha said.
"He must've slipped into the castle." Sanji said. "THE LADIES ARE IN THERE!" he shouted before crawling, declaring threats to Wapol if he hurt them as Greg and Luffy ran in as well.
"They're gonna hurt themselves if they keep moving like that." Kureha said.
"Doctorine." Chopper said. Kureha looked at him as his eyes were hidden under his hat. "That guy...said I was his friend."
-In the castle-
"WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CASTLE!?" Wapol yelled as he looked around at all the snow inside his castle. "They'll pay for this!" he growled before seeing Nami and Grace slowly walk out of a door.
"We gotta get out of here." Nami whispered. "We can't stay here for three days."
"But if that doctor finds us, she'll kill us!" Grace whispered back.
"HOLD IT!" Wapol yelled. They both looked down at him as he grinned at them. "You two must be friends of the Straw Hats!"
"Nope. Never heard of them." Nami quickly said, feeling that this guy wasn't a nice one. "We're just a traveling navigator and artist."
"Is that so?" Wapol said.
"Yes. Nice meeting you." Nami said as she and Grace started walking away.
"Bye then." Wapol said before climbing a pillar and chasing them. "LIAR!" he shouted as he chased them to a stair case before getting stuck. "Crap! I'm stuck." he said.
"Let's get out of here!" Grace said.
"Munch Munch!" Wapol cried before his lower jaw flipped up as his body began to disappear inside his jaw. "A little bone and muscle shifting." he said before popping out a thin man. "Wapol SLIM!" he said before pouncing on the girls and licking his lips. "Now, which one of you do I eat first?" he asked.
"HOW ABOUT YOU EAT THIS?!" Luffy shouted as Luffy kicked him away with his foot. "How'd he get thin?" he asked, never understanding that part.
"Thanks Luffy." Grace said as Luffy helped them both up.
"Nami-swan! Little Grace!" Sanji called out as he crawled into the giant room. "Are you both alright?!"
"We're fine Sanji." Nami said.
"Not for long!" Wapol shouted as he stood in front of a giant door. "This is the weapons room. After I devour all these weapons, they'll become part of me! Now I'll finish you off!" he shouted before reaching for his key, only to discover in horror that it was gone. They all stared at him as he started back with a blank look before running again.
"Will you stop running and fight?!" Luffy yelled as he chased after him. Wapol kept running until he got into a room where a tarp was covering something. Luffy shortly ran in after him, knowing what was coming and smiled.
"Time to kick your ass!" Luffy said.
"That's what you think!" Wapol said. "DIE!" he shouted as he pulled the lever to a giant cannon that was aimed at Luffy. The weapon started up, but then let ouf a hiss as it died down. Wapol just stared at it as he threw the switch a few more times before his eyes bugged out and he had a strange smile on his face, as if he couldn't believe his luck. He kept throwing it before some birds started chirping from inside the cannon and he got the same expression before a family of snow birds flew out. "Snow...birds?" Wapol said as his jaw dropped. Luffy looked on before he started laughing, finding it funny all over again as Wapol yelled at him to shut up before trying to eat the bird, only for Luffy to close his mouth with his hand.
"Doesn't matter if your a king, a god, or some random person!" Luffy said. "Because I'm a pirate!"
"Fool!" Wapol said. "Don't you know that Drum Kingdom is part of the World Government!? If you attack me, you'll be-" he didn't finish the rest before Luffy squeezed his mouth so hard he felt that his jaw was gonna get crushed.
"That's what I hate most about people like you!" Luffy said with a serious expression. "Assholes like you running to the Government hoping that they'll take care of something that you can't! Now I'm gonna finish this fight!" he said. Seeing as how Luffy wasn't bothered by this, Wapol tried to eat him, only to find his mouth being kept away by Luffy's stretching fingers. "Not gonna work!" Luffy said.
"No! But this will! Munch Munch Tongue Cannon!" Wapol cried out as his tongue changed into a cannon and he fired. The smoke cleared as Wapol laughed, thinking that victory was his.
"MAHAHAHAHA! He got blown away!" Wapol laughed.
"Missed me!" Luffy said from behind him. Wapol gasped as he looked behind him as Luffy grabbed onto him and spun himself around. "GUM GUUUUM BOWGUN!" he shouted as he launched Wapol into the ceiling. Wapol was stuck in a daze until he looked and saw Hiriluk's flag waving in the wind before he saw Luffy climbing up towards him.
"Doctorine." Chopper said as he looked up at the castle.
"Yes." Kureha said. "This country was defeated by the skull and crossbones."
"This is for messing with that flag! Time to say goodbye!" he said before stretching his arms far back. "Gum Guuuuum!" he said as Wapol pleaded to him to stop as he offered him status and power. Luffy didn't listen as he brought his arms forward. "BAZOOKAAAAA!" he cried out as his attack sent Wapol flying into the sky until he couldn't be seen.
A/N: That's it for this chapter. I had thoughts of making Luffy go berserk and kill Wapol, but the Franky Shogun is made of Wapol Steel, so I couldn't do that. Leave a review.