One Piece belongs to Eiichiro Oda
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OCs belong to me.

-Chapter Five-

"I'm fine, it's just a few aches here and there..." I mumbled as I tried to wave off his concern. "They'll go away soon" I reassured them all while attempting to stand up only to stumble back as the world around me seemed to just spin. My head now felt as if it was ready to just split wide open as my muscles screamed in protest at my sudden movements. I was quick to balance myself, shaking my head in an attempt to clear my mind and rid myself of this agonizing headache as I tried to take a shaky step forward, only to come to a stop when I suddenly felt a pair of hands rest on top my shoulders. Pressing down hard enough until I was forced to kneel back down onto the ground—back down onto the makeshift bed that they had probably made themselves.

"Skylar, you need to rest, that's a direct order" Luffy demanded as he stared down at me with that serious look of his—a look that he only ever really wore when he wanted to be taken seriously. I only grumbled in response, deciding not to test him as I released a heavy sigh.

"Exactly how long was I out?" I curiously asked.

"About a few hours" Vivi answered. "We thought it'd be best to keep you in here with Nami so we could check up on the both of you," she explained, "sorry if the makeshift bed isn't the best" she quickly apologized.

"No, it's fine" I reassured her. "Did...did any of you happen to…to check…" I trailed off, averting my gaze as my cheeks heated up a little at the mere thought of what they might have done while I was knocked out.

"Huh? Oh!" she was quick to realize what I was asking. "That...well...we tried, but you seemed to have been in too much pain as any time we attempted to touch any part of you, you'd violently jerk back" she explained. "Mr. Five's explosions must have singed your flesh badly through your clothes, from what I saw, it almost resembled a bad sunburn" I nodded in understanding, sighing in relief that they hadn't continued to try and patch me up after their first few attempts.

"What about Nami? What's wrong with her?" I asked as I flickered my gaze over towards the ginger who was currently resting in bed.

"We're not sure, she seems to have caught some kind of illness" Usopp answered.

"That's why we need to find a doctor on the next island we come across, even if it will slow us down" Vivi said, giving a small glance towards the newspaper that was resting on top of the desk nearby. I only nodded while silently taking note of the sadden look in her eyes. Quietly did we all discuss a few more things with one another before everyone started to clear out of the room, everyone except Vivi who had chosen to stay close to Nami's side. Currently, I was flat on my back, gazing up at the ceiling while hissing anytime my body moved and made my flesh rub against the fabrics of my clothes.

"Vivi?" I called out, earning a hum as a response. "Do you mind taking me to the guy's room to let me change into something warmer?" I questioned, already starting to feel a bit cold. From the corner of my eye did I watch as she shivered as well as she too started to take notice of the cold that was beginning to settle in around the room.

"Yeah, I don't mind" she said. "I think I might need a coat as well" she breathed out as she stood and crossed over to me, taking the hand I reached out and helped pulled me to my feet. "I'll be back soon, Nami" she said to the sleeping female, not expecting a response as she gently put my arm around her shoulders and placed her arm around my waist as we both started to make our way towards the men's room.

"You're very kind for a princess" I suddenly remarked, catching her attention as she gave me a questioning look. "Normally, people in a position of power, act as if they're above the law…" I muttered, voice trailing off as my gaze became downcast. "But not you...you seem kind."

"Why do you say that?" I stayed silent for a moment after she had asked that before slowly shaking my head.

"Let's just say I've had my fair share run-ins with people of higher status, but with how kind you are...I assume your parents raised you well" I responded, smiling as we came to a stop. "You can go get changed into warmer clothes as well if you want, I'll be fine on my own" I told her while simply waving her off. For a few minutes, she just stared at me as if she was lost in thought before giving a small smile and nodded. The second she left, I began looking around the men's room just to make sure it was empty. I was rather pleased to see that indeed it was void of any life at the moment.

Though despite it being empty now, I knew had to be quick in changing as I stripped down. Quietly did I hiss as the fabrics of my clothing brushed against my raw skin as I removed them 'til I was only left in my chest binder and underwear. I examined my body, looking at the deep bruises that were starting to yellow along with patches of red spots that had small blisters forming inside them.

"She wasn't kidding when she said they looked like a bad sunburn..." I muttered before shaking my head as I scurried over to my bag and bent down to unzip it. I clenched my jaw at the sudden explosion of pain that came from my back, chest, and shoulders thanks to this little action of mine. "What the…?" I stumbled forward, pressing my hand against the wall to keep myself from falling over as my other hand flew up to grasp at my chest. Hastily did I snatch up the first warm things I spotted in my bag—a long-sleeved shirt, jeans, and a jacket—and quickly straightened my posture. Harshly did I bite back a groan as another explosion of pain shot through those same three areas of my body once again.

"Why are you hurting all of sudden?" I irritably grumbled as I started to dress myself. 'Perhaps it's because I'm just now focusing on the damage done' I reasonably tried to tell myself as I slowly started to nod in agreement. "Yeah, that must be it..." I mumbled.

"Skylar, you finished in there?" I heard Vivi called out to me, not bothering at all to barging into the room to check...what a polite thing to do.

"Uh...yeah" I called back as I went to meet her.

"That's quite a jacket you...um...got there" she suddenly remarked, seemingly trying to hold back a laugh as I tilted my head to the side before looking down. My cheeks flaring up in embarrassment as I saw that the jacket I had grabbed was white with slight a floral design.

"M-my brother gave it to me as a present, s-so there's nothing wrong with it!" I embarrassingly snapped as I started to make my way back towards Nami's room.

"It's not bad, it's just...it looks more like a woman's jacket then a man's" Vivi responded as she caught up quickly and walked briskly beside me.

"So what? Clothes have genders now?" I questioned, earning a snort from the princess as her hand flew up and covered her mouth. A few minutes after we had returned to Nami's room, there was a loud noise that suddenly came from out on the deck. "What's going on out there?" I asked.

"I'm not sure, I'm going to go check and see what's making all that ruckus—stay here with Nami..." Vivi muttered as she left the room, softly shutting the door behind her.

"Okay" I responded even though she was already gone. Walking over to Nami's bedside, I gently lowered myself down onto my knees beside the bed and rested my chin on top of it. Silently taking note of just how peaceful the navigator looked as she slept despite her ragged breathing and flushed face. "It's okay, you're strong, so I know you can fight this..." I softly muttered with a yawn. 'With all these aches and pains, a little nap wouldn't hurt?' I thought as my eyes began to droop.

-Later-

"I see, I'm sorry to inform you, but the only doctor in this village lives way up there on the tallest mountain" I groggily blinked my eyes opened only to find that my surroundings had changed drastically.

"I don't care, Nami and Skylar need help and I plan on getting them help" I heard Luffy huff, as I sluggishly began to look around before tiredly lulling my head to the side only to find Nami bundled up in blankets and a thick coat beside me. Now that I noticed it, it has gotten a lot colder since the last time I was awake. "I'll carry Nami and you'll carry Skylar, Sanji, got that?"

"There's no need for that, I'm perfectly fine" I suddenly spoke up as I weakly pushed myself up into a sitting position. There was a slight throb in my shoulders and back and it now seemed to just hurt to breath—was the weathering causing these aches to intensify? Probably.

"Oh, you're awake" a new voice spoke up, sounding slightly taken aback that I had gained consciousness once again. Looking towards the owner of the voice, I raised an eyebrow as I looked at the large man.

"Skylar, I don't think it'd be a good idea to let you walk that long of a distance" Vivi frowned. "Maybe it would be best for you to let Sanji carry you."

"But—"

"Skylar" Luffy interrupted, not saying much else as he only stared at me for a couple of seconds. A wide smile soon tugging at his lips the moment I groaned and fell back onto the bed.

"Fine" I sighed, placing my hands on my face and dragging them down 'til my mouth was covered. "I can tell when something isn't up for debate, captain" I said, rolling off the bed to weakly stand as Sanji walked over towards me, not looking all that pleased that he had to carry me instead of Nami. Luffy nodded as he picked Nami up and fixed her into a safe position onto his back so that she'd be comfortable and wouldn't fall off while I simply climbed onto the blonde's back. Wrapping my legs around his waist and my arms around his neck.

"Eh?" he made a sound of confusion as his one visible eyebrow furrowed.

"What is it?" I asked, my nose scrunching up as the smell of smoke from his cigarette now began to assault the insides of my nostrils.

"You're very…light? I just didn't expect that, I thought you'd be a bit heavier" he responded.

"Did you just call me fat?"

"Wha—that's not what I meant at all, dumbass! And so what if I was?!" he snapped right as I burst out laughing with Luffy's laughter soon to follow.

"I'm just joking around with you, buddy" I teasingly said as we walked outside.

"Whatever, let's just get going..." Sanji grumbled as he blew out a puff of smoke.

"Right" Luffy nodded his head as the two started to run, and for a while, the only sounds that could be heard were the crunching sounds of their feet running through the snow. It didn't take long for a ridiculous conversation to break out between the two, I believe it was about women or something. I wasn't sure and I really didn't care enough to join in or pay attention as I chose to instead watch the passing scenery. There didn't seem to be much on this island as for miles it seemed to only be snow and woodlands. Probably with the occasionally village scattered about here and there, hidden amongst the tree lines.

Though something did eventually catch my attention. It was a mere blur as it was moving far too fast at first for me to properly see, but it was obvious that it was trying to attack us as Luffy and Sanji would suddenly duck or move their bodies in ways to avoid the thing. I was almost about ready to just drift back off into my own little world until we suddenly came to a screeching halt as Sanji jumped away, dodging an attack from something I couldn't properly see.

"Luffy, don't fight!" the blond quickly ordered.

"What? Why?"

"Nami's sick, remember?" he seemed to scold the captain for forgetting that small detail. "And if she moves around a lot she might die" he explained before almost losing his balance as the ground started to violently shake.

"What's going on?" I asked, tightening my grip around him as everything violently shook. "An earthquake?" I questioned.

"That's not it" Sanji responded, pointing his finger up to the top of a hill were a bunch of large, bear-like rabbits were hastily jumping up and down.

"What are those? Rabbits?" I questioned.

"I believe those are the Laphans Dalton had spoken about to us earlier" Sanji stated, his visible eye narrowing as he watched them. "What are they—shit!" he suddenly cried out as his visible eye widened and he became aware of just what the rabbits were attempting to do. "Luffy, we got to run!" he shouted.

"Why?" the rubber man questioned.

"Because they're about to cause an avalanche, this isn't good!"

"Wait, what?! You can't be serious!" I squealed as I tightened my grip on him a bit more.

"Hey! Loosen your grip a bit, will you?!" he snapped, gagging at the way my arms seemed to just uncomfortably press up against his Adam's apple. "You're choking me here!" he growled.

"What isn't good?" Luffy suddenly piped up as he tilted his head.

"We have to start running right now, idiot!" Sanji responded, turning his attention back towards the rubber man before finally, he took off running.

"More running?" Luffy whined as he followed close behind.

"We have to run now!" Sanji stressed.

"Run where?" I asked, squinting my eyes as I stared ahead while clinging to him—finding nothing but trees and snow.

"Anywhere but here!" he exclaimed, picking up his pace just as a verbal fight soon broke out between him and Luffy.

"Now isn't the time for fighting!" I snapped as they yelled at one another, the ground beneath us soon rumbling once again and, with a quick look back, I was allowed only a small glimpse of the rushing waves of snow that came barreling towards us before striking and sending us all flying in the process. I was harshly thrown from Sanji's back as I frantically waved my arms around in a desperate attempt to grab a hold of anything mounted down so that I wouldn't be dragged off or swallowed up by the snow.

"Sanji! Skylar!" I heard Luffy shout before suddenly I felt one of his arms wrap around my waist just as I was about to crash into the wave of snow—the jerk of his arm quick to drag me across the surface of the snow, causing my head to make harsh contact with a rock in the process that was barely sticking out from underneath it. My vision blurred and it felt like stars were dancing around my head as Luffy sat me down in-between Nami and Sanji on the tree they all were clinging onto. Soon, my head limply fell forward as I finally blacked out.

-Later-

My eyes sluggishly opened just a little as the sounds of roaring winds and pained grunts reached my ears. From my position, it looked almost as if I was suspended in midair and was just getting higher and higher—further and further away from the ground. But...that couldn't be possible, could it? Perhaps I was still dreaming...yeah, that must be it. I must still be asleep.

With that, I closed my eyes once more and fell straight back asleep.

-Later-

The next time I awoke, it was due to the sound of loud, muffled crashes. Sounds which caused my body to jolt upright as I groggily looked around, taking quick notice in how my surroundings had once again changed on me. I looked to be in a decently sized room—a room that was bare save for a desk that held a few medical supplies, a body length mirror, and a small bookshelf. Tiredly did I decide to flop back onto the bed beneath me and drape an arm over my eyes as I heaved a sigh.

"Now, where am I?" I groaned, moving my arm down to where it now covered my mouth as I noticed something strange. My hands were quick to move to touch my forehead as the tips of my fingers brushed against the rough texture of bandages. Slowly, I then dragged my hands downwards, past my face and towards my torso. Running them up and down my sides, feeling even more bandages wrapped all the way across my chest and upper arms. Pushing myself up once more, I got up and walked over towards the body length mirror—almost losing my balance in the process.

Standing in front of the mirror now, I found that indeed my chest all the way to my upper arms and around my forehead were wrapped tightly in bandages. My hair was down as well as my bandana had apparently been removed and tied around my wrist. It seems I was left in only my shoes and jeans, my other articles of clothing nowhere to be seen in the room even after doing another quick scan of it.

"Where's my chest binder? No, more importantly, where's my shirt?"

-Everybody's P.O.V-

Nami quietly stared at the old woman in front of her, having only just woken up about a few moments ago after hearing a loud commotion from one of the other rooms. This elderly woman before her had simply claimed to be a doctor before going straight into giving her a quick rundown of what exactly was wrong with her and why she was feeling so sick.

"Oh, and if you're wondering about your friends, they're just fine" the woman said right as Nami opened her mouth to speak. "The two boys are resting perfectly fine in the next room over and the young girl is sleeping as well over in the room across from yours."

"Young girl?" Nami owlishly blinked. "If I'm correct, the last thing I recall is that it was just Luffy, Sanji, Skylar, and me making our way up here—there wasn't a young girl with us" she said, raising a questioning brown the second she heard the woman chuckle. Silently did she watch as the old woman walked over towards a nearby chair and picked something up before simply tossing the object towards the navigator as soon as she did. Nami barely caught whatever it was, nearly dropping it before tightly clutching it in her grasps as she curiously stared at what it was the old woman had tossed to her. "A chest binder?" she frowned.

"That's what I found your young friend wearing when I was stripping her to dress her bruises and blisters" the old woman said. "From what I can tell you, her bones will most likely be aching for a while—I mean they were only cracked just enough not to cause any full-on major damage, which is good on her part considering how small she is. The cold air here also won't do her much good though and because of the large amount of sleeping she's been doing these past few days, her muscles will be a bit weaker than normal, so she'll have to do a few exercises for a while" she started as she moved about the room. "The blisters she's also acquired will eventually go away and the damaged skin will start to peel—"

"Ew" Nami interrupted as she scrunched up her nose in disgust at the thought.

"—which is normal as the burn marks did resemble just your typical second-degree sunburns, whatever burned her in the first place didn't seem to exert too much heat" the old woman continued. "Which in the next three days as the both of you are staying here, she'll be able to complete at least the exercising part—she should also start the peeling process on the third day with enough ointment treatment to the burn marks if she's lucky" she finished as she dug around through the medical supplies on the desk in the room.

"Look, I already told you—"

"Can it, missy, I've already told you that you aren't leaving here 'til you and the other lass start feeling better" the old woman interrupted. "I'm a doctor and it's my duty to see you both through in your healing process" she huffed just as the door to the room burst open.

-Skylar's P.O.V-

I snapped my head towards the closed door of my room, ears perking up to the sounds of screaming and loud crashes that could be heard all the way throughout the rooms closest to mine. Automatically, did I roll my shoulders to get the stiffness out of them, quickly regretting the action soon after as they started to ache badly.

"Note to self, don't do that again..." I muttered before making my way out of my room and across the hall to the one across from it. That's where it seems most of the noises were coming from. The moment I peered inside, I was greeted by quite the amusing sight. Nami was propped up in bed, dressed in such nice and warm looking pajamas—lucky her—while Sanji and Luffy seemed to be clinging tightly onto a…racoon dog? Was that a racoon dog?

No wait, I think that's a reindeer…I think, though I never saw a reindeer before that ran on two legs and wore clothing. Loudly was the blond listing off various types of foods that use venison while Luffy's jaw was snapping at the reindeer's limbs—looking ready to just eat the poor animal alive. An older woman appeared to also be in the room as well as she stood there leaned back against a desk and was watching the scene in front of her with an expression that looked like a cross between amusement and irritation.

"Uh…" everyone fell silent the moment I opened my mouth as all attention was now suddenly directed towards me. "What's going on here?" I asked, scratching the back of my head as I awkwardly looked around.

"You're a girl!" Luffy and Sanji shouted in shock the moment they seemed to process the sight before them.

A/N: Enjoy

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