One Piece belongs to Eiichiro Oda
Kingdom Hearts characters belong to Square Enix and Disney
OCs belong to me.

-Chapter Seven-

"That's kind of you" I remarked, smiling as he walked over to the door and peered outside it, cautiously looking both ways before he slowly closed and leaned back against it. Giving what sounded like a relieved sigh in the process.

"I think I lost them" he breathed out before wandering over towards the desk where most of the medical supplies of the room had been sitting while also beginning to explain the effects and process of the medication that Dr. Kureha had apparently given to Nami.

"Thank you" Nami soon piped up which earned her a sound of confusion from the reindeer. "You're the one who has been taking care of me, aren't you?" she asked before being taken aback when the reindeer suddenly started to scream before that quickly changed into what sounded like nervous laughter that eventually went right back to screaming. "He's not good at hiding his emotions, is he?" she sweat dropped.

"It appears not" I giggled. "But, Chopper—that's your name, correct?" I asked as he went silent again and quickly turned his attention towards me.

"Y-yeah?" he nervously stuttered.

"I must thank you as well for taking good care of my friend here, that was mighty kind of you" I sweetly smiled as he once again went through an array of emotions. Seems he really didn't know how to react to compliments. Once he had calmed down again, his eyes began to quickly dart back and forth between Nami and me before he hesitantly scooted closer towards the navigator and peered up at her from his spot by the bed. Using one of his hoofs to gently probe at her as he cautiously started to ask questions like that of a curious child.

"Is it true that you guys are pirates?" he asked.

"Yep" Nami nodded.

"Really? True pirates?" he pressed.

"Indeed, we are" I responded, resting my elbow on the table and propping my head up with the palm of my hand.

"With a black skull flag?" he curiously asked.

"Yeah, it's on our ship" Nami gently smiled. "So, you're really interested in pirates, aren't you?" she asked.

"No! No, I'm not, you idiot!" Chopper frantically shouted as he quickly backed away from her and into a nearby shelf—the force of his back hitting it causing it to rattle as a few books fell off their shelves and onto the floor all around him. "Shut up!" he angrily snapped.

"Alright, alright, I get it" Nami said as she brought her hands up in surrender. "Calm down."

"There's no need to go and get all worked up over a simple question" I said.

"Well, I also have one more question I need to ask, would you like to come with us?" Nami suddenly asked. "It would really help us out to have a doctor on the ship, then we wouldn't have to wait here for three more days. Come on, I'm sure you would have fun out on the sea" she coaxed with the tilt of her head as she patiently waited for an answer.

"Yeah, that sounds like a great idea, and we technically do need a doctor" I agreed.

"No, you're crazy! I don't belong on a ship full of humans!" Chopper screamed, catching the both of us off guard. "I mean, look at me..." he said, voice soft and barely a whisper as he dejectedly looked down. "I'm a reindeer that can walk and talk and walk around on two legs and...and animals aren't supposed to do that stuff..." he sadly muttered.

"I know, but if you're trying to scare us off, it isn't working" Nami said.

"In fact, all that stuff just makes you even more unique" I pointed out. "There's nothing wrong with being different" I softly smiled.

"But...I have a blue nose..." he quietly responded.

"What does—"

"There you are meat!" I flinched as I was harshly interrupted by Luffy and Sanji who both came barging into the room and began chasing Chopper once again. "Come back!" they both cried out as the reindeer hastily scampered right on out of the room with the two of them hot on his trail once more.

"Those two sure can run..." Kureha panted out as she entered the room and tiredly plopped herself down into an empty seat, quick to lean back into it as she did so. "So, you want to know Chopper's story?" she suddenly asked, looking between Nami and I as we both nodded. "Well then, here's the story of the reindeer with the blue nose" she said, diving straight into telling the story of Chopper's past.

"That isn't right!" I exclaimed, tears pricking the corner of my eyes as soon as she finished. "What gives them the right to just turn him away because he's different?" I sneered, blood already starting to boil the longer I digested what I had just been told.

"Skylar?" Nami quietly questioned as I roughly wiped at my eyes.

"I'm fine, I'm fine" I repeated even though it was clear that I was still very much upset by what I had just learned. "But that just isn't right!" I huffed as I crossed my arms.

"Rather soft-hearted I see, first I've seen of such a trait in a pirate" Kureha remarked.

"I'm sure it's rare, but I doubt it's unheard of..." I muttered right back.

-Later-

Mindlessly wandering down the halls of the castle, I lightly dragged the tips of my fingers across the wall while tracing the cracks and dips in the stone.

"Skylar!" I flinched the moment I heard Luffy call out to me before groaning as I was almost knocked off balance when suddenly he slammed into my back without warning. "Have you seen that cool monster anywhere around here?" he asked.

"Cool monster? Are you perhaps talking about Chopper?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow as I watched him eagerly nod. "Sorry, I haven't seen him since the last time you and Sanji chased him off" I shook my head as I continued walking down the hall with Luffy now walking right beside me.

"Aw!" he whined before hitting a closed fist over his other hand as if he had suddenly gotten an idea. I watched in amusement as he started opening every door in search of the reindeer. "Whoa, amazing!" he suddenly exclaimed as he barged into one room, scaring poor Chopper who almost ended up dropping everything in his hands but had luckily caught them all before they could crash onto the ground. "You are so cool, monster, but what if I do this?" the rubber man mischievously grinned as he started to tickle the reindeer's sides.

"What are you doing?!" Chopper snapped, trying his best to hold back his laughter as his body began to violently shake. Luffy seemed to be amused by this as he only burst out laughing while the animal tried to still his body and keep a tight hold on the glass items in his hands.

"Cute..." I couldn't murmur, lifting a hand to cover my mouth in an attempt to hide the smile on my lips as I held back a giggle at the sight.

"That's funny!" Luffy laughed, now sitting on the stool that Chopper had hopped off of in an attempt to escape from the captain's assault.

"Shut up!" he angrily snapped right back. "Get out of here!" he demanded.

"Come on, let's me and you be friends" Luffy suddenly suggested. "Please, I really, really like you" he pleaded as he leaned forward with a wide, goofy smile.

"Y-you like me?" Chopper stuttered.

"You'd make a good pirate" Luffy stated.

"I second that statement" I said, crossing my arms as I leaned against the door frame and watched the two in amusement.

"Did you get something caught in your head while you were out there? I don't want to be a pirate" Chopper curtly answered as he took a step back. "I... I don't want to be your friend..." he hesitantly added, not really sounding so sure of himself.

"You got to be my friend! My crew would love you!" Luffy argued, now standing up and taking a step towards the reindeer. "Hey, wait!" he shouted when Chopper suddenly took off running right out of the room which caused me to step out of the way as he shot right past me with Luffy quick to follow. Both of them now leaving me behind to watch as they ran further down the hall before disappearing completely out of sight as they went around a corner. It wasn't long before my ears perked up to the sound of a loud crash which came from Nami's room—curiously, did I wander back that way before stopping at the open doorway and peered down at Sanji who was currently knocked flat onto his back on the floor.

"Let me guess, you called her "old," didn't you?" I asked as I placed my hands on my hips and leaned over to stare straight down at him.

"My Skylar, you're just as beautiful as Nami at this angle!" he quickly praised as soon as he opened his one eyes and now peered up at me. I watched as his eyes turned into the shape of hearts as he clasped his hands together and began to excitedly wiggle around on the floor like a worm.

"Thanks" I chuckled as I straightened my posture and stepped right over him to cross into the room and take a seat at the end of Nami's bed.

"Be quiet you two!" Kureha irritably snapped as Luffy chased Chopper around, loudly making statements of wanting to be the reindeer's friend before they both finally ended up running out of the room altogether. "Friend? If only he knew what Chopper's been through" she sighed as she looked down before starting to tell us another story. One about a man named Dr. Hiruluk who had been Chopper's first-ever friend and a sort of father figure to the young reindeer.

"It's sad that something like that could happen to two innocent souls..." I sadly murmured as she finished telling her story.

"So Chopper's been studying medicine for the past six years then?" Nami quietly asked.

"Yeah, I taught him everything I know" Kureha nodded. "He was a good student" she softly smiled.

"Doctorine! Doctorine!" Chopper cried out as he suddenly came barging into the room, panting as soon as he came to a halt. His appearance was much different than before in the sense that he now looked like an actual reindeer. "Doctorine, there's trouble—Wapol's back!" he cried out, and from the corner of my eye, I saw Sanji's body tense up.

"Is he?" Kureha questioned, smiling as she stood and causally walked out of the room with Chopper quick to follow after her.

"You think we should follow?" I asked.

"No, we shouldn't move—especially you two" Sanji said in disagreement. "Nami you're still sick and Skylar, you should be resting up and not getting involved in any fights" he pointed out before leaving the room himself.

"What? Does that not apply to you as well?" I called out as I stood up and grabbed my jacket off one of the chairs that I had draped it over earlier.

"Where are you going?" Nami asked as I slipped the white floral printed jacket on.

"Out there to watch the fight that's sure to break out, duh" I replied.

"But Sanji told the both of us to stay put" she pointed out.

"Not really, he just told me that I should be resting and not getting involved in any fights—he never said I couldn't rest and watch a fight" I grinned. "You're sick, so it's a given that you can't go out in the cold, but I'm as healthy as a horse saved for a few aches here and there" I winked as she crossed her arms and pouted. I simply stuck my tongue out at her as she returned the gesture before finally, I left the room. Zipping up my jacket in the process as I made my way through the castle and out the opened front doors.

"What? You guys again?" my ears twitched as I heard Sanji further up ahead. Walking up beside him and Kureha, I raised an eyebrow as he irritably stuffed his hands in his coat pockets as if he was agitated. Curiously looking forward, my eyebrow raised even further at the strange appearances of the men that were in front of Luffy.

"Do you know them?" I asked, turning my head towards the blond and watched as he jumped upon suddenly hearing my voice from right beside him.

"What are you doing out here?" he frowned. "Didn't I tell you to stay inside along with Nami?" he asked.

"You told me to rest and not get into any fights—you never said I couldn't watch a fight, now are you going to answer my question or not?" I asked.

"Oh, well I don't know them personally" he answered as his frown lightened up a little upon hearing my childish reasoning for not listening to him. "I just remember them from when they had attacked our ship back then" he shrugged.

"They attacked the ship?" I inquired.

"That's right, you wouldn't know that seeing how you were asleep in Nami's room around the time that it happened" he explained.

"That's true" I nodded as I buried my hands into the pockets of my jacket.

A/N: Enjoy

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