"MY CATCH WAS OBVIOUSLY MUCH LARGER THAN YOURS, CURLY BROW!"
"NO WAY! MY LIZARD IS MUCH LONGER THAN YOURS, YOU MOSS HEAD!"
"Do they fight like this all the time?" I asked, watching them while I was sitting with Luffy.
"Yeah, but I don't care. HEY! Let's just eat both!"
"SHUT UP LUFFY!" They yelled in unison, causing me and Luffy to laugh.
We were still in Little Garden and we were deciding which animal to bring for food. I was remembering back to the snail call with Croco and then nudged Luffy, causing him to look at me.
I pulled him down as we were now both crouching and facing each other, so no one could hear, "Hey Luffy, remember my devil fruit?"
"Yeah! It's pretty cool! Shishishi!" He laughed as I closed his mouth and looked more serious than I normally was.
"I need you to not mention it at all when we are even near Alabasta, let alone to a Baroque Work's agent."
"Huh, why? It's so cool!" Luffy could tell I was being serious now, so he acted the same in return, though still obviously confused.
"That's why. No one in Baroque Works knows about it. Not even Croco!" He giggled at the nickname, "So my power can be of great use if no one knows about it. So just... don't mention it ever again, until you kick Croco's ass, OK?"
"Got it!" He smirked with a determined look in his eye and laughed, though something tells me he didn't get it...
After the Giants took care of the giant fish monster, I went to Nami, Vivi and I's shared room to get the bag that I used for Baroque Work's missions.
Since I was about 10, I wanted to help out more, when I realized I couldn't do much with my devil fruit. I got some basic 'physical wound treating' while I was in Alabasta so that I and Vivi would be safe on missions.
I pulled out my bandages and a few ointments I had and started going to the Straw Hats around the ship.
I started with Zoro. After his 'bicker battle' with Sanji, he took a nap, so it would be easy to wrap his legs, which looked like his only wound. I went to roll up his pant legs, and when I lifted his leg slightly, he grabbed my wrist tightly.
"GAH!"
He didn't open his eyes until he heard me scream. "O-Oh, sorry (Y/N)." he stuttered, turning slightly red. I think he just got embarrassed.
"Jeez, you scared me!" I bonked his head lightly, "Anyway, are you ok if I treat your legs? The cut looks deep." I said, inspecting his wounded cuts. Now that I know what happened, I see him in a sort of new light.
'He did that for his friends, how kind!'
"Sure, I'm just gonna nap."
"Alright!"
As I finished the first leg and started the second one, Nami, Sanji, Vivi, and Usopp were watching.
"So you're a doctor (Y/N)?" Usopp asked.
I looked at Vivi for her to answer for me because I was a little busy.
She nodded and continued for me, "She has basic training in treating physical injuries, but nothing for immune systems for anything like that." The Straw Hats nodded in unison as I finished. I felt a hand grab my waist and suddenly was hit by Luffy, who sent us both tumbling into the mast.
"So you're a doctor (Y/N)?! I need one for my crew! Shishi!"
"Well, I wouldn't say I'm a doctor but..." I stopped, sitting him and me up, so we were both sitting on the deck, "but I can fix physical injuries," I didn't think he would understand so I elaborated, "you know, like cuts and gashes!"
He beamed, "You should join my crew anyway, you too, Vivi!"
"YES VIVI-SAN AND (Y/N)-CHWAN SHOULD DEFINITELY JOIN US!" Sanji hummed, dancing around Vivi.
Vivi sat there wide-mouthed, astonished at the offer, while I laughed and told Luffy our plan.
"Maybe Vivi will join you when we save Alabasta, but right now my mind is strictly on that." I paused, then took a deep breath and said, "Besides, I still have to pay off my debt to Vivi! And then-"
I felt a harsh hand go across my face.
It didn't feel like it was meant to harm me, but all I know is that some of the crew gasped aloud. The hand slapped me so hard I laid on the deck, sitting up after a few seconds.
While I was sitting up I heard people ask why the person did that. I looked up to see Vivi, with a shadow over her eyes. I was just shocked, holding the red spot with my hand, open-mouthed.
"Are you an idiot?!" I saw her yell at me, with the sun behind her, so I couldn't see her face.
I sat there as she kept yelling, "You don't need to pay me back! You have already don't so much for me, if anything, it's already been paid!..." Her voice cracked as I finally saw her face. She was crying.
I did something I didn't expect myself to do. I got up, and held my hand on her shoulders, asking her why she was crying. I thought I would be upset but for some reason, I wasn't
I knew she was either frazzled about Alabasta, which is making her not think straight.
She says that I paid my debt to her years ago, but I don't feel like I have been helping her enough.
She has saved me on so many missions. She told me before we started our personal mission at Baroque Works, that when we save Alabasta, my debt would be paid. I didn't respond, I was scared, when my debt is paid off for her saving my life, I will have no one, and nothing...
She threw my hands off of her and screamed at me, tears flowing freely, "If we save Alabasta, your debt will be paid, so WHY ARE YOU STILL TALKING ABOUT IT?!"
That made my heart drop, and tears came to my eyes. She said if. She was so confident when we started and excited to save Alabasta. She always said when. Always...always...
Tears started going as all I could do was hug her. I knew she was lashing out because she was stressed about Alabasta and her people. Though Vivi's yelling wasn't what made me cry, it was the matter of when we save Alabasta, I'll be alone.
I hugged her for a long time, somehow, my hugging her made her forget what we did, and we were both crying into each other's shoulders... Luffy was watching the whole time, being right there, along with the other Straw Hats. Even Zoro, who had woken up from the slap.
I asked Nami where we were heading next, trying to change the topic. She looked at her Log pose, then at the newly acquired Eternal Pose, she started talking, but passed out. I, Vivi, and Usopp ran to her, taking her to her room to see what was wrong.
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When Vivi and I came out of her room, we were crowded by the Straw Hats, asking what was wrong with Nami.
"She is really sick, her temperature is severely high and she is breathing hard. We checked her side and thought that the bug bite got infected." Vivi said as I went back to Nami because Vivi would explain it better than I.
Looking down at Nami, she was not looking good at all. She was breathing hard, she was red, and she was just a mess.
Nami woke up and told us to get a newspaper from her dresser. The newspaper said that a bunch of royale soldiers changed to the resistance. Causing a grave switch in power, Vivi looked like she had seen a ghost.
I was shaking too, but I was more worried about Nami. She got up, saying she was fine, as she went upstairs. I knew she was faking so I called her name and went after her. The others started talking when I was out of sight, but it was too muffled to hear. I went outside into the hallway to see Nami, leaning against the wall panting furiously.
"H-Hey! Y-you should get back to bed before y-you hurt yourself more!" I yelped, helping her hold herself up.
"I-I'm fine, see?" She pushed me off of her weakly and walked outside, as I followed her just in case. She yelled at Zoro for not watching the Eternal Pose, then clamped her head. It must have been hurting bad. "Nami..." I muttered.
"The air...It's changed..." Nami said, panting between sentences.
"What'd You mean? The weather's been nice like this all day!" Zoro asked, causing nami to glare at him because he didn't know what he was doing.
"Hey! Get your butts out here! Right now!" Zoro yelled as Luffy and Usopp came out, with Vivi and Sanji following behind.
Nami claimed that there was a powerful wind heading this way, as she turned around to see Luffy put his hand on her head.
'I didn't even see him get there...'
I sweatdropped as Luffy yelped about her head being too hot and she needed to rest. She leaned over the edge as she told the others to mind their business. She was panting hard as I went and helped her balance.
"Nami, you need to rest..." I said, pushing more of her weight on me. She weakly tried to push me away, but I backed away and she yelled to move the ship.
After they all ran off, she was whispering something to herself, even though I couldn't hear it. I heard a door slam behind us and Vivi came out near Nami and I, looking serious as ever.
"As a passenger, I have no right to ask this, but I have no choice." Vivi started making eye contact with all of us, "Me and (Y/N)'s homeland is in jeopardy of being destroyed. So I would really appreciate it if we could move even faster... Every minute I'm out here puts more of my people in danger of losing their lives. We need to head for Alabasta at full speed!" The tension in the air was thick, it was almost hard to breathe.
"Of course, we will...Just like we promised." Nami said with a weak smile, her cheeks flushed from her fever.
'Vivi...'
She looked at me, then continued, "Then it's settled, let's find an island with a doctor on it right away! First thing's first...We need to hurry and get Nami healthy again. Then we head for Alabasta! After all, we need her at the helm to move at top speed..."
She glanced at me and I nodded, sticking my thumb up in approval, this made her giggle slightly, but Nami stepped away from me and towards Vivi.
"Right...No one makes this ship move like Nami!" Luffy laughed, still pretty serious.
"...thank you, Vivi."
"H-hey! D-Don't push it Nami!" I ran over to her helping with her balance once more.
"I'm ...sorry...I may need to l-lie dow-wn..." She had passed out in my arms as Vivi checked if she was still conscious. Vivi ordered me to take her down to the room where she was resting. I did a silly salute and carried Nami bridal-style to her room.
I heard Luffy screaming and loud winds outside, but I didn't care. My priority now is Nami. Vivi told me to take care of her, so goddammit I'm gonna do so. When I finally listened outside, I heard Vivi yell about a cyclone.
'Cyclones on the Grand line are said to be impossible to predict.'
I glanced down at Nami who was now lying in bed.
'Yet, somehow, Nami did. That's one hell of a navigator.'
I smiled at the sleeping Navigator, pulled up a chair, and started to take care of her best I could with the little experience I had.
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"AH! WHAT'RE WE GONNA DO VIVI?! NAMI'S TEMPERATURE WON'T GO DOWN!"
"QUAAAAA!!"
I hit the cook and the duck over the head, fairly hard. "SHUT UP! Yelling as much as you two are isn't going to help her get better at all!"
I walked over to where Vivi was as she put a towel on Nami's head. Nami was breathing furiously. I was starting to worry about her. '
"I need to clear my head.'
I joined Usopp and Luffy in yelling at Zoro if he sees anything.
"Uh...Guys?... What do you think about people walking on water?"
"Well, obviously that's impossible Zoro." Usopp sweatdropped.
"Why'd you ask?" I yelled up to him.
"Cause there's one right there!" he yelled down, as the three of us on the deck went to have a look.
"Say what?" Luffy mumbled as we all looked off the front of the ship.
We rubbed our eyes to get a better look, but the man on the water was still there, in his silly jester costume. He looked scared for some reason, maybe he had seen Luffy's bounty.
"Hello! Sure 'is chilly today..." The jester man spoke finally, in a cracked and nasally voice. Sounded like he had a cold.
The two next to me just agreed with him and I sighed. It was snowing though, and I was pretty cold myself, but I had a mission in Baroque works for 2 months with Bon to a literal Island made of Ice, so this was nothing.
After they agreed with the jester, he asked, "Really?" Which made all of us tense up at how stupid this guy was.
'No wonder he is dressed as a clown.' I sweatdropped.
"Increase Buoyancy!"
We heard a weird yell and looked in the direction it came from. Suddenly, I and Usopp grabbed each other and screamed.
A ship came out from under us!
I grabbed Luffy so he wouldn't fall into the freezing water and he just gawked at how cool the underwater ship was. Luffy asked if the ship was a watermelon, and I almost had to let him fall into the water.
'HOW is it possible for someone to be this dense?!'
Metal walls started coming down off the circular object and I yelled for the others to understand.
"HOLY CRAP IT'S A SHIP!"
I totally didn't just yell because I was scared, no not at all! Haha...ha...
The front of the ship was fifty times Merry's size and has a big hippo with a crown on the front.
"It's huge!" I heard Luffy next to me, more confused than amazed at this point.
We heard a creepy laugh, which made me push Luffy and Usopp together to hide behind them," We're gonna die-e-e!" I said the last part in between sobs. Luffy laughed as Usopp scolded me for using him as a meat shield.
"What's the matter?! Don't tell me our underwater raid ship, the Tin Tyrant surprised you?!" The voice laughed again and I hid behind just Luffy this time, who was unmoved, still staring at the ship.
"HEY! What's going on...?!" Sanji burst out of Nami's room
He restated his question more serious this time, as Luffy responded simply and unfazed:
"Well, we're under attack."
"WA-HA-HA-OH-MY-GOD-IM-GONNA-DIE–IE-IE!" I screeched, my cries mixed with sobs.
I was surrounded by 3 guys. I didn't have it the worst, but still, 3 guys, That's a lot for me.
'OK, calm down, (Y/N), Assess the situation. Let's See, Luffy has 2, Sanji has 5, so does Zoro, I have 3, and Usopp has 6. 24 guys in total, not including the boss. Ideally, I can capacitate them all with my devil fruit, but it would take all of my energy, so I think I should hide my ability for now.'
"Well yeah...the guns pointing at my face kind of gave that away."
"THIS IS NO TIME TO BE SARCASTIC! AH!" I yelled at Sanji, then the guns cocked in front of me, making me yelp and then go silent.
"You all consider yourself a band of pirates...? That's amusing... I only count 5 of ya. Sort of strange...that your group would have so few members," The boss spoke in a low tone, pausing occasionally to chew.
'Gross...'
The man took a bite of meat off a sword but he ate the sword with the food. Luffy and I shuddered at this, we were the only ones close enough to see Wapol do this, the others were on the lower deck.
Now, when the man ate the WHOLE sword, that's when the others noticed.
"'Kay, that's just weird... What kind of guy likes to eat knives?"
"You're the one to talk, Luffy." I sweatdropped.
"Ugh! My gums are bleeding just watching!" Usopp snorted, hands up in the air, sweating bullets.
"I'll keep this simple," the boss started, "See...my men here and I wish to travel to the Drum Kingdom...You wouldn't happen to have an Eternal Pose or a Log Pose, would ya...?" The man paused again to chew.
'SUPER gross...'
"Nope, can't help. Sorry but I've never heard of this Drum Kingdom." Sanji said in his relaxing voice.
"Well... Now that we have that all settled..." Luffy sounded disgusted, which is rare for him, "Would you guys just leave already...? We're in a hurry and don't have time to deal with all of this."
"Luffy, p-please don't aggravate people... Especially if those people eat knives..." I looked in disgust at Luffy who returned a similar look.
"You'll never enjoy life if you're always in a rush..." He turned towards me and smirked, trying to look...flirty? Yuck.
"But if you have neither pose, what can be done...?" His smirk grew wider, "I suppose I'll have to settle for your treasure and this ship."
"Huh?/HUH?!" I and Luffy gasped in unison.
"First thing's first! I'm feeling a bit hungry!"
"... You just ate A SWORD!" I yelled as the men holding me at gunpoint got a bit closer, causing me to shut my fat mouth and raise my hands even higher in a surrender position.
He moved closer to me, "Yes, that's true, but I don't want any more knives... I want this ship!" He then took... he took... HE TOOK A BITE OF THE SHIP!!
"HE'S A SHIP-EATING MONSTER!!" Usopp and I yelled in sync, sweating more than before.
He told me how much this ship meant to him, so I felt what he was feeling.
"HEY! Our ship isn't your LUNCH!" Luffy yelled at the boss.
The guy next to him with the gun told him to be quiet and said that King Wapol doesn't like to be bothered during lunch. Luffy clocked them both in the head, telling them to shut up.
"King...?" I mumbled, lowering my hands slightly. The boss, now known as Wapol, looked at me and smirked after swallowing his bite.
"Say, you're rather attractive," he said, climbing up onto the railing next to me and staring down at me. This guy had to be almost 7 ft tall, not just because he was on the railing.
I always found tall guys scary and intimidating...but this guy just looked stupid, "why don't you join me on my trip back to drum kingdom and be the queen?"
I gagged out loud, causing Zoro and Sanji to stifle a laugh, while Luffy just laughed aloud, the idiot. Wapol frowned at that and just said "Ooh, feisty." I gagged some more.
Luffy took out the backup that had come from hitting the other 2, and they yelled that they were under attack, they all said to open fire, to which I and Usopp screamed.
I heard Zoro mumble something, as bullets were being shot left and right, I crouched where I was, trying to be a smaller target.
Everyone was fighting except for me and Usopp, I wanted to help but I just couldn't, I was scared.
I said this earlier, but I haven't been in a physical fight before. Plus, I'm a coward. The three who were fighting looked like pros, so I just gawked at how cool they were, while Wapol grumbled behind me.
I turned and yelled, "YOU'RE STILL EATING?!"
This made Luffy stop fighting and come over to Wapol. Wapol tried to grab me but I jumped away, though barely. Luffy's head was in Wapol's mouth, as his arms were preparing a Gum-Gum Bazooka.
Wapol was discussing taste when he realized the hands strung back. He glanced at me with pleading eyes. I did a petty wave...
"I SAID..."
"...Bye, Bye Wapol~!"
"...LEAVE!"
Luffy's hit had landed and sent Wapol flying so fast, that he looked like he teleported away. I laughed and hugged Luffy, then I pulled away because he was covered in a substance I would prefer not to touch.
Luffy laughed at my disgust and walked towards Zoro, as Sanji came and asked me if I was OK. Wapol's crew started scrambling to go get him.
"I assume that his ability to eat our ship is from a devil fruit, that's why his crew ran off," I mumbled to Sanji, making him nod his head in agreement.
"Yeah, that guy was a real creep, huh?" Usopp came into the conversation, making me and Sanji now nod at his resolve.
Wapol's crew started yelling that we will pay, while everyone but Nami was at the front of the deck, watching them leave.
"Wow, crazy..." Usopp said when they were gone, pointing in the direction they went, "Those guys are upset... What were they calling that garbage can, 'Wapol'?" Usopp muttered, to which I elaborated.
"Yea, the men around me and Luffy said King Wapol..." I said, still disgusted thinking about the said man.
"Who cares about what his name was. Don't worry about it... The guy's obviously a moron if he thinks he can harass our friends and get away with it. Best to just forget about him." Sanji butted in, taking in a breath from his cigarette.
Luffy was just looking at where they'd gone, I could tell he was mad about the Merry. I put my hand on his shoulder and once I had his attention, I smiled, trying to help him forget about Wapol so he doesn't do something stupid, as always.
He smiled back and we turned to join the conversation with the others.
"...I know him..." Vivi muttered. It went silent throughout the ship.
"HUH?!" Usopp, Luffy, and I yelled at Vivi.
"Why didn't you say anything?!" I shook her by the shoulders, "I was about to die ya know!"
"L-Listen, I-I don't remember where from, but it's best to keep our mind off of him for now," I wasn't angry often, but when I was, Vivi gets scared, "besides, Nami is our priority!"
"Oh right! Hehe!" I stopped shaking her and just looked at her, with a dopey smile.
She sweatdropped as we continued forward to find a doctor.
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(For the Sanji simps)
"Almost a full moon..." Sanji muttered from under his blanket.
Sanji was on watch tonight, so I wanted to join him. I would hate it here being alone in the cold dark of the sea.
"It's gorgeous!" I smiled, making him smile in agreement, "Say, Sanji?" I mumbled, as he slowly looked at me.
"Do..." I hesitated, which he noticed. I could feel my cheeks tint pink as I continued, "Do you... treat all women the way you treat the other girls on the ship?" By the look on his face, he looked like he had been caught.
"....No..." His response shocked me as I looked at him, who was now looking away. His cheeks were tinted more than mine was, but that was probably just the cold. "I treat women the way they deserve to be treated," he locked eyes with me and smiled, "which is why I'm so kind to you, (Y/N)-chan!"
I turned red and looked away, hoping he wouldn't notice.
"However... I will never hurt a woman, no matter how ugly they are on the inside or out." The fact that he said that with a serious face made me smile.
He was so caring that even if a woman was trying to kill him, he still wouldn't kick her.
'If I'm scared, Imma stay with him.'
I giggled to myself and scooted closer to him, leaning my head on his shoulder. I decided to take a quick nap because I was mentally exhausted from the day I had.
When I laid my head on his shoulder, I heard him make a sharp inhale, but then in a few minutes, I felt his head drop ontp mine. I hope he stays awake though, he is the night watch...
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In the morning, Zoro and I decided to go see Nami. When we walked down, we saw Luffy doing something to her.
"Idiot, what're you doing? She needs rest!" I said, not in a mean tone as I walked ahead of Zoro and put my hand on Luffy's shoulder.
He turned around with the SCARIEST FACE I had ever seen. Zoro and I both jumped back, stuttering. Luffy got up from his chair and started stretching his face even more.
"Quit it! You're freakin' me out!" Zoro yelped, still on the floor, I nodded furiously in agreement.
"What exactly are you doing Luffy?" I asked him, causing him to stop with the weird face thing.
"I'm trying to make Nami feel better with laughter! Shishishi!"
'Ok, that's adorable...'
"Luffy, I understand you want her to get better, but the best thing for her is sleep, so stop bothering her please," I said, removing Nami's towel to replace it with a new one.
"Island dead ahead!"
"Are you serious?! Oh boy, an island, NAMI, we found an island!"
"Luffy wai-"
He booked it up the stairs, dragging me by the collar with him. Boy, I hope this isn't a normal thing...
Luffy let go of me once we were on the top deck with Usopp, Sanji, and Vivi. "All white? It's snow... A snow island!"
"Whoa... Luffy, wait... Just so there's no misunderstanding between us, we're stopping to find Nami a doctor! We're not here to have an adventure! Are we clear...?" Sanji baby-talked Luffy as Luffy just kept gawking at the snow, causing me and Usopp to stifle a snicker.
Usopp started rambling about snow monsters and I started to get nervous too. "Usopp! Don't scare me! If you scare me, I won't go on the island and then I won't be able to save Nami!" I hit him over the head lightly.
'Too late, I'm kinda scared...'
Vivi joined us as we took a canal leading to the island. Everyone was staring at the snow. I think Zoro was still with Nami, that's good.
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When we anchored, Zoro asked who wants to help search for a doctor.
"I'm in!" Luffy...
"Me too!" Sanji...
"FINE! Go have fun!... ME and (Y/N) will stay here!" I nodded to Usopp in agreement.
"No, she isn't."
'...huh?...HUH?!'
My mouth was agape, "W-What do y-you mean NO?!"
"I want you to come with me," Luffy said like it was obvious. My jaw dropped.
"YAY! (Y/N)-SWAN IS COMING WITH ME TO SAVE NAMI-CHAN!"
"H-Hang on I never said-"
"That's far enough, pirates!" All of our attention turned to the people surrounding our ship with...GUNS?!
Everyone on the ship got serious, other than Usopp and I, who hugged each other. "I-I don't w-wanna be sh-sh-shot!" he mumbled to me.
"M-M-Me either!" I muttered back.
"People! Well, we found people!" Luffy muttered, close in front of me and Usopp.
"Yeah, nice, but they don't seem too friendly." Usopp shivered to our captain.
"Why are they angry? We haven't done anything yet!" I cried, as our attention was dragged to their leader.
"I'll only say this once. Your kind is not welcome here. Leave immediately!" A big voice boomed from the side of the ship, Luffy, Vivi, and I were on, making me cower near Vivi.
"We only came here to find a doctor!" Luffy yelled back.
"We have someone who's sick!" Vivi chimed in with Luffy.
The followers started yelling at us that we were lying. "That's great... We barely said hello, and they already hate us..." Sanji mumbled near Zoro and Usopp from the other side of the ship.
They started firing at that side of the ship, and Sanji got mad. Vivi wrapped her arms around Sanji to stop him. The next thing I knew, my legs moved on their own again, but this time my mouth did too...
"VIVI!"
I felt my arms move now, pushing Sanji and Vivi onto the floor of the ship. That's all I heard myself yell before there was a sharp pain in my shoulder. I fell over as the gunshot echoed through the canal.
"(Y/N)!!" I heard Luffy yell, as my eyes started to flutter. I was struggling, trying to keep them open. Vivi and Sanji were looking at me from their spot on the floor, Vivi's eyes had tears in them.
"WHY YOU!-" Luffy was about to run past me as I grabbed his foot. He stopped mouth open in shock. Everyone else was doing the same.
"Luffy..." I paused as I felt the muscles in his leg tense up, "Fighting... fighting... won't help Nami... get... better..." I breathed out to him, trying to breathe normally so I don't pass out. Gosh, everything was getting a little fuzzy.
I leaned away from him and looked towards the side with the leader on it. I did something I didn't expect, something Vivi taught me...
We bowed.
Vivi joined me in boqing and yelled from next to me "We won't land!... Just please, bring us a doctor! Our friend has a life-threatening virus right now. We need someone with medical experience to treat her!"
The whole ship looked shocked at our resolve. So did the people on the sidelines. The leader of their group looked the most shocked.
"Vivi..."I glanced to my side and saw a small blood puddle under my shot arm.
'This hurts like a bitch, but I have to help Vivi and Nami!'
"Luffy, think about Nami..." I didn't notice until now, but Vivi got shot too, a bullet grazed her shoulder, so I failed. Tears came to my eyes, but I just pushed my head down more.
'No one here needs to see me weak, not right now.'
"Vivi... (Y/N)..." Luffy muttered, then got next to me and bowed as well.
When they accepted, all three of us sat up. I turned to Vivi. When she looked back and saw my tears, she covered her mouth and her eyes got wide.
"Vi...vi... Let me heal your wound. It...it's my fault... I couldn't...protect you from getting hurt..." Luffy was beside her now, shocked to see my face as well. I reached for her arm and in my pocket for bandages. "Just lemme...take a nap...first..." I fell on Vivi's lap and heard my name called before I passed out.
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(We LoVe ThE dRaMa~!
I'm gonna finish drum island in the next chapter, then we will be at Alabasta finally!
After editing - I am NOT ready to edit 5000+ words help- 7/26/22