"So..." Y/N said
Y/N who had a red bump in his head is sitting on a table where in front of him is Kureha with a... Tanuki? just hiding beside her legs.
"You have a Tanuki?" Y/N asks
"Oh, he's n-"
"I'm not a Tanuki!" The not-Tanuki cuts Kureha
The little animal shows himself while making an angry face at Y/N who only thinks of it as cute.
"Right, sorry... Reindeer...?" Y/N mumbles
The little one eyes brightened up and he jumped towards the table.
"Yeah! I'm a reindeer!" He shouted
Y/N crosses his arms while tilting his head at the jumping mini-reindeer.
"Really? I don't know if reindeer have blue noses..." Y/N murmured
Kureha leans back on her chair and smiles.
"A reindeer walking on two legs even talk, and that's what you're focused on? You really haven't changed." Kureha said
Y/N shrugs while also leaning back.
"Am I wrong though?" Y/N said
"And still talking back to me..." Kureha mumbles
The reindeer looks around the dirty cabin then jolts and looks at Y/N.
"Ah! My name is Chopper!" He introduced himself
Y/N smiles and nods.
"Nice meeting you, my name is Y/N." Y/N replied
Chopper nods while still giggling and jumping up and down, Y/N smiles and then looks at Kureha.
"I'm guessing he ate a devil fruit?" Y/N ask
"Yeah, though he didn't live with me first." Kureha replied
Y/N tilted his head, and then Kureha leaned closer so that Chopper couldn't hear.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Y/N asks again
"He was with Hiriluk first before me..." Kureha replied
"Ah... Then where is he now?" Y/N said
Kureha sighs and shakes her head, Y/N understands and looks at Chopper with a sad smile... He then widens his eyes, remembering.
"Ah right, Granny!" Y/N shout
A tick appeared on Kureha as she lifted her fist again.
"I told you! I'm not that ol-"
"A friend of mine was going to your place!" Y/N cuts her off
Kureha stopped and then sat back down while looking confused at Y/N.
"Friend? You got a friend?" Kureha asks
"Yeah, and they are bringing a sick person... You need to get back quickly!" Y/N replied
As the blizzard gets stronger outside, Kureha smirks at Y/N.
"You've got a friend now, Huh... Tell me about them then." Kureha asks
"No time... They're dying! You need to go, now!" Y/N replied
Kureha sighs and then stands up while stretching.
"Fine... Come on, Chopper." Kureha said
Kureha turns around and walks out the door, Chopper glances at Y/N and waves before following her while turning back to a deer.
Y/N looks confused at Chopper's transformation, he tilts his head while crossing his arms.
"What a strange devil fruit..." Y/N mumbles
Y/N watches them go away from the old cabin, he leans back in his chair just enjoying the silence in the cabin, and the only sound is the blizzard outside.
He came here to look for his father, hoping that he would return to the island to stay for some days... But the place look exactly the same as ages ago when he visited.
Even if Kureha always reassures him that his father is still alive, he's not so sure as he has never seen him in years... Then again, he is known for being strong... But still...
Taking the opportunity while he's thinking about his father, a certain deity then starts talking.
"Cheer up, brat... Gloomy doesn't look good at my face that's on yours."
A deep, menacing yet familiar voice suddenly speaks in Y/N's mind who only sighs and puts his chin on his hand.
"L/N... Now's not the time." Y/N mumbles
A chuckle appeared on his mind as Y/N sighed and closed his eyes, annoyed by the living deity and his ancestor that was casually on his mind.
[MEANWHILE]
Rustling of snow is heard as a man is walking through the thick cold snow in the brewing blizzard... It's Zoro, and without a shirt.
Zoro shivers as he hug himself to try to warm himself up
"Ahh... Damn it! I got carried away and swam way too long!" Zoro shouts
he looks around him... Confused about how he got here.
"Where am I? Where's the ship?! Damn it... I can't tell where I am with all this snow!" Zoro said
Zoro then looks to the front and sees... A deer with a hat? and a woman riding behind on the carriage... It's Kureha and Chopper.
"Ahh! I'm saved!" Zoro shout
Zoro jolts up and starts walking towards them.
"Hey, Granny! Sorry to bother you, but can you take me to the nearby village?" Zoro asks
Zoro looks at her and widens his eyes, seeing her in just a little outfit but she's still sitting down casually like the cold never bothers her (anyway)
"Huh? What are you doing showing your belly in this damn weather? What a weird old woman." Zoro asks
Kureha gestures to Zoro to come closer with her finger.
"Huh?" Zoro asked
Zoro slightly leans down towards her then Kureha smiles and...
"Be careful with what you say." Kureha said
BOOM!
Zoro got slammed away with Kureha's fist who smirked at him.
"I'm still in the youthful 130s!" Kureha shout
The carriage started moving again, leaving Zoro on the ground.
"Let's go, Chopper. We don't have the time to mess with a weirdo." Kureha said
"Wait, Old hag!" Zoro shout
Zoro immediately jolts up.
"What the hell was that old hag problem?!" Zoro shout
Another blizzard comes and blows on Zoro's shirtless body, he immediately shivers and hugs himself again.
"Whoah! It's cold..." Zoro mumbles
Zoro looks around and sighs.
"Damn it... I'll be dead if I don't do anything... Maybe if I do muscle training, it will keep my body warm..." Zoro mumbles
[MEANWHILE]
"What?!" Ussop shouted
The sound came from a bar, inside people were gathering around a child with Dalton, Vivi, and Ussop also there.
"They've already left this town?! And just moment ago?" Ussop asked
Vivi kneeled down to the child who got healed by the doctor they'd been searching for.
"For crying out loud..." Ussop mumbles
"She healed my sickness earlier." The child said
Vivi sighs and then looks at Dalton who looks down, a man walks up to him from behind.
"Are you looking for the doctor, Dalton-san?" The man asked
Dalton turned around to the man.
"We've got an urgent case. Do you know where she went?" Dalton asked
Then another man speaks up from the table.
"If you're looking for Dr. Kureha, someone said she's going to gyasta." The man said
Dalton furrowed his eyebrows.
"Gyasta?" Dalton mumbles
"Where is it?" Ussop asked
"With Big Horn in the middle, It's in the opposite direction from this town." Dalton replied
"The same direction Y/N went?" Vivi asked
"He was not going there but it is in the same direction." Dalton replied
Ussop groans and puts his hands on his head.
"So we have passed each other with the doctor?!" Ussop shouted
Dalton sighs and looks out the window.
"It's a town where ice skating is popular." Dalton said
"Well, it's got nothing to do with this!" Ussop replied
"Hey..." Vivi mumbles
"And we didn't even asked for it!" Ussop kept going
"Calm down, Ussop!" Vivi said
"Yes, Ma'am." Ussop replied
Vivi stands up and looks at Dalton, a panting man is waddling in the bar's door.
"In any case, let's go there! Now that we've come this far, we haven't a moment to spare" Vivi said
"Yeah, you're right." Ussop replied
"Dalton-san!" The man shouted
Ussop, Vivi and Dalton turn around to the door and see a bleeding man leaning on the wall while holding his stomach, panting heavily with some peoples outside looking worried.
"There you are..." The man murmured
Dalton look in confused at the bleeding man.
"Aren't you supposed to stand on watch today?" Dalton asked
The man open his mouth but he waddles and almost fall to the floor before Dalton runs and catch him.
"Hey, what's the matter? How did you get this injured?!" Dalton asked
"All the watchmen except me... Were killed..." The man murmured
"What?!" Dalton shouted
"Suddenly... a submarine sailboat appeared... and they killed everyone...!" The man murmured
Dalton lay the man down on the floor as he shook him to make him stay awake.
"What do you mean by "they"? calm down and explain." Dalton said
The man opened his eyes widen before putting his bleeding hand on Dalton's shoulder, hands shaking as tears appeared in his eyes.
"Dalton-san! Help!" The man shouted with a cracked voice
Dalton widened his eyes and kept silent, listening to him...
"We're not strong enough... If we don't do anything..."
The room fell in silence as all the people looked in worried and confusion, Ussop furrowed his eyebrows.
"What? What happened..." Ussop murmured
Dalton gritted his teeth as his gaze turned into a glare.
"So it was them..." Dalton mumbles
"It's Wapol! Wapol came back!" The man shouted
That sent the room into a panic as people began murmuring if it was true that Wapol had come back... Dalton slowly stands up with an angry yet determined expression.
Dalton pick up his bag and runs out the door, Ussop and Vivi widen their eyes as Ussop tried to hold him from running.
"Hey! Dalton-san!" Ussop shouted
Dalton run through the town then ride a horse out to the forest in the hard blizzard, he clench his hands as he look forward.
"I'll settle this...!"
On his hand slowly appeared black fur that consumed his whole hand.
"I don't intend to bring about justice.."
His face slowly turn shape as horns appeared on his head.
"Since you and I are both equally guilty!"
His body slowly got large as the horse slowed from the sudden weight, Dalton jumped high from the horse to the snow and started to run after his whole body turning into a Bison.
"Just wait... Wapol!"
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[TIMESKIP]
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As the blizzard slowly calmed down and it snowed calmly now, on the top of the mountain there were a lot of trees that had fallen from an avalanche.
"Ahh!"
A snow rabbit or Lapahn squeaks as it runs towards its mother is trapped in the snow, the little rabbit tries to dig through the snow but quickly retracts its hands because of the cold and whimpers...
As tears formed in the little creature, it could only let out a whimper as it just stood there watching its mother dying slowly from being trapped in the snow... It dug again, and although its hands were already red it kept digging.
Stomp!
The sound made the little Lapahn turn around and see the Straw Hat boy that they fought, carrying two people is walking towards them... The rabbit puts itself between them as it growls towards the boy.
As the Straw Hat boy kept walking with a calm expression the rabbit kept growling but slowly turning into a whimper, the Straw Hat stopped and looked down at the rabbit... As he reached down, the rabbit whimpered and ducked.
Swoosh!
A snow falls down on the little rabbit, it looks and sees the Straw Hat has just picked up its trapped mother... The little rabbit let out a squeak and hugged its mother and nuzzling to the big body.
The giant rabbit looked towards the Straw Hat who walked away towards the mountain while still carrying two people...
"I will definitely get you there..." He murmured
Luffy slowly looked up as he held Sanji tighter in his hand, he's in his vest and his jacket is now on Nami that's still on his back.
"Don't die... Both of you..." Luffy murmured
Stomp!
A hippo-like animal is seen running with three people on it, speeding towards Luffy and others... It was Wapol and two of his subordinates.
"There they are!" The man with an afro whose name is Kuromarimo said
"Please look at that, Wapol-sama! We found them!" The man with jester outfit who's name is Chess said
Wapol clench his teeth as the hippo ride faster toward Luffy who's walking slowly.
"Hold it, Brat!" Wapol shouted
Luffy stopped and slowly turned around, seeing Wapol speeding towards him.
"How dare you do many rude things to me! I'll beat you up!" Wapol shouted
The Hippo-like animal ride past Luffy and stopped in front of his path, while Lufy looked up at him with a neutral expression... Wapol looked down while smirking.
"Huh? You guys are..." Luffy said
"I'll chew you guys out!" Wapol shouted
Luffy furrowed his eyebrows.
"Get out of my way." Luffy said
"Hump! Are you stupid? Why would I get out of your way?!" Wapol shouted
Luffy kept his gaze on him as Wapol smirked seeing the people he's carrying.
"Looks like what you have on your back and arms are half-dead." Wapol said
Wapol smirked as Luffy look down and sighs before turning and walks around, Wapol furrowed in confusion as Luffy walk past them.
"Hold it!" Chess shouted
"Oh! Chess, I have a new rule! Write this down." Wapol said
"Yes, sir!" Chess replied
Chess pulled out a notebook and pen, ready to write down the rule.
"If anyone ignores the King, they shall be executed immediately!" Wapol shouted
Lufy kept walking towards the mountain as Wapol clench his teeth, not far from them is the giant rabbit Luffy saved just watching him.
"Ignoring me already?!" Wapol shouted
Wapol glares and pointed towards Luffy.
"You guys get the sick and injured ones who are ignoring me the most!" Wapol ordered
"Yes, Sir!"
"Yes, Sir!"
Both Chess and Kuromarimo jump from the Hippo towards Luffy who turn around with a widen eyes.
"What did you say?!" Luffy shouted
As both of Wapo's subordinates approaches, they jump up and prepare to attack.
"I'll take the Woman!" Chess shouted
"I'll take the Man!" Kuromarimo shouted
Kuromarimo pulled his fist back and swing down from above.
"Take this! Marimo's surprise!" Kuromarimo shouted
Spike appears from his hand as he swung it down towards Luffy.
Boom!
Luffy dodged it as Kuromarimo punched the ground but above is Chess who pulled his bow, preparing to fire an arrow... Luffy quickly dodges it and runs as he doesn't want Nami to feel the impact when he fight.
"Damn you! You'll regret this!" Luffy shouted
Luffy runs away from them as Kuromarimo got into a fighting stance while Chess pulled another arrow.
"Don't follow me!" Luffy shouted
Kuromarimo smirks while Chess lets out a chuckle.
"Humph. What a coward..." Chess mumbles
"It's no use!"
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Chess fired multiple arrows at Luffy who did a quick back-flip to dodges them then quickly runs again... From the back, Wapol sighs and glares at him.
"I'll show him... What a battle in a snowy area is like..." Wapol mumbles
Wapol smirks... Luffy kept running on the deep snow as he panted heavily from carrying two people, he looked back and saw that there was no one.
"Huh...? There's no one... What's going on, did they give u- Agh!" Luffy murmured
...A giant mouth suddenly appeared in front of him, he barely dodged it and jumped back, and then Chess and Kuromarimo appeared ready to strike him from above.
"Now this is a true battle in a snowy area! The white disguise! Snow powder Makeup!" Kuromarimo shouted
"Since they're so weak, they'll be dead in just one shot." Chess shouted
Luffy look up and widen his eyes as Chess pulled his bow for a shot and Kuromarimo swung his spike hand down towards Luffy.
"Check mate!"
"Check mate!"
"Stop it!!!" Luffy shouted
Swoosh!
Two giant rabbits suddenly run and jump then swing their claws at Wapol's subbodirnates.
Boom!
Chess and Kuromarimo got punched to the ground as Luffy widen his eyes while looking at the two Lapahn, Wapol widen his eyes shocked seeing the giant animal there... Even his hippo is shocked.
"Lapahn?!" Wapol shouted
Chess and Kuromarimo look up at the giant rabbits putting themselves between them and Luffy.
"Did they protect him...?" Kuromarimo murmured
"It's a coincidence. Lapahn never becomes attached to humans." Chess replied
Luffy look towards one of the Lapahn seeing the little one that growled at him, it was the one that he saved and now they have protected him... The giant and the little one smiles at Luffy and he smiles widely at them too.
"Thanks! You saved me!" Luffy shouted
Luffy runs away as the Lapahn turn back around to Wapol and his subordinates.
"Don't let him get away!" Wapol shouted
"Yes, Sir!"
"Yes, Sir!"
Chess and Kuromarimo runs immediately towards the direction of Luffy, before...
Stomp!
The giant rabbit stomp in front of them while letting out a growl, making Chess and Kuromarimo stopped in their tracks.
Stomp!
Stomp!
Stomp!
Stomp!
Stomp!
Another after Another Lapahn appeared, Wapol and his subordinates are all now surrounding by the giant creature... Growling at them.
"What the hell do they think they're doing?!" Wapol shouted
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"Doctor..."
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"Doctor... Doctor!"
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Swoosh!
"Agh!"
Luffy bites down on Sanji's shirt and holds him with his teeth as he raises his arms up and starts to climb the giant mountain... One climb after another...
His arms slowly turned purple and yet it didn't manage to stop his pace of climbing the giant mountain, he clenched his teeth tighter on Sanji's shirt and kept climbing up with a pale and yet determined face.
[MEANWHILE]
On another place... Affected by the Avalanche, on the snow, there is a carriage upside down and broken... And half buried was Vivi who slowly woke up.
"Ugh..." Vivi grunted
Vivi slowly crawls away from the snow as he sits up and looks around her.
"We were swallowed by the Avalanche..." Vivi murmured
Vivi jolts up and looks around with worried.
"Ah, U-ussop-san?!" Vivi shouted
She turned around and saw buried in the snow... A nose?
Vivi quickly crawls towards the buried nose and dig through the nose to find Ussop literally half dead and pale from the cold, she gasps and hold his cheeks.
"Ussop-san! Wake up!" Vivi shouted
"U-Ugh..." Ussop grunted
Vivi gasps as Ussop is grunting and slowly opening his eyes.
"He's still alive!" Vivi said
Vivi let go of Ussop's cheek and dig through the snow again to get his body out.
"Ussop-san! Hang on!" Vivi shouted
Vivi slowly stand up then kneel and hold Ussop's nose with her hands and pulls back, dragging him out of the patch of snow then sit down while shaking him.
"Come on! Ussop-san!" Vivi shouted
Vivi shakes Ussop's harder then pat his cheeks.
"Ussop-san!" Vivi shouted
Ussop suddenly smiles creepily.
"Oh Vivi... Don't wake me up..." Ussop murmured
Vivi widen her eyes as Ussop giggles.
"I was just having a dream... In a field of beautiful flowers and rivers with clearer water than his world..." Ussop mumbles
Vivi gasps and pat his cheeks harder.
"You're almost in the afterlife!" Vivi shouted
"Oh, Is that Zoro swimming in the waters?" Ussop murmured
"Wake up! Dont' sleep! Wake up!" Vivi shouted
Ussop suddenly jolts and widen his eyes.
"Aghh!" Ussop screamed.
Vivi jolts back from the sudden screamed then Ussop suddenly closed back his eyes and smiles widely.
"Now, my 74,000 men! Follow me!" Ussop murmured
Vivi gasps and hold his clothes then shake him harder.
"No! Ussop-san! Wake up! Don't die!" Vivi shouted
Vivi then sit him up and...
Slap!
"Ussop-san!"
Slap!
"Ussop-san!"
Slap!
"Ussop-san!"
Slap!
"Ussop-san!"
Slap!
"Ussop-san!"
Slap!
"Ussop-san!"
The sky slowly turned white as the slapping sounds continued...
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"Phew... You save me there, Vivi... Talk about a narrow escape from death..." Ussop mumbles
Ussop smiles and chuckles while walking alongside Vivi who is blushing and looking embarassed.
"I'm glad I'm alive, but..." Ussop said
"Don't you think my face is kind swollen?" Ussop asked
"I-It's chilblains! chilblains!" Vivi replied
"My face feel kinda heavy... And my vision is narrow" Ussop said
Vivi ignored him and kept going about the snow.
"This is why it's not easy to be in the snow area." Vivi said
"My lip are kinda... Kinda... Big." Ussop said
"More importantly, We need to figure out our location!" Vivi said
"Yeah, you're right..." Ussop replied
Vivi and Ussop kept walking through the snow and looked around for some clues as to where they were... Vivi stopped and felt the ground move then fell down.
"Ahhh! What is that?!" Ussop screamed
From the snow, emerged a shirtless Zoro who was red and looking pale from the cold.
"Ahh... That was close... I saw a field of flowers..." Zoro murmured
Ussop and Vivi froze seeing him here as Zoro is shivering and hugging himself.
"Suddenly hitting an avalanche in this blizzard... My luck must have run out, But this is sort of like winter swimming too, I guess..." Zoro said
"Zoro." Ussop called out.
"Huh?" Zoro said
Zoro turn around and saw Ussop's big ass head and Vivi on the ground, looking at him with wide and confused eyes.
"Hmm? Oh, Vivi." Zoro said
Zoro looks at the big head and stares in confusion... Before seeing the long ass nose and smiles.
"Oh, Ussop! What are you two doing here?" Zoro said
"That's my question!" Ussop shouted
"That's my question!" Vivi shouted
[MEANWHILE]
"Hahahahaha!"
THUD!
A lapahn falls down on the snow with bruises all round its body, around the are all the Lapahn defeated.
"What idiots! That's what you lowly bunnies get for going against the king!" Wapol shouted
Wapol was standing on top the injured Lapahn and around him were all the lapahn defeated and his subbordinate on top of them too.
"Humph! I didn't think I'll use my real power on mere bunnies, though." Wapol said
"It can't be helped, since they're the most violent animal on the island." Chess said
Wapol grunt and looked up the mountain with a glare.
"Just wait... Straw hat!" Wapol shouted
[MOUNTAIN]
THUD!
"Doctor..."
THUD!
"Doctor..."
THUD!
"DOCTOR!"
Luffy kept climbing the side of the mountain to get to the top while carrying Nami and Sanji... He climbs again with a determined face.
THUD!
"Doctor...!"
Luffy climbs again slowly not to drop the two people he's carrying... He climbs again before...
SCRIT!
His nails scrapped the stone and was bleeding, he screamed that make Sanji dropped.
"Ah! Sanji!" Luffy shouted
Luffy's head extended and swung down and bite on his shirt before he fell.
"T-That... That was close." Luffy murmured.
Luffy grip on Sanij's shirt tightened as he climbs again with the blood slowly dripping his arms went to his face.
"Doc..."
Luffy's voice is weak and strained yet his eyes are still full of fire as he keeps climbing the mountain.
THUD!
"Doctor..."
Luffy's face and body slowly went pale from the cold but he kept going, as he climb again...
SCRIT!
His nails scrapped the stone again making it bleed, now with two bleeding nails... Of course he kept going, for his crew.
THUD!
Luffy kept climbing the mountain with a pale yet determined face and blood dripping from his arms to his face he kept climbing and climbing until... He instead felt snow instead of the stone.
"Ugh!"
Luffy swings far up to the top and climbs, arriving at the top of the mountain... He lets go of Sanji to the ground as he breathes heavily... before looking up and see...
A beautiful castle on the top of the mountain... Luffy looks at it in awe while breathing heavily...
"We made it..." Luffy murmured
As Luffy looks at the white castle with the snow falling down on him... His eyes slowly turned blurry as he felt pain in his head then slowly... Falls unconscious on the cold snow...
RUMBLES!
The ground where Luffy is lying slowly splits in half from the ground where Sanji is lying, the snow slowly falling down while bringing Luffy then he was going to fall but-
THUD!
A big hand full of fur holds him from falling... A giant creature with a blue nose and red hat looking down while holding him...
(A/N: I gotta say, I'm pretty proud of myself with the Sfx I came up with for this.)