Chopper was doing his daily maintenance on the cable car platform, just a quick inspection to see if snow and frost hadn't accumulated before he heard a muffled sound coming from the cable linking to Cocoa Weed.
Going to take a look, he saw a bright grey, shining cabin park on one of the empty slot. He was about to run to Dc. Kureha when the door open. Taking a peak, he stays frozen at sight. In front of him stood a three meters tall hybrid with three tails wrapping around something on his back, and two round hears on its head.
His still kept wild instinct was telling him not to show any aggressive move in front of the natural predator he had in front of him.
That was the first time that he was feeling something like this, his primal instinct was telling him that he had in front of him a dangerous beast, but he could only see a human, an extremely tall but still human, with ears and tails.
'Perhaps he is like me?'
Before his subconscious could either denigrate or affirm his thoughts, he hears it say.
"Hello, it for a consultation."
Looking at him smiling, is instinct calms down, feeling that 'it' wasn't a threat.
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"Hmn, c-came." Say Chopper in a small voice, before starting to made his way back to the castle.
As both came to the door, Alex frowns a little, seeing that he couldn't pass with Vivi. He remembered about the nest of Snow Bird above the open post. Putting his hand on it under the scrutiny gaze of Chopper, after he saw that he wasn't following, he transmutes the wooden door.
The part on where the nest was resting starts to slowly separated from the door, forming a cup protecting it, and fuse with the stone above. A half-circle opening form on the upper part, leading outside while still cutting the harsh wind for the hatching.
Chopper, who was ready to interfere if he wanted to harm them, look amazed by the trick, before being happy that they have a more secure nest. Done, Alex closes the door behind him, waiting for the reindeer to lead the way.
Snapping out of his trance, he scurries off, in the inside of the castle, Alex on his steps.
"Here." Say him, patting a bed, before turning and opening a bag containing several medical tools.
Putting Vivi delicately on the quilt, he takes off the coat and takes a few steps back.
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He looks as Chopper starts to examine her.
"A mosquito bit her; we were on a prehistoric Island, that was two days and a half ago." Say Alex out of nowhere.
On his side, Drs Kureha opens the door, before rising Vivi shirt, and uncover dark purple spot.
"Kestia." Say her. Chopper on her side immediately scurries off to fetch the adequate cure. "How did you come here, there isn't a prehistoric island on this road, not before here."
Kureha turns around and frown. "Wapol had taken them all, I'm the only one here, with CHopper."
"I know, I cross way with the fat hippo on my way here, if he had followed us, he might be..."
"Purupuru Purupuru Puru 'Catcha!' Yes?" Asked Alex when he hears his Denden Mushi ring.
"Hubby, the hippo's back on the island, they took off, leaving the dreg behind, what do we do?"
"Kill them all, spare the doctors, this island will need them later, as for the Hippo, he should be alone on a hippo and another gay, right?"
"Hmn, that right hubby!"
"Don't worry about them; then, I will take care of them. I attain the castle and the second-best doctor on this side of Grand Line is looking over here."
"Great, I will tell curly. See you!"
"Hmn.'catcha!'"
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Kureha was looking funnily at him, hearing Nami nickname, frown again hearing she was only the second-best doctor.
"Hubby? Do you bring your wife on Grand Line? And who the second-best doctor, brat, I'm the best-looking one here! By the way, did you want to know the secret of my youth?" Scowl her, before smirking at the end.
"Yes, Hubby. I do, she is on my ship with her sister-wives. Roger's crew ex-doctor, Crocus. It just you and Chopper, so that normal that you are the best looking, I would rather be with an older woman with a young body than a furry male. As for your youth, I will outlive you by around 3,500 or so year and stay like I am now for nearly all my life, so thank but no thank." Respond Alex in order with a smooth voice, internally smirking at her expression.
"You have other wives on your ship, and they're okay with that?"
"Of course, it not like we are tied with your human moral."
"'Us human?' Are you saying you are not?" Asked her, curious.
"Not we aren't, I am the result of human experimentation on human and mink genome, with selective traits. The rest of the 10,000 experiment subjects."
He could visibly see her mood darken.
"How came someone was able to overwrite a formed human genome! It unheard off!" Scream her.
"Of course it is, if the experiment were a success, the World Government would have me in a lab, searching how it works in the first place."
"Then, how..."
"I never say that it was on fully formed human."
It didn't take long for her to understand what he was saying and start to turn ill. Chopper, who had returned silently just after the call end and administered the cure, was shivering on the side at the horror commit in the name of progress.
"Th-they used, baby?" Ask her hesitantly, not wanting an answer.
"Yes and no, we were created uniquely for the experiment, born from existing material, cultivated in the unique but of forming hybrid weapon for war." Respond to him ominously.
"Wh-who?"
"Who, but of course the Germa 66!"
"Judge! That piece of trash! He dares to experiment on children!" Rant the witch.
"Is that true?" Asked Chopper timidly on the side, making Alex look at him.
"Yes, thankfully, I am the only one viable 'unit' produced, and I had made sure that none a single of the 9,999 others could be used."
"Di-did you kill them?" Asked him fearfully.
"I didn't have to; I was the only viable subjects, Even I didn't know how I came to be seeing that all the others showed deformity and never past the state of a newborn, for the most advanced. I merely get rid of the bodies in the seas and destroy all the data left behind. The 'ship' on where I was, was just a small part of the kingdom that had drifted apart during a fight with the marine, so I not sure if I had all."
Chopper nod relieved that he didn't kill his 9,999 brothers and sisters.
"What are you?" Asked him curious, now that the most cumbersome part said.
"I am the result of a mix between human and leopard, a snow panther to be exact." Say him, sprouting his hears and tail, capturing the attention of a calming Kureha."As some reason, a mutation occurred, giving me further limbs." Continue him, making appear the two other tails in front of a fascinated duo.
"How came you know how much time you will live, their no way to measure lifespan, other than study past group and compare data."
"Simple, it like an instinct, I know that a tail is the manifestation of my lifespan, one for 1,000 years. I had three, so 3,000, and I could feel another slowly form, half done, so 500 or so more."
While it wasn't a lie, it wasn't the truth either, but he was keeping this fr his wives, he only tells them, knowing that he can trust them.
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"What about your crew, your pirate too, right?" Asked Chopper with stars in his eyes.
"We are not at the same time."
"Heu? Why?" Asked him confusedly, tilting his head on the side.
"That because of what we did, didn't you have news coo here?"
"We have, but they only came to the land, the wind is too strong for them here. Its has been a while since we didn't come down, so..." Say him, is was lowering at the end.
"So that why, let me explain them. I came from East blue, the sea considered by all as the weakest of the four blue. There I encounter Kuina; first, she was in a marine field, ties to a post for protecting a little girl."
"What?! Why?!" Shot the tiny reindeer.
"You see, the son of the colonel on the base had a pet wolf, and a very lax authority on it, he had let the wild animal run rampant in the island until Kuina cut it to protect the little girl he was about to assault. To protect the little girl, she accepts a deal with him, only to come back on his words later. She wouldn't be alive or live life worth of anything after if I didn't happen. Same for Nami, her island was under the grip of a fisherman that had to flee the Grand Line to Lord over human and transmit the hate he had from the other race.
I give Nami the means to fight back, and she and her sister join Kuina and me. Tashigi, the twin sister of Kuina, was passed a marine, only to be betrayed by them. She joins us after we same her life."
"Aren't the marines bad then?" Say CHopper, starting to become angry.
"No, it likes the pirates, some a just while the other are corrupts and follow an extremely biased moral. As for pirates, not all are the same, only a few among all are not pirates to kill, **** and pillage. Some are only pirates for the adventures and others, the consequences of the marines. As the marines represent the 'justice in this world when they declare someone criminal, they have none other choices than flee on the sea." Say him while bobbing his small blue nose.
"I became a threat to the world government when I killed the corrupt colonel and father of say kid. It didn't help that I had taken down the four most wanted pirates, and their crews, of East blue and another corrupted colonel working with the fisherman to keep the thing quiet. They also put on my head the murder of a third colonel, when I take down the pirate responsible.
Life is not dark and white; they always exist shade that is overlooked because of the narrow mind of peoples and over-shadowed by the deeds of the more substantial group, be it for the marine or pirates."
That left Chopper thoughtful until then he only has a biased view on the life of pirates. On the side, Kureha nod slightly, happy that the young weren't sprouting embellished story of the actual outside world.
"What about your crew?"
"What do you mean Chopper?"
"Do they know about you?"
"They do." Smile Alex softly."They also accept who I'm and share my view. We may have started to sail and branded by the marines as pirates, but we still have dreams. Nami what to draws a map of the entire world. Nojiko wishes to see her sister dream came true and help her realise it. Tashigi wants to show the marine the error of their way, and Kuina, to become the strongest swordswomen on the seas."
"What about you?" Asked the little monster, curious of his dream.
When he sees Alex smile turn from kind to a little forced, he gulps.The witch was also interested to know.
Seeing Chopper reaction, he relax and sigh.
"I have three wishes. The first is to kill the man that has to dare to play with the life of 9,999 of my brethren and destroy his life work—the second his to bring down the trash that calls themselves Tenryuubito. With them gone, the marines would have a chance to restart anew, and truly help the civilian, and not be the dogs of the government. The last one is to found willing wives and raise my children. Do you have a dream Chopper?"
"Hmn! I want to create a universal cure!"
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The two other smile kindly at him, before becoming curious as they see the little reindeer fidgetting.
"..." says Chopper, his head lowered and voice inaudible.
"What did you say?" Asked Alex.
"Can you take me on your ship?"
Kureha was shocked that the little fellow was asking on his own, knowing his history. She snaps at Alex, ready to skewer him if his response didn't please her.
Alex looks intently at the little furry before asking.
"Why?"
Surprised at first, Chopper starts to tell his history, hesitantly at first, fearing that he would reject him straight but became bolder when he sees that he stay quiet. Once he finishes, he looked at Alex in the eyes.
He could see that Chopper was near to tears, but was impressed that the shy animal was keeping his ground.
"First, I would never accept someone out of lack of choice. If you want to come with us, you need to leave behind all you fear of being treated as a monster. Devil Fruit are commons on the sea; you aren't more of a monster that any other eater of that cursed fruit. If you want to come I have two conditions, the first his for you to firmly believe in your dream, make everything possible to attain it. The second his for you to have Drs Kureha authorisation to follow us. You have been in her care for years, and she had transmitted to you he lifelong accumulated experience, I will never accept someone ungrateful for the gift given by others." Say him sternly Alex, taking Chopper by surprise.
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Hearing him, Chopper was first stunned, before an intense fire burn in his eyes, turning to the doctrine, he said.
"I want to set sail!"
"No." Immediately reject the witch, before leaving the chamber. "The miss will be able to move with a couple of hours, be sure to gather your things before leaving." Say her without turning back.
Chopper was floored with the harsh rebuttal and look lost for a second before firmly making his mind.