~Nicole~

I pouted sitting in the snow, i had lost the tanuki or whatever that cute thing was, i just wanted to give it a hug but now Luffy was chasing the little cutie asking it to join the crew so i had my chance later if it decided to join "Hey you over there"i heard and looked over and saw it was that old woman we had come across earlier.

"Doctor Kureha"the villagers said "Yes good to see you too now be useful and take the injured guy to the medical ward"the woman said "Hey i recognise you, you're that damn old hag from before i'm gonna"Zoro was cut off as he was kicked in the head, i pocked at the bump on his head "A little harsh for a doctor"i said, the woman laughed before turning to the villagers "Well get moving"she said.

"Yes ma'am"the villagers said "I suggest you hurry unless you wanna be in the same kind of pain in this man is"the woman said, the villagers hurried along taking Dalton inside as Zoro, Usopp and i stayed outside "I'm impressed you still have a bump on your head"i said pocking at it "Would you quit that?"Zoro asked "Nope"i smirked a bit and continued poking as he continued grumbling.

 ~skip~

Night had fallen i had cuddled up into Zoro's lap as it also got colder "Hey! Deer! Come join my crew okay!"Luffy yelled "Come on Luffy why don't you just give it up, we've been tracking him forever and he still hasn't shown up"Usopp said "He's not interested in becoming a pirate you're just gonna have to accept that"Zoro said "No that's not true i want the reindeer to be a pirate with us"Luffy said "Just because you want something doesn't mean it's going to happen!"Zoro yelled at him.

Luffy went back to yelling for the reindeer trying to convince it to join us, i just cuddled further into Zoro "Well don't you look cozy?"Usopp asked "Oh hush you we still have that challenge once we get back to the Merry, don't forget"i said "Reindeer guy"Luffy said as the little cutie appeared by the forest, i noticed Vivi and Nami coming out of the castle dragging Sanji with them.

"Hey you're gonna come on our ship and be a pirate with us, kay?"Luffy said fully convinced the reindeer even wanted to join "I can't"the reindeer said, wait that thing speaks? Even cuter "Sure you can reindeer it's a whole lot of fun"Luffy said "That's not a very good argument!"Usopp yelled at him "I can't, i'm not a human i'm a reindeer! I have antlers and hooves don't you see?! I even have a blue nose!"the reindeer said, personally i think the blue nose just makes him cuter.

"Okay maybe i do wanna be a pirate but i can't ever be one of you i'm not human! I'm a monster, i can't be your friend and i can't become a pirate on your ship! You see? I'm just here to say thank you, i appreciate you asking me to join your ship that was really nice so thank you, i'm going to stay here for now but if you wanted to you can stop by here again"the reindeer said.

"Shut up! Let's go!"Luffy yelled, i snickered a bit "I feel that this is somehow familiar"i said, Zoro chuckled a bit "You and me both"he said as the reindeer started crying, he went to say goodbye to doctor Kureha so we waited outside some more "Nami how are you feeling? Are you completely recovered from your illness already?"Usopp asked her "Sure am i feel great"Nami said giving a thumbs up, I could tell she was fine too and not just putting on a brave face again.

"Doctorine acts all tough on us but deep down i really think she is a kind person"Nami said "Yeah i got that vibe from her too"i said "You sure?"Luffy asked "So we're just gonna leave without saying anything to her?"Usopp asked "Yeah once Chopper comes back we'll head down the mountain and set sail to Alabasta, sounds good to you right Vivi?"Nami asked.

"Yes now that we have a doctor coming with us"Vivi said "A doctor?"Luffy asked "Well in that case i'll go ahead and get the rope way ready"Usopp said walking off "Hey Luffy give me a hand!"he said "I didn't even know there was a rope way so cool"Luffy said going with Usopp.

~skip~

"What's going on? There's a lot of noise coming from the castle"Zoro said "How inconsiderate making all that noise while those two are trying to say goodbye that's just down right rude" Nami said "Oh finally here he comes"Zoro said as Chopper came running out of the castle pulling a sled behind him while being chased by Kureha "He's being chased"Nami said.

"Hey! We got the rope way ready to go!"Usopp yelled over to us "Everyone get on the sleigh we're gonna head down the mountain hurry!"Chopper said, i jumped up and we all got on the sleigh as Chopper ran by us, Luffy was hanging out the back holding onto Usopp who was trying to pull him in as we made our way down the rope.

We went past the villagers and further on we went towards the Merry, Luffy laughed "Hey that was fun can we do that again reindeer?"he asked "You idiot we don't have time for that"Nami said "Whew i thought i was gonna die"Usopp said "Hey where am i what's going on?"Sanji asked finally waking up "Welcome back to the land of the living Sanji"i said "Oh Sanji you're awake, are you okay?"Vivi asked him "Of course my dear!"Sanji said with heart eyes.

We came to a stop as we heard cannon fire and looked back as the mountain lit up in pinkish snow, it looked like a cherry tree in full bloom, i smiled a bit watching i loved cherry blossoms they were my favorite flower after all, the snow falling down also turned pink it was beautiful.

After Chopper was done crying we continued the way to Merry and even back on the ship the falling snow was still pink "Whoa"Luffy said "It's beautiful"Vivi said "Like a bunch of cherry blossoms"Zoro said "You know cherry blossoms are my favorite flower"i whispered to Zoro knowing that if Sanji overheard he would never stop bugging me.

Anyway as we continued sailing "Usopp i hope you haven't forgotten we still have a challenge to settle, pick whatever you like and we'll settle it right now"i said "Alright then i pick uhm, arm wrestling yeah"Usopp said, i smirked "You're on"i said.

Luffy got us a crate and i set my right hand on it and Usopp did the same "Yeah Nicole show him what you got!"Sanji cheered "She's gonna crush you"Zoro said with a smirk, Usopp started shaking i could see he was starting to regret this "What's the matter Usopp scared?"i asked "No way! I was the one who challenged you, i might not win but i'm gonna give it my all!"he said clasping my hand, he then smirked "Little do you know i was the arm wrestling champion back in my village"he said trying to psych me out.

"Oh? Well little do you know, i get my competitive nature from my father"i smirked as Usopp flinched a bit "Ready?! Set! Go!"Luffy said, i instantly flattened Usopp's hand on the crate shattering it and putting him down on the deck, Luffy laughed "It's an instant knock out!"he laughed "Karoo what in the world were you doing frozen in the river like that?"Vivi asked the poor duck.

"That bird ten berries says he slipped and fell into the river he's a clumsy one"Zoro said "Be quiet Mr. Bushido"Vivi said, Karoo was squawking and Chopper nodded along "He said that the guy named Zoro was swimming in the river and then he and the kind lady disappeared, he thought Zoro was in trouble and Nicole followed only to get in trouble too so he jumped into the river and ended up getting frozen in it"Chopper said.

"So this is all your fault!"Nami said bonking Zoro on the head "So you were able to understand everything Karoo was saying?"Vivi asked Chopper "Yes i'm still technically half animal by nature so i can understand what they say"Chopper said "So you can talk to animals?"Vivi asked "Oh wow Chopper between your medical skills and talking to animals you've got some amazing talents"Nami said "Not to mention you're the epitome of cuteness"i said finally getting my hug in.

"And so fluffy too"i added "Don't be silly you jerk flattering me like that isn't gonna make me happy or anything"Chopper said but he sure looked happy with that smile on his face, i let Chopper go satisfied to finally get my hug in "Hey what did you mean about Chopper's medical skills anyway?"Zoro asked "Well Chopper here is a doctor and a first rate one at that doctor Kureha taught him everything there is to know about medicine"Nami said.

The others were amazed cause they didn't know that, well i didn't either but i admired that fact in silence "Really Luffy if you didn't know that what did you think Chopper was when you asked him to join us?"Nami asked "A talking transforming reindeer monster"Luffy said "Backup food"Sanji said "Wait oh no i was in such a hurry i left my medical back behind it had all of my tools in it"Chopper said.

"Your bag? But isn't this it?"Nami asked holding up the thing "That is my bag"Chopper said "It was in the back of the sleigh"Nami said "How is that?"Chopper asked "What do you mean weren't you the one that packed the sleigh and got it ready for the trip?"Nami asked "No it must of been Doctorine"Chopper said "That's amazing, Doctorine knew what you were planning on doing even before you had decided to leave the island with us, what a kind woman"Nami said.

Anyway we eventually, after some fighting and goofing around, had a toast to celebrate the joining of a new crew member, namely Chopper.