One Piece (Love Story) [Part One]

Chapter Twelve [Rewritten]

-Chapter Twelve-

"Hey, you think Chopper's okay?" Usopp asked. "He looks a bit down" he noted.

"He'll be fine, just leave him alone right now" Nami said as she dismissively waved away the sharpshooter's concerns.

"It's an emotional time—it's his first journey as a man; it's a passage" Sanji remarked as a billow of smoke blew past his lips.

"And he's about to leave Drum Island for good—it's been his home his entire life" Vivi added.

"As well as the fact that he's leaving behind people he loves and won't be able to see them again for a long time" I butted in. "That's got to be pretty hard on him."

"Yeah" Usopp agreed. "Though I don't remember you having that rough of a time adjusting to leaving your island behind, Skylar" he pointed out.

"Well first off, that island wasn't really a home to me, and also, I was going through a rough time" I corrected him. "There were times were I feared I made the wrong choice even if Sora and Cloud were alright with me leaving," I confessed, "but I also didn't want to bring down your guys' mood at the time, so I chose to keep those feelings to myself" I explained as I leaned back against the railing behind me. "Does that answer any questions you all may have had?" I asked.

"Yes" they nodded, causing me to snort.

"I'm leaving with them, Doctor and Doctorine, my adventure is finally starting right now on this ship..." Chopper softly mumbled as he sat away from the little party that had broken out in celebration of the reindeer joining.

"I'm sure the Doctor and old woman are proud of you" I grinned from my spot next to the reindeer.

"Huh?" he innocently blinked.

"I mean that they're happy with the decision you've made, shouldn't that be enough for you to get out there and celebrate with the others?" I asked, now watching him from the corner of my eye. "It is your party after all."

"I guess your right" he softly smiled before being taken aback the moment he was swept away by a cheerful Usopp who was determined to include the reindeer in the fun as he offered him a drink of his own.

"Welp, this isn't my type of party" I sighed as I now began to make my way toward the men's room, not the least bit interested in stinking around and watching everyone else get drunk off their asses.

"Skylar?" Vivi questioned the moment I passed by her and a shivering Carue—poor thing had ended up getting stuck inside the water while we all were away. "Where are you going?" she curiously asked.

"Going to go take a nap" I answered.

"But don't you want to hang around and celebrate with the others?" she inquired with the tilt of her head.

"Sorry, but drinking isn't exactly my forte" I admitted to her with a shrug. "But taking a nap, now that's some good shit right there" I smiled at the laugh I received from the princess as she now waved me off. Going below deck and into the men's room, I instantly collapsed onto the couch and stared up at the ceiling while draping an arm over my forehead. Soon the muffled sounds of my cheering friends from above mixed with the gentle lapping of the wave from below helped to lull me to sleep. 

-Time Skip-

"Do I have to wear these? Is there a reason I have to wear these?" I probed from beside Nami, mindlessly messing with a stray strand of thread near the bottom of the jean shorts I had been forced into this morning.

"Yes, and yes" she answered.

"And what reasons are those?" I pressed.

"For starters, it's been getting warmer lately so there's no need for you to be wearing jeans unless you want to suffer a heat stroke and second, now that we know you're a girl—you should start dressing like one" she simply responded.