Tales from Elseworld Vol.1

New Flame

A/N: This is for...well you know you are

The Thousand Sunny docked on an uncharted island in the New World off the coast of Dressrosa. The straw hats reunited after the defeat of Doflomingo settling into their next adventure. The straw hat captain agreed to meet Trafalgar Law and the Heart Pirates along with the rest of the samurai the land of Zou within the next few weeks to gather the rest of the alliance. Despite the protests from the majority of the crew they ended up stopping on a mysterious to let Chopper study and excavate an unknown herb deep in the island's jungle, nestled beneath the mountain range.

Nami volunteered to go with her furry friend Chopper in order to make sure he didn't get lost making sure to keep him company. The island didn't pose any danger there wasn't any hostile creatures or any living people, it was completely uninhabited.

"What exactly are we looking for again Chopper?" Nami asked swatting away a few flies that flew into her face.

"An extremely rare plant only found on this island. It's healing properties are supposed to be unmatched in the New World according to Doctor Kureha's notes." He said not taking his eyes off the journal in front of his nose.

The navigator sighed softly, "I just hope we find it soon, we've been gone for a few hours." She said folding her arms while examining her surroundings. She hated walking through jungles, there were insects everywhere that could crawl on her at any moment. The orangette shivered in nervousness seeing a small tarantula emerge from its burrow buried underneath a nearby log.

She walked closer to Chopper staying far away from the surrounding trees as possible. The pair came to a clearing soon after walking parallel to the nearby mountainside.

"We should rest up for a bit here." Chopper suggested settling down on a nearby log. The reindeer pulled out his favorite cotton candy sandwiches beginning to munch away. "You aren't going to eat Nami?" He asked seeing her back away from the log.

"No thanks I had a lot for breakfast. I'm going to refill our thermos, I'll be right back." She said with a smile walking off toward a nearby stream on the other side of the clearing. Chopper sat happily humming and swinging his feet about while eating away.

Nami reached the stream within a minute beginning to fill their thermos. A glow out of the corner of her peripheral caught her attention as she finished twisting the caps on the water canisters slipping them back into her backpack.

A lone pink plant shined brightly in the shade underneath the tree drawing the navigator closer.

'This must be it.' Nami couldn't help but poke and prod the flower bud a few times examining the pristine vegetation with immense curiosity. Just as she opened her mouth to shout for Chopper the flower shot off a cloud of pink smoke in the near vicinity, with some getting into her mouth causing the navigator to cough roughly.

Nami quickly clutched her throat backing away from the plant.

"CHHHOOOPPPEEERRR!!"

Within seconds the reindeer's heavy point reached the distressed navigator kneeling at her side.

"What is it? What happened Nami?" Chopper asked placing a hand on her back.

"That...plant it...shot a cloud of pink smoke into my mouth." Nami said drowsily pointing to the flower nearly falling over from the shock.

Chopper's eyes widened seeing the unique pink plant. He pulled out a jar before tearing the plant from it's foundation and placing it inside his bag.

"This should be enough, are you going to be okay? I can do a checkup when we get back if you want?" The doctor questioned pulling out a stethoscope to check Nami's heart rate.