One [ ] Piece

Chapter 18: A Total Stranger Aboard The Millennium Snow

"So what now?"

"How should in I know. Am not the one who brought that man.......I mean boy abroad" replied Remi.

"Hey!, It wasn't my idea, ok" responded Maxus in defense as he brought his hands in front of him hoping that it would be enough to protect him from Remi's wrath. "First of all, it was Harper and Lucas who told me to bring him along with us"

All attention was focused on Lucas. Sadly for him, he had to face questions from his friends alone since Harper was currently treating the injured man who turned out to be a small boy. Why a mere boy was caring a 200 pound Celestial Dragon? That was the questions of the day for Lucas, the more he thought about it, he began to wonder of how in the world was that boy able to carry a Celestial Dragon in the first place? There was no doubt in Lucas's mind that the boy they rescue was a slave who was probably sold in those special houses filled with the cruelties people known to man, Celestial Dragons.

"That isn't my fault. We just couldn't leave him there and in my defense I didn't know that he was a boy. When we first saw him, he looked older" replied Lucas as he back down before a thought hit him." But than again.........he did have a 200 pound man on his back....."

" that doesn't solve our problem that we ran away from the marines with a boy" responded Remi before turning her attention to Sid.

"And you" continued Remi while pointing at Sid. "If am not mistaken, your the one who caused all of this, WHY CANT YOU KEEP OUT OF TROUBLE!!!!!!!!! AT LEAST ONCE IN YOUR LIFE!!!!!!!"

Sid merely smiled like he usually did. "We just couldn't leave him.....Remi. You understand."

Remi just sigh in defeat. Knowing very well that she couldn't do anything to change Sid's mind especially once he had made up his mind. But there was something about the boy that unsettled her but she could do anything about it now. So she just nodded. "Alright, the boy can stay here at least until we know who he is. Last thing we need is picking up dangerous people"

"Thanks, Remi"

"So we finally came to a conclusion" responded Zoe as she addressed the crew. " the boy will stay aboard the ship at least until we know who he is and than we can decide what to do with him."

"Right!" Replied Judith, Sid, Lucas, Maxus and Remi while Zoe, Mia and Capone just nodded in agreement.

                                                                               xXx

Harper had just finished cleaning and wrapping the boy's injures. To Harper's relief, the injured weren't as life threatening as she thought so she was able to treat them even when she wasn't a trained doctor. When Harper first saw him, she thought that he was probably was just a short man since she couldn't see his face which was covered in blood. His own blood. There was no doubt Harper's mind that Celestial Dragons were the worst. Forcing children to be slaves, how worst can they get.

The boy was currently sleeping soundly in the bed located in the medical room. Harper quietly put back the medical kit back where she found it. Just quietly enough that she didn't wake him up. The more she looked at him, the more she came to realize that the boy was cute with his brown hair that made him look cute as a kitten, he probably might look even cuter if she saw his eye.

Harper slowly sat down in one of the chairs. Her feet were killing her, maybe she shouldn't have been running around in the amusement parks yesterday. As she looked at the the boy for a moment but something else caught her attention. The boy's clothing. Harper got up from her seat and walked towards it. The clothes were covered in stains of blood but there was a pocket with something inside them. And what she found really surprised her.