My One Piece (Book I)

Chapter-22 Between Life and Death.

INSIDE THE GOING MERRY, BARATIE, MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, EAST BLUE SEA...

"Easy....EASY...Easy...!
Don't drop him..." Nami says with worries taking over her tone,

"I didn't, He's just really heavy...
I mean He's got really big shoulders and head...Freakishly Big..." Ussop says complaining while helping carry Zoro inside the ship,

Nami, Luffy and Ussop carry Zoro inside their ship and placed him on a table.

"What does that have to do with anything..?" Nami says yelling at Ussop with a cracking voice,

Luffy keep calling Zoro but he remain unconscious.

"USSOP..!
WHERE THE FUCK IS THE FIRST AID KIT..?" Nami says yelling in fear of Losing Zoro,

"Do we have one..?
Wait, Let me see.." Ussop says running to the infirmary to get First Aid Tool.

Nami gently cut Zoro's shirt to find a huge flush wound with blood flowing all over his chest.
She closed her mouth in horror of Zoro's condition as The Cut Mihawk gave him goes from Zoro's Left upper chest to his right lower hip.

"He's--He's bleeding from everywhere...
Zoro's gonna die..!" Nami says in horror crying like river,

She tried her best to keep herself calm but it's too much for her to take in.
Ussop brought more towels but can't find any First Aid.

"LUFFY..!
He's bleeding too much,
Someone needs to go back to the Baratie..." Nami says in a hurry,

"I'm not really hungry right now, Nami..!" Luffy says kinda panicking,

"NOT FOR FOOD, YOU IDIOT..!
They must have a ship's doctor.." Nami says yelling at Luffy,

Luffy nodded and ran back to Baratie,
Sanji and Zeff having their usual argument when Luffy burst in and begged for help.
Zeff knowing how bad of a wound Mihawk's cut must be agreed to help.
Zeff and Sanji along with Luffy rushed to The Going Merry.

"Oi Sanji..!
Get our best bottle of whiskey and a yellowtail from the cooler..
A fresh one." Zeff says with a rish,

"A yellowtail..?" Sanji ask with a confused look,

"Just do it already..." Zeff says with a glare to which Sanji nodded,

Nami and Ussop trying their best to stop the bleeding with towel and it kinda work but not greatly.
As soon as Nami saw Zeff and Sanji,
She got mad,

"Are you kidding me, Luffy..?
We need a Doctor not two cooks.." Nami says in a bit anger,

"Do you wanna save your Swordsman friend, or not..?" Zeff ask Nami with a glare to which Nami remain quiet,

Sanji take out the kitchen knife and hand it over to Zeff,
Zeff picked up the knife and started cutting the yellowtail fish.
He peal off The Fish skin separately and placed it on a pan to heat it up a bit.

Then Zeff stitch Zoro's wound and place the heated Yellowtail fish skin over the wound covering it.

"This is an old seaman's trick..
Fish skin helps staunch the wounds and heals the flesh a lot faster.
But I'm not gonna lie to you...
He lost a lot of blood.
It might be too late for him." Zeff says finishing the treatment,

"It might not be...
Zoro's not gonna die that easily." Luffy says glued his eyes to Zoro,

"He got one foot in each world right now, caught between life and death.
You have to find a way to pull him to our world... Talk to him,
Tell him stories that might cheer him up or Sing Bink Sake for all i care.
He might not reply but atleast he know he got people here who love him and want him back." Zeff says drinking the whiskey and walking away,