Y/N burst through the pile of roof debris that had trapped him underneath. He rubbed his head, trying to shake off the disorientation. The only thing he could hear was the roar of the blazing fire surrounding him. At least the devilish whisperings in his ear were gone.
As he surveyed the chaos, Y/N spotted Chopper lying under a pile of debris. Without hesitation, he rushed over, lifting the rubble and pulling Chopper out.
"Chopper..." Y/N called.
Chopper coughed, his voice weak. "Y-Y/N...?"
"Are you all right, Chopper?" Y/N asked.
"Y-Yeah," Chopper replied, slowly standing up. But his relief was short-lived as he gasped, noticing Iceberg and Paulie tied up across the room.
Y/N clenched his fists. "We need to get out of here now! Where's Nami?"
Before Chopper could respond, a sudden mini-explosion nearby sent Y/N hurtling out of the mansion. He landed roughly in the courtyard below.
"Y/N!!!" Chopper's voice rang out behind him.
Groaning, Y/N pushed himself off the ground. Around him, shipwrights stood in shock, their attention divided between him and the burning mansion. His eyes locked on Nami lying unconscious nearby.
"Nami!" he shouted, starting toward her.
One of the shipwrights pointed accusingly. "H-Hey, you're one of the Straw Hats! I bet you're responsible for all this! Y-You're under arrest!"
"I mean this in the nicest way........piss off," Y/N snapped, standing up.
A shipwright lunged at him, but Y/N knocked him down effortlessly. The group stared in shock, unsure of what they'd just witnessed. Behind Y/N, the mansion burned relentlessly.
"Chopper, hang on!! I'm going back in!" Y/N called out, turning toward the flames.
Just then, Chopper burst through a window in his reindeer form, carrying Iceberg and Paulie on his back. Bloodied and exhausted, he staggered forward, one of Zoro's swords clamped in his mouth.
"A reindeer!!!" one of the shipwrights exclaimed. "It's carrying Mr. Iceberg and Paulie!"
Chopper collapsed to the ground. "Y/N!!" he cried weakly.
"No!!" Y/N rushed to Chopper's side, kneeling beside him.
The shipwrights followed, panic evident on their faces. "Hurry and treat them! Those burns are awful!" one shouted. Another added, "What about this reindeer?"
"Treat him too! He saved their lives!" someone else ordered.
The shipwrights turned their attention back to Y/N. "You stay away, okay? After we treat them, you're going to tell us where the other Straw Hats are hiding!"
"What?" Y/N asked, deadpan, rising to his feet. "Listen, you morons. We didn't try to assassinate Mayor Iceberg or set the mansion on fire! It was some secret government agency."
"And we're supposed to believe that?" a shipwright retorted.
Rolling his eyes, Y/N sighed. "Just treat them. When Mayor Iceberg wakes up, he'll clear this up."
The shipwrights grumbled but got to work. Frustrated, Y/N sat next to Nami, keeping a close eye on the others.
-x-
Eventually, both Iceberg and Nami regained consciousness. Nami blinked, dazed, before her gaze landed on Y/N.
"Y/N... Y/N!" she cried, throwing herself at him in a hug and then a quick kiss. "I thought you were dead when the roof fell on you!"
