I'm Backkkk with my first One Piece story of all time (Hurray!)
Yes, thanks to One Piece, I am putting off my Fullmetal Alchemist stories... Oh well!
So, first off, this idea doesn't exactly belong to me. I got it from reading Green-furred Reindeer by Taryn Streambattle. Don't worry, I asked if I could expand on some of the themes in the story.
Please give me feedback since this is my first OP story. Thanks~
Light snores could be heard across the deck of the Thousand Sunny as Chopper crept closer to the mast. His head hurt from constant reading, and, in his mind, playing a game would be a well-deserved break…. That is, if Chopper could find someone to play with him.
Luffy couldn't stay still long enough to sit and play a full game, which happened to be cards. Sanji was busy preparing dinner in the galley; Franky and Usopp were below deck tinkering with their inventions, and the girls… Well, Chopper was too shy to ask them. That left Zoro. Secretly, Chopper was glad the swordsman was asleep…
The reindeer was at the swordsman's side now. Zoro had his arms above his head, his legs crossed, and he leaned against the mast. Chopper hid behind his pack of cards and lightly poked Zoro in the side. He stirred slightly before continuing his snoring. Chopper looked around the deck. Nobody was around. Chopper looked back at the napping swordsman and jabbed him in the ribs. Zoro jumped slightly and opened his eyes.
"What the hell…?" he muttered. Zoro yawned and stretched before spotting Chopper of to the side.
"Oh, hey Chopper."
Said reindeer shuffled his hooves, hiding the pack of cards behind his back.
Unfortunately, the first mate noticed Chopper's odd behavior. "Is something wrong?"
"N-no!" Chopper stammered, holding out his hooves, which still had the pack of cards.
Zoro raised an eyebrow.
"O-okay! Would you… Uhm… Play a game with me…?"
Zoro blinked. Play a game? With Chopper?
"Uh… Well, have you asked one of the girls?"
"No…" Chopper admitted, shuffling his feet.
"Oh… Uhm…" Zoro looked around the deck and found that all of his other nakama were busy with their own activities. "Yeah, I guess I'll play." He said with a grudging attitude.
Chopper giggled and sat across from Zoro, who sat up and propped himself up against the mast.
"What are we playing?"
Chopper set up six piles of four face-down in front of Zoro. "Spy!"
"What?"
"Spy. We're playing Spy."
All Zoro did was raise an eyebrow as Chopper set out four face-up cards in the middle after dealing himself six piles.
"So, how do you play?"
Chopper hesitated. "Well, uh, first you… Uhm…" Chopper clicked his hooves together lightly. "It's hard to explain…"
Zoro waited patiently at his reindeer nakama mulled over what to say.
"Okay, first, pick up one of the six plies in front of you."
Zoro did as he was told, picking up the one to his far left and looking at the four cards.
"Okay?"
Chopper did the same, picking up his cards and fanning them out.
"Basically, you want each of your six piles to have the same number."
Chopper received a blank stare.
"You know, like, four Aces, four Twos, four Threes, ect?"
"Ohhh…"
"You think you got it?"
"Yeah."
"Good. Ready? Set? Go!"
Zoro, quick as lightning, grabbed a four from the middle pile.
"Oh, I forgot to mention, Make sure that if you pick up a card, you lay down a different card. You always want to have four cards in the middle."
Zoro laid down a ten and moved on to his next pile.
Within minutes, both Zoro and Chopper had three completed piles each, but the game had stopped…
Zoro glanced at Chopper, waiting for him to lay down the card he needed, and Chopper never took his eyes off of Zoro's deck as he waited for Zoro to lay down the card he needed. It wasn't until Zoro noticed the four Aces in the middle that he quickly laid down all four of his cards and swept up the Aces, completing another pile. Chopper laid down a six and grabbed the four that Zoro had kept from him, and then moved to his fifth pile, which he switched out with the four sixes in the middle before Zoro could even react.
Holy crap… Zoro thought to himself as he swept up two twos and completed another pile.
Sanji walked out of the galley with a tray of drinks. Dinner was on the stove, and he had just enough time to deliver drinks to the crew before he would have to stir the pot. He made his way towards the two women first, setting their drinks down on the table in between them. After swooning over them a bit, he moved on to serve Luffy, Usopp and Franky as all three of them messed with the canons. Just as he was about to set the glasses down, shouts, or rather two shouts in unison, could be heard for the mast area.
"Spy!" Zoro and Chopper called out as they both laid down their last piles. Chopper giggled and leaned back.
"I think that was a tie Zoro."
The swordsman laughed, "I think you're right."
What are you two doing?" Sanji asked as he walked up with the last two drinks.
Chopper sat up. "We're playing Spy. Wanna join? We can teach you."
"It's actually kinda fun." Zoro admitted, sweeping up the piles and putting them back into deck-form.
Sanji smirked as he watched the swordsman shuffle the cards. "You're getting soft Marimo." He teased.
"Shut up dart-board brow."
Sanji sneered, "Getting a little defensive, huh moss-head?"
Zoro set the now-shuffled deck on the Sunny's grass deck and slowly stood up, instinctively laying a hand on his swords. "What are you saying Ero-cook?"
"Guys, please!" Chopper shouted, switching into Heavy Point just to hold Zoro back from murdering Sanji, who just laughed and turned towards the galley.
"I have to get back to the galley and finish dinner, otherwise I would play." Sanji said, completely ignoring the silently-fuming swordsman. "Bring Marimo with you in about thirty minutes."
Chopper nodded and set Zoro down, but not before making sure the cook was out of sight and safely back in the galley.
"So…" Chopper began, "Wanna play again?"