Chapter 12- And One Weird Tree
Author's Note: Happy Holidays everybody:D
Nami opened her eyes to the rising sun, and she instantly grimaced at the fact that Luffy had pulled her closer to him, despite her saying that he shouldn't.
"Luffy."
Luffy opened his eyes slowly, but started wishing that he was asleep again when Nami punched him in the face.
"Didn't you understand a word I said last night!?"
Luffy rubbed his forehead in pain as Nami calmly stood up, and went to get dressed for their last day on the island.
Luffy glanced after Nami, and then quickly snatched the necklace from its hiding place, and tucked it under his hat.
Luffy silently chuckled at what his surprise to Nami was, and he stopped when Nami came back out.
"Let's go wake…" Nami started to say until someone knocked on the door.
"Luffy! Nami! Hurry up, or we'll start without you!" Usopp's voice called into the room, and Nami slowly pointed at the door.
"Them up so we can… oh, forget it." She said, and the two opened the door to see Usopp cheerfully running back to his room.
Nami and Luffy were the last in Usopp and Chopper's room, and Nami closed the door behind her as everyone stood or sat around the room.
Nami grimaced at the several large wrapped gifts labeled 'Luffy', but Luffy merely chuckled.
Nami went to get her gifts, and Luffy quickly ran outside to grab the stick he had found for Zoro.
When the two came back finally, everyone sat around in a circle with everyone's gifts in the middle.
Milly happily rocked in her chair next to Robin as she looked at the gifts, but then stopped with a sad look on her face.
Nobody noticed her as they were too busy stopping Usopp from grabbing all of his presents, except for Robin who looked over at her with a warm smile.
"Nami-san should be first!"
"I wanna be first!"
"Me!"
Robin smiled at the crew, and then silently reached behind her back, and pulled out one of her newest books, and handed it to Milly.
"Here's yours, Milly-san."
Milly and the crew looked at Robin in surprise, and the little girl took the book with a sweet smile.
"Arigato, Onee-chan."
The crew finally decided that Milly should pick who gets their presents at a time, and she was happy to do so.
Milly stood up to look at the presents, and then picked up one and handed it to Franky.
"Funny Man From Reindeer."
Franky took the small gift, and eyed Chopper suspiciously as he opened it. "Cola." Franky said with a slight hint of disappointment, but quickly shook it off with a large grin.
Chopper grinned also after trying to see whether or not Franky actually liked the gift.
Milly clapped her hands together once, and everyone looked back at her.
Milly picked up another gift, and handed it to Usopp slowly. "Scary Lose Nose From Kind Shark."
Usopp scowled at his new nickname, and then opened the gift with a large grin like Franky's.
"Thanks, Zoro! How'd you know I needed this!?"
"Um… no clue."
Milly wasn't really patient for everyone to settle down as she clapped her hands again and said. "You can all look at them later, okay?"
Everyone nodded, which caused Milly to smile sweetly.
She picked up one of the large gifts to Luffy with surprisingly ease, and then handed it to Luffy while nearly everyone stared at her in surprise.
"From… wait a moment…"
Milly walked over to the other large gifts, and easily pulled them over to Luffy and dropped them down in front of him.
"From Everyone but Sweet Tangerine."
Luffy grinned widely, and then put the gifts behind his chair as Milly continued.
"Kind Shark From Dartboard." Milly said as she handed the small box to Zoro, and watched him slowly open the box, and then chuck it at Sanji.
"Stupid Curly Brows! Why the hell would I want a fake brain!?"
"Maybe if you used the one in your skull, I wouldn't have!"
"ENOUGH!"
Sanji and Zoro flinched as Milly glowered at them with a pout. "Fight another time!"
"Yes, ma'am." The two said in unison, and quickly sat down away from Milly.
Milly slowly picked up another gift, and then looked at Chopper. "Reindeer From Kind Shark."
Chopper opened the gift, and looked at the small bottle of medicine with a curious look.
"Let's see…" Chopper opened the bottle, and a small tube slid out as everyone stared at it.
"There was a tube in it?" Zoro asked quietly to himself as Chopper picked it up and read out loud.
"Head On, apply directly to the forehead, Head On."
Everyone stared at Zoro with a suspicious look, and he nervously shrugged in defeat.
"Arigato, Zoro." Chopper said as he put the tube in his pocket so Milly could kindly continue without glaring at the reindeer.
"Dartboard To Onee-chan and Sweet Tangerine." Milly said as she handed the two small gifts to the two females.
Nami and Robin opened them cautiously, and then stared at Sanji.
"As if."
"Gomen, Cook-san."
The two calmly crumbled the tickets, and then tossed them at the wrapping paper that lay across the floor while Sanji started to mope sadly.
Zoro snickered, but then stopped as a round gift was thrown at him.
"From Scary Long Nose."
Zoro opened the gift, and then grimaced at the compass.
Usopp backed away slowly as Zoro's hand went to his katana, and Milly slowly hid the other round gifts that were to Zoro.
Usopp managed to get away with only a slight bruising, one broken bone in his face, a mild case of fear, and the unavoidable begging for mercy.
Zoro calmed down after more gifts were handed out, and Sanji stared at the spatula from Chopper with a grin.
"Hmph, what good will that do you, Dartboard?"
"Urusai, Marimo!"
"URUSAI!"
"H-Hai, ma'am…"
Milly stopped fuming angrily, and then handed Robin the rest of her gifts.
After everyone had looked at their gifts, Chopper perked up as he looked over at Luffy, Nami, and Zoro.
"Aren't you three supposed to give someone a gift?"
Nami and Zoro started to sweat lightly as Chopper tilted his head to the side in confusion as Luffy plainly stared at Nami.
The rest of the crew and Milly all stared at the three, which only caused Zoro and Nami to sweat more.
Luffy calmly stood up, and walked behind Nami who looked back as if about to ask him for help out of here, but suddenly froze as did everyone else when Luffy put the necklace around Nami's neck with a grin.
Milly and Robin were the only ones normal as Milly had sparkles in her eyes, and Robin was chuckling lightly to herself.
Sanji was fuming angrily as the rest simply stared in shock. "Luffy!" Sanji started to shout, but was cut off when Milly slammed the heel of her foot onto his foot.
"Don't mess up the sweet scene."
"N-Nami…-san…"
Nami stared at Luffy in surprise with one hand on the necklace as Luffy crouched to her eye level and continued to grin.
Nami blushed lightly as the two stared at each other as Sanji moped on the floor while clutching his foot.
Usopp and Chopper had stopped staring at Luffy, and were staring at Sanji as he grumbled angrily in pain.
'She was wearing steel snow boots too.'
'Poor Sanji…'
Franky was crying at Luffy and Nami as he covered his eyes with one arm. "Beautiful…"
Milly smiled happily as she walked over to Zoro and motioned for him to lower so she could say something in his ear.
Zoro leaned down, and grimaced as Milly whispered. "Your turn. Give Onee-chan that ring in your pocket."
'Damn it! She does know about it!' Zoro thought furiously as Milly giggled happily and went back to watching Luffy and Nami stare at each other.
Zoro slowly walked over to Robin, and quickly without drawing attention to himself, put the book he had bought at the bookstore in Robin's lap, and quickly walked back to where he was standing before.
Robin looked down at the book, and then smiled when she opened it and the ring slid out of the book.
Robin closed the book, and quietly put the ring away so nobody else would see it, and she stood up, and calmly walked over to Zoro.
"Arigato, Swordsman-kun." Robin said with a smile, and Zoro flinched as Robin kissed him on the cheek, and went back to sitting in her chair.
Milly glanced up at Zoro without turning her head, and she grinned slyly. "That was easier than I thought." She muttered to herself, and then watched as Luffy suddenly moved and kissed Nami on the lips.
Everyone (including Sanji) stared at the two in shock, surprise, and happiness.
Sanji was trying to find his voice, which seemed to have deserted him in his darkest hour.
Chopper, Usopp, and Franky had all started to cry greatly as they stared at Luffy and Nami.
"What the hell!? Our job was done by a kid!?"
"Also the kid that YOU stole from."
"URUSAI!"
Takai fumed angrily at Zephyr as the swordsman laughed happily with his arms behind his back.
"Now for our plan."
"Don't you mean your plan!?"
"You finally agreed to it!?"
"NO!"
"Too bad."
Takai grimaced as Zephyr grinned slyly, and Takai suddenly had a sinking feeling in his gut.
After lunch, everyone sat around the lobby as they all enjoyed each other's company.
Nami was sitting on Luffy's lap with the necklace gleaming brightly in the light, and Zoro was sleeping as he leaned against Robin's chair with a large grin on his face.
"Wake up, Kind Shark!" Milly said as she ran over, and gently (brutally) shook him awake.
"Gah! I'm up!"
"Good! Cause it's time for my gift to you all!"
"Eh?" Everyone stared at Milly as she snapped her fingers, and the meat cashier named Macho grumbled as he came out from outside while dragging a large piano into the lobby.
"Thank you, Macho." Milly said with a sweet smile, but Macho merely grunted as he passed out next to the piano.
"Okay…" Milly quickly rolled Macho to the hotel staff, and walked back to the piano.
"Time for my gift!" Milly said again happily as she sat down in front of the piano, and everyone in the lobby quieted down so they could hear Milly.
Milly put a smile on her face as she gently ran her fingers down the keyboard, and started to play a calm piece of music with everyone smiling or grinning to it.
After the piece was over, Milly looked over to everyone in the lobby who started to clap happily.
"I'm not done yet though!" Milly said to everyone, and received a few cheers from people in the back of the lobby.
Everyone quieted down as Milly prepared the next piece, and she secretly smirked as she glanced over at Nami and Luffy without turning her head.
Milly softly started to play, and Nami's eyes widened as she listened to Milly.
Nami straightened up, which caused Milly to smirk again as she started to sing the piece of music she was playing.
"My sweet tangerine, you're as sweet as sweet can be. You make me smile no matter how sad I am, my sweet tangerine."
Milly continued to sing the song, and Usopp quietly muttered to Chopper.
"She must of nicknamed Nami after that song."
"But how did she know that those two were together?"
The two stared at Milly in confusion, but then shrugged. "Lucky guess." The two muttered as Milly continued to sing and play.
Nami smiled warmly, and then put her head on Luffy's chest as she closed her eyes, and started to hum along with the song.
'I still remember the song… Belle-mere…'
After Milly finally finished playing her several pieces of music she had, she took a short bow, and then sat down next to Robin with a grin on her face.
"How'd you like them?"
"That was amazing, Milly!" Usopp said with a grin, but stopped when Milly shot him a crept out look.
"Who made those pieces?" Chopper asked innocently, and Milly instantly smiled again.
"I did!"
"Nani!?" Everyone stared at Milly as she calmly stared back innocently. "Of course I did."
"That can't be… I heard that song ten years ago!" Nami said, and Milly smirked happily.
"Guess how old I am!"
"9?"
"10?"
"21?"
Everyone stared at Zoro with cautious looks at his stupid guess.
Milly shook her head slowly, and then grinned. "Milly is 11!"
Everyone stared at her in surprise, and then Robin broke the silence. "So you wrote them when you were 1?"
"That's right."
"Liar…"
"What was that?" Milly asked Usopp with a glare, which quickly shut the sharpshooter up.
Milly pouted while crossing her arms over her chest, and said. "I really did!"
"She really did."
Everyone turned to see someone with a straw hat on her head as she sat nearby with a book.
Rose looked up at the crew with a sly smirk, and then stood up and pointed at Milly.
"Please tell me you know who she is."
Everyone shook their heads, and Rose sighed.
"She's Milly C. Forte. She's a piano prodigy." Rose stated, and everyone stared back at Milly who had a large smile on her face.
"I even wrote a book on her…" Rose muttered to herself, but handed Robin the book so she could read it.
Milly stared at the crew as they stared back in surprise. "So none of you have heard of me?"
"Sorry, no."
"… That's okay!"
"It is?!"
"Why did you think I ran away from home? I wanted to get away from all of those rules! Do this, do that, make sure you sign those stupid papers etc. etc. etc.!" Milly said angrily as she glared at nobody in particular.
Everyone sweat dropped at Milly as she returned to her seat next to Robin.
Rose sighed as she put her book away, and then walked over to the piano and ran her fingers over the keys.
"So who are you?" Luffy asked as everyone turned their attention to Rose.
Rose stared back with a smirk, and she calmly waved with a hint of boredom.
"An author who came to ask Milly something."
Everyone perked up, and Milly stood up as she looked at Rose.
"What did you want?"
"You had a wish tag, right?"
"Y-Yes…"
"Well then, I'm your wish."
"EH!?" Everyone stared at Rose as Milly stared at her speechlessly.
"You mean that you want…"
"To adopt Milly? Yes." Rose said with a smile, and Milly stared down at the ground with her eyes concealed.
Everyone stared at Milly until the little girl raised her head with a large smile.
"Arigato!" Milly cheered happily, and everyone smiled at her as Robin muttered to herself. "Seems everyone got their wish…"
"Milly! There you are! Where the hell have you been!?"
Milly froze as she slowly looked over at the hotel door to see her mother glaring at her.
The Straw Hats and Rose all stared at Milly's mother as she panted heavily with a suitcase.
"You come over here now, young lady!"
"…"
Milly silently walked up to her mother, and sadly looked up at her face. "Gomen…" Milly muttered, but was hit onto the ground by the suitcase.
"You can't keep saying sorry for-"
"Disraesta."
Milly's mother froze as Rose suddenly appeared in front of her with a cold stare at her.
"What the hell are you-"
"Good bye."
Rose raised a hand, and Milly's mother was suddenly shot out of the hotel while what seemed to be green feathers fell from around Rose.
Everyone stared at Rose in surprise as she helped Milly up and brushed off the dust and tears from Milly's eyes.
"There we go." Rose muttered sweetly as Milly stopped crying, and everyone looked where Milly's mother was sent flying.
"How'd you do that?"
"Secret." Rose said as she stuck her tongue out playfully with a smirk.
Milly smiled happily as everyone walked out of the hotel with their things, and headed toward the docks to Thousand Sunny.
On board, everyone went back to work as they prepared to sail away and back to their adventures.
Milly waved from the dock with Rose waving next to her. "Bye, Onee-chan!"
Robin waved back as did everyone else, and while everyone was waving, Nami quietly snuck up on Luffy, and turned him around.
"Huh, what is it, Nami?" Luffy started to ask, but stopped when Nami kissed him gently.
Luffy wrapped his arms around her waist, and the two stared at each other.
"Your present is going to be tonight." Nami whispered in Luffy's ear, and he blushed with a large grin as they all started to sail away.
"MOVE YOU FREAKING ANIMALS!"
"That's right, shout at the animals… baka…"
The Straw Hats, Milly, and Rose all looked up to see Santa's sleigh and reindeers flying across the sky.
"Santa!"
"Him again!?"
"I SAID MOVE YOU WORTHLESS ANIMALS!"
"Stop shouting, they can hear you, baka."
Everyone sweat dropped as the voice calmed down, and a hand waved down at them without showing the owner's face.
"Happy Holidays to all, and to those two couples…"
Nami blushed lightly as she held onto Luffy's arm, and Zoro stood next to Robin.
"Have a great-"
"HONEYMOON, YOU STUPID IDIOTS WHO COULDN'T EVEN-"
"That's enough, please just do it."
"MAKE ME!"
"…"
"Okay…"
Everyone sweat dropped again, and they perked up as someone started to sing.
On the Twelth Day of Mayhem, my crew mates gave to me:
Twelve Fat Guys Jumping
Eleven Girls Twirling
Ten Pipes Piping
Nine Drums Banging
Eight Pained Cows
Seven Swimming Birds
Six Egging Geese
Five Gold Things
Four Annoying Poultry
Three Classy Chickens
Two Reptile Birds
And One Weird Tree
Everyone stared up at the sleigh silently as they sweat dropped at it.
"There, I sang it, happy!?"
"Yep, good thing I recorded it for the others… hehehe…"
"GIVE MY THAT TAPE!"
The sleigh suddenly crashed into the dock, and everyone watched as the reindeer ran away from the two people standing up.
"I hate this stupid holiday…"
"I hear ya there…"
As the dust cleared, the two people quickly disappeared, and nobody nearby saw who they were.
Luffy tilted his head to the side, and asked out loud. "What's a Honeymoon?"
Nami blushed deepily this time, and then whispered in Luffy's ear what it meant.
"Nani!? Who was he talking about!?"
Nami's blush deepened as she muttered. "I think he meant us…"
"Oh… okay."
"Okay!?"
Nami stared at Luffy in disbelief as he chuckled happily. "That's fine with me."
"Baka!" Instead of hitting Luffy, Nami laughed as she kissed his cheek, and Zoro grimaced as he put it all together.
"They were also talking about me… weren't they?"
"I am NEVER doing that again, Zephyr!"
"Come on, you ruined the fun, Takai."
"You shouldn't have taped me singing!"
"It was priceless though."
Takai grumbled angrily as he slammed Zephyr into a house, and then used a shadow to throw him forward as someone slightly innocent ran by, and was sent to the ground when Zephyr's body slammed into them.
Zephyr quickly stood up, and checked for any injuries.
"Good, nobody was hurt."
"What about me…?"
"Nobody cares about you." Zephyr said bluntly, and Milly's mother grumbled as the swordsman walked by, and followed Takai away.
"Who was that anyway?"
"Who cares?"
"Good point."
Takai stretched his arms with a sly grin as he walked onto the dock and watched the Thousand Sunny sail away.
"So what's next?"
"What do you mean?" Zephyr asked as he walked up behind Takai.
"What holiday is next to be destroyed?"
"That would be Valentine's Day, and thankfully, we are not doing the meddling."
"Thank god for that!"
There's the end of the chaos known as Christmas.
In truth, Takai and Zephyr never did Valentine's Day. they stated that they would rather die a thousand deaths.
In other words, the next holiday fanfic I'm making is for Valentine's Day with two other OCs!
By the way, Disraesta is from the game Riviera that Rose came from. :P
Happy Holidays everyone, and get ready for Cupid's demise! Bwahahaha...