The Logia Brothers Chapter 25 (Patreon)

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Chapter 25 – Drum Island, the Witch and the Reindeer

The river the Straw Hats were sailing up to get to the interior of the island was lined with hundreds of fir trees. The mountains were absolutely gargantuan. All of them were cylindrical with a flat plateau at the top. The massive peaks broke through the very clouds in some places and each of the mountains had to be a few kilometers tall at minimum. The Drum Rockies were an immense and impressive sight.

“You’re sure the harbor is further up this river?” Luffy questioned the Isshi Twenty seriously.

“Yes sir, the harbor is in a small lake that multiple streams empty into. It’s big enough that even a Galleon can safely turn around and leave Drum Island when their Log Pose resets.” The Head Doctor of the Isshi Twenty assured Luffy with a bow of his head.

“Good, then we shouldn’t have any problems.” Nami mentioned as the Going Merry sailed further up the river.

“Agreed.” Sanji stated with a cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth, “We're not here for fun, adventure, or trouble. We're only here to get Mikita to this Dr. Kureha. We don't have the time to waste.”

“Do you think this island is safe enough for all of us to go ashore?” Usopp questioned as he came down from the crow’s nest as the Going Merry entered the lake the Isshi Twenty had told them about. Before anyone could answer, they suddenly heard the sounds of dozens of guns being cocked.

“Turn your ship around, Pirates! You're not welcome here!” A loud voice called out to the crew on deck. From the banks surrounding the lake, armed, angry-looking men glared at them.

“We can’t do that, I’m afraid.” Zoro spoke up with a gaze harder than steel. “We’re looking for a specific Doctor on this island.”

“There are no Doctors here for you! This is our country! Pirates are not welcome here! If you drop your anchor we'll blast you!” One of the many armed men yelled out.

“If you don't want us to land, that's fine.” Luffy stepped forward while speaking as calmly as he could. “But we need Dr. Kureha. We have a sick crew member aboard! She might die if we don't get Dr. Kureha’s help!”

“How do you know about the witch?!” One of the men demanded as almost all of the rifles were pointed at Luffy.

“They told me.” Luffy motioned to the Isshi Twenty, all of them hiding and peeking out of the doorway and portholes of the main cabin. “They can’t cure my nakama, but they said Dr. Kureha might be able to. Bring her here. I’ll pay whatever she asks.”

“That’s the Isshi Twenty!” A man howled in rage. “They’re with Wapol!”

Luffy moved as every rifle and gun aimed at him, his ship, and his nakama were about to be fired all at once. Usopp had only just gotten his hands on his first two pistols when the crack of thunder stopped everything.

“Don’t do that.” Luffy quietly demanded with his hand palming the head of the largest man there. Most of the men were still blinking their eyes from the flash of lightning they’d just seen up close. Luffy held the back of the large man’s head, even though the man was taller than he was. Everyone close could smell ozone. The large man’s eyes were still wide from not even being able to tell when the younger man had moved. The rest of the men all looked on in a mixture of shock, fear, and worry as the large man was basically held hostage. “We aren't here to fight. We aren't here to cause trouble or hurt anyone. We just want to see Dr. Kureha.” Luffy removed his hand from the back of the man’s head and bowed at the waist, a full-on proper bow. “Please…let us get our nakama the help she needs.”

“Very well.” The large man swallowed thickly as he gave a nod.  He was a rather tall and imposing man with slicked black hair and a goatee. He was wearing a long, white fur-lined green tunic that had armor plates on the arms. He covered his head with a green and white fur lined hat, equipped with ear-flaps against the island’s intense cold, and he wore long boots. He had a weapon, an extra-large spade, in a sheath on his back. “Come with me and I'll take you to the village.”

“Thank you.” Luffy smiled before he turned towards his crew. “Come on guys! Let's go! We need to get Mikita to the Doctor!”

“Right, you twenty, hurry up! We have a sick patient to get to this Dr. Kureha.” Sanji barked at the Isshi Twenty. The twenty doctors quickly stumbled out of the main cabin and headed for the Women’s Quarters to retrieve the already prepped Mikita.

The Going Merry dropped anchor at the harbor and the gang plank was lowered. Carefully a stretcher containing the sick Mikita was carried off the ship. The platinum-blonde had been bundled up under multiple blankets to keep the island’s natural chill from getting to her. All the men of Drum Island’s militia backed away at the state of the woman and the fear of what getting in the way of her treatment might bring.

The group had been walking for a couple minutes now, deeper into the island's interior. The snow was deep, and they had to travel on a small pathway that had been dug out. The chill of the island and the gentle breeze through the fir trees made for a quiet walk. All of the Straw Hats, barring Luffy, were freezing. Vivi as a native of a desert country was shivering even under her coat. Very little was said beyond the large man telling them his name, Dalton.

“I don't understand…” Nami spoke up as they walked on. “We heard about the situation with Wapol from the Isshi Twenty, but why was he a pirate on the sea? They said it was something about Pirates coming to this island.”

“This was once a land that took pride in its study of Medicine and our Doctors. That was back when I first became a Captain of the Royal Guard. Life has always been harsh here, but we led good lives. The King was a kind, just man who cared for his people.” Dalton clenched his fists as his face took on a dark look. “His son, however… When Wapol took his father's place… It didn't take long at all for him to reveal his tyrannical nature. He demanded all twenty of the best doctors in the country to go stay permanently at his side, and killed or exiled the ones left over. All so he would have a stranglehold on the country and make everyone depend on him and his whims for medical aid.”

Everyone noticed the Isshi Twenty flinching at the small history lesson.

With every word Dalton spoke, Vivi's face darkened with fury. She shook as she bit out her words. “That bastard!” The princess growled, her own fists clenching tightly. How could anyone dare claim to be a Ruler after destroying the lives of their citizens?

“Quite.” Dalton let out a heavy sigh, “But only a few months ago, our greatest disaster brought some of the greatest fortune we've ever had.” His tone turned apologetic as he continued. “That was the reason for our hostile greeting back there. Just five pirates attacked this nation and nearly destroyed it. They were insanely powerful. We never stood a chance.”

“So that’s why he ran away? He fled from these powerful pirates?” Nami had no remorse or pity for Wapol. This entire situation in Drum Kingdom brought back far too many memories of Arlong.

“That coward never even fought. He simply ran with his tail between his legs and fled to the sea. He left us all to die to save his own skin.” Dalton ground out with a dark look in his eyes.

“WHAT?!” Vivi nearly exploded out of sheer rage! To think that any King could not only destroy his people’s lives, but then not even fight for his own Kingdom? Just abandoning their people, the land of their ancestors, everything, just to run in fear and save their own life! Wapol was truly everything that a King should never be!

“It’s alright, Vivi, he’s gone now.” Luffy gave her a gentle look, but the princess could see the storm behind Luffy’s eyes. Wapol was exactly the kind of person Luffy hated.

“For the Isshi Twenty to be here, I have to assume that you've met him.” Dalton mentioned as his eyes looked over the twenty Doctors.

“He said that he was searching for this island.” Luffy nodded to the large man.

“Met him?” Nami scoffed at the memories. “That asshole tried to take our ship, our treasure, and us women for himself. We didn’t take kindly to him threatening us or getting in the way of Mikita’s treatment.”

“What happened?” One of the militia men walking next to Dalton asked hesitantly.

“I killed him, captured these guys,” Luffy motioned to the Isshi Twenty. “Then I sank his ship.”

“But he had the entire Royal Guard with him!” The same man gaped at the straw-hatted young man. “What about Chess or Kuromarimo? They wouldn’t have just let you kill Wapol!”

“Who?” Luffy honestly didn’t know whom the man was referring to. Dalton gave a description of his two former associates and it was Sanji and Zoro that spoke up.

“The afro guy?” Sanji exhaled some smoke. “I broke his neck for threatening the ladies. He kept trying to throw hairballs at me, so I kicked the shit out of him and then finished him off with one good shot to the head.”

“The archer guy had some skill.” Zoro commented, his breath coming out as a white cloud. “But he had no close-range combat to fall back on. I sliced his arrows out of the air and then cut his bow apart. I cut off his right arm in the same strike and he went into shock and bled out quickly.”

“How did Wapol die?” Dalton questioned, his dark eyes meeting Luffy’s.

“I shoved my hand through his chest and electrocuted him from the inside out.” Luffy informed the large man as he raised his right arm and turned it into lightning.

The militia men stumbled back in fear at the sudden display. Dalton only looked at the display of what was clearly a Logia Devil Fruit calmly. It made sense that such a powerful fruit would wipe out Wapol and the Royal Guard. The Pirates that had attacked the country would probably be about the same level from what they’d shown during the attack. The cowardly king had never stood a chance. It seemed Fate itself had decreed that Wapol would meet his end at the hands of a Pirate, one way or another.

“Then you have our most gracious thanks.” Dalton bowed his head to Luffy as the young man reformed his arm from the lightning. “Spread the word to the entire island! Wapol is dead and we are free!” He proclaimed to the cheers of the militia men.

“Please keep it down!” The Head of the Isshi Twenty shushed the cheering men. “We have a patient that needs her rest!”

“Sorry.” All of the cheering men were instantly quiet and subdued. Angering the straw-hatted Pirate was most definitely not something they wanted to do.

It didn't take too much longer for the group to reach the town of Bighorn, which was closer to the giant Drum Rockies. On the way they passed some rather strange animals, including an upright, fluffy-looking bear with a walking stick. Dalton informed them that it was called a Hiking Bear and that they had to bow to it as they were passing. Upon offering a polite bow the pirates were rather bemused to get a nod back from the large bear.

Once they made it into town, Usopp almost mistook one of the residents, a large woman of great height wearing a fuzzy coat, for another Hiking Bear. A few of the locals chuckled at the Gunman’s mistake. As they walked through the town Vivi couldn’t help but smile as they all saw how respected Dalton was. Apparently, the island was holding an election soon. Since the people of the island had decided to dissolve the old Drum Kingdom, they were leaving behind the old bloodline and electing a new King for themselves. Dalton was the clear favorite, even though he didn't feel like he was worthy of the position.

He led them to his home and hurried the pirates inside along with a few of the Isshi Twenty. The rest waited outside of Dalton’s home. It was slightly cramped with so many people. A fire was crackling in the hearth and warming the home pleasantly. “I'm sorry I don't have much to offer you. I wasn’t exactly expecting guests.” Dalton shook his head.

“It's fine.” Nami waved him off as she readied the thermometer. Luffy and the rest of the crew looked on worriedly as the Navigator took Mikita’s temperature.

“One-hundred-five and a half? That's dangerous!” Dalton gasped as he read the thermometer over Nami’s shoulder when she pulled it back. “No wonder you were so desperate to get her to medical help.”

“She’ll pull through, she’s strong.” Nami brushed a stray lock of hair off of Mikita’s face with gentleness that most of the crew had never seen before. Mikita’s eyes had dark bags under them. Her face was flushed and her breathing was labored. If she was this bad with the Isshi Twenty stabilizing her for the last days, the Straw Hats didn’t even want to think about what her condition would have been without the Doctors’ help.

“Sorry about this, guys.” Mikita barely opened her eyes as she wheezed out her words.

“Don’t worry about it.” Luffy took her hand lightly into his own. “No one here blames you for anything, Mikita.”

“I take it you have no idea what she’s sick with?” Dalton questioned the group as a whole. “If the Isshi Twenty couldn’t take care of her then it must be rare or even unknown.”

“Her symptoms and their progression simply don’t match up with anything we’re familiar with. It’s too fast, it doesn’t react to any treatment we’ve tried either.” The Head Doctor bowed his head. “That’s why I told them of Dr. Kureha. She’s an expert in rare illnesses. If anyone can correctly diagnose and treat the young woman it’ll be Kureha.”

“I've never heard of an illness that Kureha couldn’t cure.” Dalton shook his head. “Her personality and costs are the problematic part.”

“That’s why we need to find this Dr. Kureha.” Sanji said while chewing on an unlit cigarette. “Where is this Doctor?”

“Up there.” Dalton sighed and pointed out the window towards the tallest of the Drum Rockies. “See the castle?” He asked them. “That was where Wapol lived before he fled the country, and where his father lived before him. But once Wapol fled, Dr. Kureha took up residence.”

“Then we need her to come down. Call her, this is an emergency.” Zoro spoke up as he looked up at the mountain and then back at Mikita.

“It’s not that simple.” Dalton shook his head. “I'm afraid we have no way to contact her.”

“What the hell kind of doctor is she?!” Usopp exclaimed as he pointed at Dalton. The rest of the Straw Hats had hard looks on their faces.

“She is one of the best doctors in the world. Her skills would have earned her the top spot in the Isshi Twenty, had she agreed to work for Wapol.” The Head Doctor spoke up, and everyone turned to look at the older man. “Instead, she evaded all attempts at capture for years. There’s a reason that people call her a Witch. She's rather eccentric… not to mention she's a hundred-and-thirty-nine years old.”

Jaws dropped at that information. That was a rather ridiculous age for a Human to live to after all.

“What the hell do people do when they get sick around here, then?” Sanji questioned as he practically ground his unlit cigarette between his teeth.

“That's part of why people call her a witch.” Dalton took over with a heavy sigh. “She comes down from the mountains whenever she feels like it. She’ll look for patients seemingly at random. She always finds those that need help somehow. She’ll treat them and once she’s done, she takes whatever she wants from them as compensation.”

“Definitely sounds like a witch to me.” Usopp nodded, before sipping on the hot tea that Dalton was offering everyone in his home.

“Kind of sounds like a cross between a Doctor and a Bandit.” Luffy remarked, thinking back to Dadan and her followers on Mt. Corvo.

“How does such an old lady even get down the mountain?” Nami questioned, though her gaze never left the castle on the peak.

“I'm not sure, but I've heard stories. The way I’ve heard it is that on moonlit nights she'll fly down the mountain on a sleigh. People claim to have seen it, and they always say she has a strange beast with her.” Usopp blinked at what sounded like one of his own tall tales being told. “Even though she's our only doctor, well, truthfully we don't like to deal with her if we can avoid it.”

“That sounds like it could take a while.” Mikita murmured, half-awake and looking blearily at the ceiling. Luffy glared at the tallest of the Drum Rockies after hearing Mikita’s words.

“I'm not letting her suffer for even a day longer. If we can't get the Doctor to come to Mikita, then we have to bring her to the Doctor!” Luffy stated with finality. “Guys, find me some rope. I'll get them up there if I have to climb the damn mountain!”

“That mountain is ten kilometers tall, you’ll never make it!” Dalton raised his voice to be heard over the muttering of the crew. “There’s a way up the mountain, but we lack the means to power it.”

“What way?” Luffy locked eyes with Dalton. “And what do you mean by ‘power it’ exactly?”

“There’s a lift that takes people to the summit of the Castle Plateau. But it’s been disabled ever since Wapol rose to power. He claimed he didn’t want to constantly be bothered by the people.” Dalton informed the group. “It had a small motor that was powered by a combination of pedaling to produce electricity and a battery that the motor drew power from. Wapol had the pedals and the battery removed and kept them hidden in the castle. The only way to get to the summit was when Wapol allowed it and put the parts back into the lift.”

“But with my Devil Fruit...” Luffy sparked electricity between his fingers. “I can power it directly.”

“Yes, I believe you can.” Dalton nodded to the Captain with a confident smile. “The lift was left at the bottom of the ropeway when Wapol fled. The coward was in such a hurry to escape that he simply let the lift race down the ropeway via gravity. The brakes were almost stripped when they tried to stop at the bottom. We repaired them and were planning to order new parts to get the lift operational again. But if you can make the motor work, then that shouldn’t be a problem.”

“Show us where this lift is, Dalton.” Luffy requested as he looked at Mikita.

“Of course, please follow me.” Dalton stood up and the group quickly headed back out into the snow. Mikita had slipped back into sleep as her stretcher was carried through the town and the doctors of the Isshi Twenty continued to work to keep her stabilized.

It didn’t take them too long to reach the lift. The ropeway was on the outskirts of Bighorn and the lift was sitting on the platform untouched. Dalton showed Luffy the motor and the Straw Hat Captain go to work. He touched the wires that had once connected to the battery and slowly began to feed electricity into the machine. Little by little Luffy adjusted the output until the motor whirred to life and the lift began to move. He immediately cut the power now that he knew how much to provide the machine.

“Let’s go, we’re not making Mikita wait any longer than necessary.” Nami hurried the Isshi Twenty onto the lift along with the rest of the Straw Hats and Dalton.

Once everyone was onboard and Mikita was secured, Luffy started powering the motor again. With a whirring sound the lift began to move again. Slowly they moved up the ropeway, ascending higher and higher into the air until they were far above the treetops. The snowy wilderness stretched out below the lift, but the Straw Hats were all far too worried to take in the view. The lift continued its trek ever upwards as it followed the ropeway. The clouds got thin and the temperature dropped as the wind picked up the higher they went.

“Keep her warm, don’t let the wind chill hit her.” One of the Isshi Twenty commented as the twenty Doctors made certain that Mikita’s condition wouldn’t be adversely affected by the trip.

The lift rocked back and forth as the winds continued to pick up. Everyone was doing their damnedest to keep Mikita steady as well as themselves. Eventually the lift rose above the winds and clouds. The summit was in sight and the group breathed a little easier. As they reached the platform on the peak Luffy cut the power to the motor and Dalton engaged the brake. With a flip of a lever the brakes were locked and the group could disembark onto the mountaintop plateau.

“We’re almost their Mikita.” Luffy whispered to the sleeping woman as they carried her stretcher into the castle.

Many people wondered why the large front door was left wide open. No one really questioned it though. Everyone was more concerned with getting Mikita to Dr. Kureha. It was only a moment later that Luffy stilled. Everyone seemed to notice that the Captain had stopped dead in his tracks and turned to look at him.

“Luffy? What’s wrong?” Nami questioned her lover as Luffy started to shake.

“There’s no one here.” Luffy stated with a deathly cold look on his face.

“What?!” Nami’s eyes widened and her fists clenched. She snapped her gaze on Dalton with a hellish fire in her brown eyes. “Why isn’t she here?!”

“There’s not a single ‘Voice’ in the entire castle.” Luffy’s body emitted a spark or two from his roiling emotions.

“That shouldn’t be possible. Dr. Kureha was down in Bighorn just a few days ago.” Dalton explained to the incensed Straw Hat Crew. “She never makes such frequent trips, she has to be here!”

“She’s not.” Luffy stated with utter surety. “I’m going to call her.” With that he turned and headed for the doors.

“Call her?” Dalton looked perplexed. “How? We have no way to contact her!”

“Luffy?” Nami rushed after her lover and found him standing halfway between the castle and the edge of the plateau.

“GET UP HERE!!!” Luffy thundered and Nami felt a wave pass through her. Luffy sparked brightly, making him hard to look at, before an absolutely TITANIC beam of lightning was fired from his whole body straight upwards. Nami almost lost her footing as the air shook from the blast and the instant change in temperature. The clouds were blasted apart and the sun was seen as the lighting dispersed into a madly branching tree of light and energy! The whole island and everyone on it looked up at the tallest peak of the Drum Rockies as lightning tore apart the sky!

-Village of Cocoa Weed-

“D-Doctorine…” A blue-nosed reindeer stuttered out as he looked up at the lighting that was tearing the clouds asunder.

“It looks like we have a visitor at the castle.” An elderly woman replied. She was dressed in a style more suited to a woman one-seventh her actual age. Her attire included a navel ring, a shirt that bared her midriff, a purple blazer and purple low-riding pants. She had a pair of small sunglasses over her eyes. She also had bracelets and rings on her left hand. She was currently staring up at the immense lightning show coming off the top of the tallest plateau of the Drum Rockies.

“What should we do?” The reindeer spoke as Dr. Kureha jumped into the sleigh he was attached to.

“We go up there and see what all the commotions about, of course!” Dr. Kureha cackled as she pulled a bottle of booze out of a bag in the sleigh. “It could very well be that someone has brought us a patient. Let’s go Chopper!”

“Yes, Doctorine!” Chopper called back as he took of across the snow, pulling the sleigh behind him. The lightning died down a short time later, just as Chopper reached the hidden ropeway that connected to the castle plateau. This one had been forgotten for years and connected behind the castle. It was the one that Chopper and Kureha use to get up and down the cylindrical mountain without having to climb.

The next few hours would change both of their lives, but neither knew it yet.

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We’ve reached Drum! Without Wapol to get in the way how much trouble can be avoided? Luffy and the group were able to get to the top of the Drum Rockies without almost dying, but the Doctor wasn’t there! Luffy is not pleased and makes a ‘call’ in his own unique way.

Now Dr. Kureha and Chopper are on their way!

Will Mikita get her treatment quickly? What about Chopper?

Will the reindeer become a Straw Hat?

Keep reading to find out!

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