Everyone looks at Chopper in confusion or intrigue.
"Yes, he is. But now let me introduce him. Tony Tony Chopper, a blue nosed monster reindeer that ate the human-human fruit and will be joining the rest of us monsters! Except him, he isn't part of the crew. " I show eat everyone and lastly point out Dalton.
"Why are you calling us monsters?" Usopp
Winking at Vivi, she hits his ribs with her elbow.
"Ouch! Yea fine, we are monsters!" Usopp
"This is our monster perverted cook Sanji." I duck his kick.
"Oh Sanji, you forgot from worrying but Carue and Marianne are still hungry on the ship. Zoro wandered off so we need to find him later." Lynx
"... Oh my god! I failed as a cook! I am coming, Marianne!" Sanji runs off.
"Ah, right Marianne from before is our monster hypnotist. She can use colors to hypnotise people." Lynx
"Woah, really?!" Chopper is excited.
"This here is our monster princess Vivi. She practically sacrificed herself to save her country." Vivi waves her hand.
"This here is our tengu sniper monster, Usopp." Lynx
"WHO IS A TENGU?!" Usopp
"You with your big nose! Next up is our big hearted monster called Braum. Probably the kindest man alive." I point at Braum.
"Hello little friend! So you are joining our herd? Welcome!" Braum
Chopper's ears twitch as tears start to gather in his eyes.
'Wow, Braum really knows what to say! Welcoming him in our herd after he was rejected from his… Nice job!' Lynx
"And lastly my little pyro monster Annie~... Who seemed to fall asleep. Thanks Braum for taking care of her." I thank the gentle giant.
"Glad to help! She was a sweetie, besides the time she used that one as target practice." Braum points back at a figure in the dark.
"Oh so there is the fat hippo Wapol! Kek kek!" Kureha walks closer only to stop in her tracks.
"Kek kek kek! Kid, you were right! I really do like how you captured the fat thing! Kek kek kek kek!" Kureha starts to laugh at the sorry figure of Wapol hanging chained and impaled on the baton.
"Has he woken up at all?" Lynx
"A few times, but then Annie decided to listen to your words and use him as her target." Braum
"We'll just have to wake him up, don't we? Let's fix up his lineage, by making it useless. Kek kek kek!" Kureha makes some strides to gain power before lashing out with her leg directly at Wapol's family jewels.
*Crack!*
Every man near the hearing distance of the crack shivered and covered their own balls.
"....ARHEJSGSAJSJAJRI!!!" Wapol woke up, stood still for a few seconds while he hasn't registered the pain yet, before starting to struggle from the pain only to slide further down on the baton.
"KEK KEK KEK KEK KEK!!!" Kureha starts to laugh sadistically seeing him struggle.
Even the tough Braum didn't want to test his resistance with this old bat.
Usopp turns to me and looks me into the eyes.
"... Sorry Lynx that I ever called you cruel with your baton…" Usopp
" I never thought a sound like that can actually cause physical pain to the bystanders." Dalton
"Even I felt that pain and I am GIRL!" Vivi just looks at Kureha with fear.
Tilting the baton because of his flailing he collapses to the floor and faints.
"... I don't think you will get a fight out of him Luffy…" I poke Wapol with my foot and he doesn't react.
"Damn it old lady! I wanted to fight him!!!... Fight m-!" Luffy yells and Usopp covers his mouth.
"Luffy… Do you really want to fight her after what we just saw?!" Usopp
Luffy thinks a bit then with realization covers his family jewels.
"NO GET AWAY FROM ME!!!" Luffy hides behind Braum.
"So… Um… Anyone else wanna get a punch off? I mean before I go put him out of his misery?" I glance at Dalton and Chopper.
"Even if I want to, Ifeel like if I do anything more, I will be going against my Hippocratic oath by killing him…" Chopper
"I don't want to stain my hands with this scum. Just get it over with so we can advance from this nightmare." Dalton
Observing Wapol, something shines in my eyes. My smithing instincts and knowledge I took from Heph and Durin is screaming at me.
"Alright then… Usopp bring me some tools, I need to take something from him." I glance at Wapol's jaw.
"What do you need it for?" Usopp takes a few tools from his bag.
"A little something~" Lynx
I search Wapol and find a key.
"Here is your payment, doctor. If you want, take Dalton and some men to prepare the farewell gift the Quack left you." I smile at the old bat.
Kureha looks at me and sharpens her eyes.
"How do you know about that?" Kureha
"I don't know~ Maybe the quack has infected me beyond his grave with an unknown disease and told me to get the all-cure from you? We'll be leaving in the morning by the way." I toss the key and walk away with Wapol
"Cheeky ass kid. Just wait till momma here gets a piece of that ass." She says to herself, but I felt shivers as I carried away Wapol.
…
"Welp, time to die!" Arriving at the shore I glance at the sea lightened up by a full moon.
"It's a beautiful night~ Guess it's a good opportunity to be by myself as I off someone personally for the first time. Will I feel anything and if I do, what will I feel?" I look at Wapol.
"Heh, I just hope I'm not empathic like the guy in Crime and Punishment from Dostoevsky." I chuckle a bit nervously.
Raising Wapol-on-a-stick above my head, I plunge him headfirst into the waist deep water.
The cold water seemed to wake him as he started to flail in the water and I use all my power to hold his head beneath the surface.
The flailing intensifies and I continue to hold him down like on a rodeo. Five minutes later the flailing slowly stops.
I hold him for five more minutes to make sure he is dead before pulling him out of the water.
Salvaging the chains, I see his disgusting bloated blue face.
"Heh, I must be an animal… I
I felt sorry before and while I was drowning him, but now I don't feel anything. Just like for a slaughtered animal. Like he is dead so no use regretting, he isn't coming back…" I laugh at myself self-deprecatingly.
"I actually feel bad because I was raised in a civilized world and then feel nothing bad killing someone with my own hands… I am kinda glad." I start to disassemble the special metal off Wapol.
"This world is cruel, you can die the next second in cold blood. This way I can kill an opponent if I have to without fear… And in the process protect my…" A genuine smile forms on my face.
"New friends and family. Haha, seems like my summoning isn't as innocent as I thought. I actually start developing positive feelings for my summons over time, unconditionally. I will have to keep that in mind. If I make someone a temporary summon, I will need to get rid of them quickly, or I will be reluctant to part with them." I pull out the baton, disassemble the jaw, teeth and some other plates littered around his body.
After finishing my work, I gather some logs, stack them on him and throw a Disintigrate on it, starting a bonfire to get rid of his body.
Turning around to leave back to the camp, I see some giant snow rabbits looking like gorillas or bears. They are waiting in a line in wait for me.
"... Really? Now you decide to show up?" I ask the lopuns.
"Waaaaaaa!!!" The lopuns charge at me.
"Fuck youuuu!!!" I grab the baton, metal parts and start running toward the village.
…
"He sure is taking a while. What do you think he is doing to him?" Usopp
"I don't know, doctor Kureha also left with Dalton." Chopper
Only the straw hats are waiting around the campfire as Kureha took Dalton and some other villagers up the mountain.
"I don't care! I didn't get my fight like I was promised!" Luffy is moping around completely annoyed.
*Tampf! Ta-tampf! T-ta-ta-tampf!... *
"Huh, what is that noise? It sounds like a stampede of super sonic ducks." Vivi looks around.
"It's coming from that way!" Braum points at the woods.
Next second they see me running out with a bunch of metal in my arms. Seeing them I yell.
"Luffy! You were sad you didn't get a fight, right?! I brought one for you!!!" I laugh at how I will still get to satisfy our moping captain.
"Really?! Am I fighting you?!" Luffy jumps up in anticipation.
"NOPE! The things coming behind me!!!" Just as I said it, the horde of lopuns exit the forest in hot pursuit.
Seeing them, Luffy's eyes shine.
"MINE! THEY ARE ALL MINE!!!" Luffy uses his arm to launch himself with the gomu gomu rocket past me into the lopuns like a bowling ball.
The lopuns change target and start to brawl with Luffy.
"HAHAHAHAHA!!! THANKS LYNX, THESE GUYS ARE FUN!" Luffy's voice echoes from the snow cloud that formed from their brawl.
I quickly dump all the metal in Chopper's sled and join my guys at the campfire.
"Daddy is back!! How are mommy and auntie?" Annie jumps from Braums lap into mine, cuddling into my chest.
"Heh, of course! How could daddy not do anything for them?" I smile and hug Annie.
"So… How do you feel?" Vivi looks concerned about something.
"I finished the job. I felt bad while doing it but nothing after. But I can honestly say it's good. I don't enjoy it nor will I feel bad if I have to do it again." I reassure her.
"*Siiigh* Would like it more if you felt a bit bad after, but I'm satisfied with that much. " Vivi sighs from relief that her man isn't a bloodthirsty killer.
"But what's all that junk you got? Is it from Wapol?" Usopp looks at me weirdly.
"I couldn't let that lay around. It's some special metal from my smithing senses tingling. I took it off for studying and made a burial." Lynx
Usopp nods while Vivi frowns of me scavenging the dead.
"Well, let's wait for Luffy to finish and return to the ship… We still need to find Zoro on this damn island…" Lynx
"Oh, right… We need to find that idiot too!" Vivi covers her face from feeling frustration of our swordsman's sense of direction.
"Hey Usopp, can you make your exploding stars form firework letters? The sky having the writing 'Free booze' would work wonders on that drunk." Lynx
"Hahaha, wouldn't help. His head is always confused like in a snowstorm." Braum
"Daddy, do I send Tibbers to search for his smell?" Annie
"No, we will also start walking in circles then." Usopp
"Hey Lynx, I think you should make Zoro also into a summon. At least the getting lost problem will be solved." Vivi suggests.
"... Good idea, but I have no free Soul energy anymore for now. Will need to get some more… Wait! Where did this Soul energy come from?!" I feel some more free energy inside.
'This is just enough for a summon!!! Wait, was it because I killed Wapol?! Nothing else really happened!' I am dumbfounded from the realization.
"Um guys…" Lynx
"What is it Lynx?" Vivi looks concerned with my look.
"I think I gained Soul energy from finishing Wapol…" I carefully look at Vivi.
"You…! You mean you can get more of it by killing people off?!" Vivi grabs me and screams into my face.
'Please don't let it be so!!!' Vivi's hope is slightly fading.
"Yes and it's an odd quantity of energy… Meaning that killing some might reward next to nothing while others might reward enough for several summons…" I grab her hand and she squeezes it hard.
"So… You now have a reason to continue taking lives?" Vivi forces out this question.
"Yes, but don't think that I will go on a murder spree! I still have my humanity in me!" I drag her into a hug with me and Annie.
"Heh, don't worry Vivi. He is my best friend, so I will not let him go on the path of bloodshed!" Braum slaps my back.
"Thanks Braum! You really are my best friend." I smile at him and fistbump.
'He… Won't go killing people carelessly to power up? Braum will help to make sure?' Vivi was devastated on the news that I have to kill to get the energy. But until now Lynx hasn't lied to her, at most kept something secret.
'At most he will kill some bad guys… Even if I don't want him to, I can't deny him from growing stronger in this chaotic world.' Vivi
Vivi hugs me back, kisses my cheek before splitting apart. With her hands behind her back, she leans forward with a smile.
"It's okay! Don't worry about me! I still love you and won't stop you from getting more energy… But promise me~ That you won't kill someone without a reason or even innocents." Vivi smiles lovingly at me.
"Heh! You don't have to worry about that. I swear that I'll only kill scum or the ones endangering our family and friends!" Lynx
Holding Annie with my right arm and my left around Braum I smile at Vivi.
"Annie is with daddy!" Annie hugs me tighter around my neck.
"Braum will always be there for you my friends!" Braum picks me up so that I sit on his bicep as he flexes them.
"Hey! I wanna join!" Looking back we see Luffy with a black eye and chapped lips smiling victoriously.
Behind him is a bunch of lopuns lying in the snow with bumps on their heads.
"Come up! There is place for everyone! Hahahahaha! " Braum laughs.
…
"Hey this is fun!" Chopper is sitting on braums head in his small form.
"Ain't it?! Braum is the best man!" Usopp and Luffy are sitting on his left arm.
"Damn your size is always crazy." Vivi is sitting next to me and Annie on the right arm.
"So who is ready to go back to the ship and prepare to leave? Of course after we find Zoro." Lynx
"Let's go then!" Braum
"What about the shield and sled?" Usopp
"I can summon the shield later on the ship. Chopper could you…" I look at the sled and see a duo of baby lopuns sitting in it.
Of course with some safety distance from the baton.
"Hey Chopper can you ask what those two are doing?" Lynx
"Huh? Alright!" Chopper jumps down and asks the lopuns.
They squeak something back.
"They said they are coming with us. Something about being frustrated that Luffy beat them by himself and want to train up. They dislike humans so they took a hit to their pride, that one beat a whole tribe." Chopper translates.
"YAAAAY!!! WE GOT MORE CREWMATES! AND I GOT THEM MYSELF AND NOT LYNX!!!" Luffy yells in delight.
"Dude was it bothering you that much?!" Lynx
"... If this continues we will have to get a second ship because of the quantity of crewmates…" Vivi
"Yes! We will become a fleet!" Luffy
"Guess they joined. Do they have any names?" Lynx
The lopuns squeak something again.
"The buffer one is Buggs and the other is Lola." Chopper
"Wait… ThThey are Buggs and Lola Bunny?" Lynx
The two lopuns poke each other and whisper something before they nod to each other.
"They say they are Lopuns actually but they like the Bunny part so they will keep it as a surname." Chopper
"... I'm now in fucking Looney Toons." I whisper to myself as I facepalm.
…
We return to the ship and retire to sleep. The two bunnies split one going with us guys and the other with the girls.
The only exception is Annie that wants to sleep with me.
…
The next morning we wake up to loud snoring.
"Where did you come from?!" Usopp screams, since Zoro seemed to return late night and just went to sleep in Usopp's hammock… with him still inside!
"Shut up! I'm groggy after making my way back." Zoro somehow found his way back without the need for us to search for him.
Not believing he found his way back, I decide to ask him.
"So where did you go?" Lynx
"Ah I went to meditate in a winter swim. Then I saw a big fish and decided to catch it. Somehow I ended up in the middle of the island. Decided to find a warm place but came in front of a castle. After finding some clothes I decided to find some booze and food, but I ended up back here in the cabin. So I decided to sleep and eat tomorrow." Zoro
"...." Every guy stares at him like he has the luck of a lotto winner but the brain of a disfunctional duck.
*Quack! * Carue seems pissed from reading the atmosphere.
Coming out to see the first days light on a winter morning, I enjoy the sight of slight snowfall.
*Boom!* In the distance some canonfire sound out.
"EVERYONE GET UP FROM YOUR ASSES AND COME ON DECK!!! WE ARE GETTING OUT FAREWELL FROM THE ISLAND!!!" I summon both Durin and Heph.
"What the?! Ah ye summoned me to quickly boy!" Durin
"I was in the middle of a project." Heph puckers her lips.
"Just be quiet and look towards that hill, I will be right back!" I rush towards the girls cabin.
"Hey Mikita~ Can you wake up?" I softly nudge her.
She lethargically opens her eyes and looks at me.
"Hubby~ What is it?" Mikita
"Let me pick you up. You need to see this." I roll her up in a cocoon and carry her out, with all the girls following in confusion.
"Ok, what is going on?" Sanji lights a cigarette.
"You will see~ Just look at that hill!" I point at the hill with the castle on it.
After about a minute cannon fire continuously sounds out.
*Boom boom boom!*
Everyone looks quizzically until the mountain top is shrouded in a pink cloud and all the snow turned pink like cherry blossoms.
The whole island seemed to turn from a winter to a spring island as the giant mountain became a cherry tree and everyone could go flower viewing for the first time in their life.
Only one word can summ it up.
"Beautiful!"
After consideration, I decided to do some character growth so that Lynx personality isn't all over the place.
Enjoy~