Chapter 15: Remember

                                    

                                          
A white gauze patch stained in crimson, taped under Sanji's right eye, hidden behind his blond locks. That stitched up cut, marked the first time you and Sanji had fought. You came out with deadly wounds and massive loss of blood, that Sanji didn't even inflict. Now your frail body sat in the sick bay lying upon the small bed.
                          
Your blond lover is determined that something was driving or controlling you to do the things you've done. With the Surgeon Of Death backing him up. The Straw Hats began worrying about your future child. You haven't woken up in days, unable to eat, unable to heal.
                          
"I need to know that my pirate will be okay" Sanji sat before your bed. Just staring at your heavily bandaged arm. What happened a few days ago, was a suicide attempt. Why else would someone slit their wrists?
                          
"I have a wild idea. But she needs to be conscious for us to test it out" Law came in the room, patting Sanji on the shoulder. "Unlike you who should be resting"
                          
Sanji stood up with a sigh. "Just promise me you'll watch over her"
                          
After a moment of silence. Law broke down sitting in Sanji's lonely seat. Hating to have Sanji neglect his own needs to make sure you okay. "Sure" Sanji grinned faintly heading off to bed for a while. Falling asleep the second his head hit the pillow. Everyone expected him to be out for the night.
                          
The crew took turns watching over you. Finding it ridiculous but respected Sanji's wish. When it was Zoro's turn, Chopper joined in because he knew Zoro would sleep on the shift. So the swordsman took the spare time he had to polish up his swords.
                          
"Zoro" Chopper whined hiding behind his leg. Scared to find your hand twitching.
                          
"What is it Chopper?" Zoro lifted his steel gray eyes to you. Immediately noticing your twitching just as Chopper feared. It wasn't just your hands. But your face showed fear, tears free falling from your lidded eyes.
                          
"Chopper (Y/n) should be just fine. I think it's a nightmare" Chopper eased up coming out from hiding. Crawling into Zoro's lap.
                          
"It looks like she's having a terrifying one" Chopper coed. Patting your hand comfortingly with his small hooves.
                          
"Yes it does" Zoro found your distressed state very disturbing.
                          
"Sanji!" You cried out. Clutching at the bed sheets with great force.
                          
"Permission to wake her up" Zoro growled.
                          
"Do it!" Chopper cried behind his hooves.
                          
"Sanji!" You wept. Tears streaming down your face like a waterfall. Lights blinding your sight. Body stark naked. Decorated with nearly black bruises and cuts that ran deep.
                          
"Quit calling for that loser"
                          
"He's never coming for a rat like you"
                          
"Sa-"
                          
Whack!
                          
"We told you to keep that mouth shut" your purple cheeks swelled up as the taste of all too familar blood stained your tongue. Flowing out onto the steel examination table beneath you.
                          
"Ichiji! She's a princess. Give her a break"
                          
"Princess? She's a pirate. Pirates are the lowest of the low. Our job isn't done yet"
                          
"But she will be a princess after this. We have to keep her pretty"
                          
"That may be true. But we have a number of requests to fulfil. Not every day you get to gut a devil fruit user"
                          
"What if Shanks finds out about this?"
                          
"He won't. That's why we are wiping her memory after this"
                          
...
                          
"She woke up!" Chopper was crying loudly.
                          
"Not exactly" Zoro picked up Chopper. Backing away from your bed slowly. As you lied there, eyes wide open. Frozen but just barely breathing.
                          
"(Y/n)?" Zoro reapproched your bedside. Making sure Chopper kept his distance.
                          
"What Zoro?" You asked in a quiet quivering voice. Still processing everything that had just happened opening routes within your brain. That had long been forgotten.
                          
"I know that you are long from okay. What just happened in that dream of yours?" Zoro took his seat again. Chopper crawling up in his lap. Thankful to know that you were responding calmly.
                          
"My whole life is a lie" you finally spoke up after countless repeating within your mind.
                          
"What?" Chopper and Zoro asked in unison.
                          
"I'm not a princess. All these years I thought I was..." You made a fist. Raising your stitched arm. "Thank god its out"
                          
"What's out?" Chopper hopped onto the bed. Looking at your wrist closer.
                          
"A sea prism stone embedded into my wrist. It prevented the full potential of my devil fruit and kept my memories locked up" more and more lost memories came to you within the second. All of them were equally important, but you needed word with Sanji and Luffy as soon as possible.
                          
"So that's what Law extracted from you" Zoro dug into his pocket. Taking out a small blue stone the size of a marble. "Before anyone asks. Law nearly passed out coming into contact with this so I kept it"
                          
"Anyways... Thanks." You sat up with help from your reindeer doctor. "I just want to know why my memory was erased. For crying out loud my father's face was erased from my memory." But what happened to my mother? And what does this make me and Luffy?
                          
"We'd like to know the same thing" Zoro put the prism back into his pocket. You took a minute to recollect the last of your lost memory. Staring at your wrist. The silver band around your ring finger caught your interest.
                          
"Where did this come from?" You slid the ring off of your finger with much care. Running your finger over the smooth diamond embedded into the precious metal.
                          
"You don't know?" Zoro looked at you expecting you to know. "That's the ring Sanji planned to propose to you with" you frantically kept switching your gaze from Zoro then the ring and back.
                          
"How sweet of him" you smiled the largest you could. Slipping the ring back on and examining it from upon your finger. "Where is Sanji?" You asked, wanting to appreciate this much more with him by your side.
                          
"Sanji stayed up for days watching over you. He's finally sleeping" Chopper explained nicely with a skip in his step. Hugging the little reindeer much like you did day one of your pirate journey.
                          
"Let him sleep. Cause when he wakes up I won't be his girlfriend anymore" Chopper stared at you dead in the face. About to cry once again. "I'll be his wife" you smiled snuggling into Chopper. Cooling down the tension. But deep down, your heart felt empty. It made you wonder if your father were even still alive at this point and time. 40 isn't exactly old but who knows, he did get himself into risky situations all the time.
                          
Another thing that had bothered you probably the most was the most haziest memory to return. Does Sanji know who those men were in my dream? They referred to Sanji as a loser. Most of all why were they experimenting on me? Was there even a purpose? Why was I stolen from my father? How did I end up a princess with false memories? It all revolves around those men who experimented on me in the first place.
                          
Lots of plot twists came in! Which one surprised you the most?