Summary: Dedicated to Treestar! A tribute to Treestar and her RUMBLE! story. A look back at everyone's POVs' during the incidents at Water 7, using RUMBLE! as a prequil. Cruddy summary I know... ZoLu... and perhaps some ChopperXRobin.

PLEASE NOTE: I do not own Treestar's RUMBLE! or Chalkdust. I was inspired by her Chalkdust to write this for her because I loved RUMBLE! so much. So Treestar, this one's for you!!

Nami's POV: Memmories and Tears

Nami sat in a plain wooden chair and stared out the Water 7's hotel window. There was no chance of her sleeping, not tonight. After a few minutes she stood up, exasperated, and glanced at the two empty beds in the room. She flopped down on her own bed and yanked the covers over herself, while glaring at the other empty bed in confusion and sadness. Robin's bed remained under heavy scrutiny for what felt like hours before Nami turned her head away.

How could this be happening? How could ANY of this be happening? She threw the covers away suddenly and sat up, only to return her gaze to the window. She had never felt so lost in her entire life.

"First Ussop left, then Robin... What's next...?" Nami's voice died off as tears flowed down her cheeks. She sobbed openly as she curled into a sitting fetal position. All of this caused her to remember the last time she had been this upset.

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The ship lurched forwards suddenly and she was tossed forwards, stumbling in the dark. She could have sworn she heard a squeak come from the being that she held in a vice-like grip. She steadied herself before carefully cracking her hands open just enough to check on the tiny figure within. She held her hands close to her chest and peered into the shield she had created... and she felt her heart shatter.

He clung to her thumb, tears straining down his cheeks as he shook like a leaf in the wind. His eyes were clutched tightly closed and Nami could hear him sobbing.

"It's going to be ok, Luffy," She heard herself say. "It'll be over soon."

Her captain shifted suddenly and Nami knew he had heard her. He stumbled back in her hand, presumably to hide his tears.

"I'm ok," He replied, enforcing his words by rubbing one of his tiny hands against her index finger. "Things are just really heavy right now..."

The ship lurched around again and Nami cupped her hands to her chest as she was thrown forwards. She hit a nearby wall and it took her a moment to regain herself. The instant she could tilt her head without seeing white, Nami lifted Luffy to eye-level.

He was shaking again, worse than before. She laid him flat on the palm of her hand and reached forwards with her index finger, rubbing him in a comforting matter. She stopped when he continued to shake and ignore her presence entirely. Something was wrong.

"Luffy...?" She spoke hesitantly, then carefully rolled him over to get a better look at him. She felt her heart stop beating when she saw his face. Luffy was gasping for air, trying desperately to breathe as his body convulsed, attempting to pull air into his lungs.

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That image of her captain drilled into her mind and she punched a fist into the now drenched pillow. She hadn't understood him then, but she did now. This was what her captain meant when he said, 'Things feel heavy.'

And yet, Luffy had smiled. Through all his pain and emotional turmoil, he had smiled, even laughed with the crew. He had put on such a brave face for them all, comforted them, and even managed to lead everyone in battle and internal struggles. How could one person endure so much? How could he have smiled when he felt so helpless and alone inside?

Nami's sobs began to quell as her head hit the pillow in defeat. She was tired from the day's events, more so from all he energy she had just spent crying. She let the tears fall quietly as she allowed herself to fall into a restless sleep.

Well, what do you guys think? I hope I did justice to this first POV. I will definately write 2 more POV's for this story, but its up to you guys as to if I should do POV's for the ENTIRE crew. I do know for a fact that the last POV is going to be a supirise! Please Review!!