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Cool breeze, light skies, pretty blue ocean, and yet there wasn't a single sign of any storks or other wild bird life nearby. It bothered Nami. But not as much as her friends currently were.
"Sanjiiiiii!"
"Nami-Swan~! Robin-Chwan~!" Sanji placed two drinks down in front of the two females. "Your drinks~!"
"SAAnnnjiiii!"
"Thank you, Sanji-Kun." The navigator smiled and took a sip of the drink while Robin gave him a wink and quietly laughed before taking a sip of her own drink.
"SANJI! BRING ME MEAT!" Luffy yelled, staring over at Sanji from his spot on the railing of the Sunny beside Usopp and Chopper. He gave the blonde cook his best pouty face.
"Shut up, you damn rubber bastard!" Sanji bellowed, his teeth becoming fanged out comically. "Just wait a second, I'm serving the beautiful ladies first! You and the other morons can wait!"
"Tch." Zoro snorted. "Typical love cook..."
"What did you say, Marimo?!" Instantly the two were butting heads, growling at each other and throwing insults left and right.
"Usopp, you're it!" Chopper yelled before giggling and scrambling away. The long nosed male grinned and wiggled his fingers.
"The great and powerful Captain Usopp will catch you!" Usopp yelled and faked as if he were going for Chopper but instead tagged an unsuspecting Luffy. He then quickly scurried away and hid behind Robin.
The rubber male pouted and looked around the deck, his arms crossed over his chest. "Naamii!" He suddenly yelled and the navigator sighed, already not liking where this was going. "Come play tag with us!"
"No Luffy, I don't want to." She replied, setting down her newspaper and giving him a half hearted glare. "It's a beautiful day, so I just want to relax. And I don't want to get my dress dirty." She pointed at her pink dress, a dress that was spaghetti strapped, tight near her waist and flowed out at her knees. "Why do you want me to play anyway?"
"Because it's more fun when you play!" Luffy gave her his best pouty face, because he thought no one could resist his pouty face!
"That's not gonna work on me!" Nami yelled, her teeth becoming fanged out comically. Beside her, Robin was quietly chuckling and finishing the rest of her drink.
"Oww!" Franky made his signature "Super" pose and grinned at his fellow pirates. "What a superrr day! But who's turn is it to do the laundry?"
"Wasn't it Brook-San's turn?" Robin asked as her hands separated the still squabbling Sanji and Zoro.
Nami's eyes went wide. "NO! IT'S NOT HIS TURN! IT'S NEVER HIS TURN!"
Brook walked onto the deck of the Sunny and blinked, setting his cane down. "But Nami-San, it would give me the best chance to get a view of your-" Before he could even finish his sentence Nami had kicked him overboard the ship.
"Shut up, you damn pervert!" She yelled, shaking her clenched fist.
"Oh no! Brook!" Chopper clumsily stood up from his hiding spot (behind Nami's chair) and dove in after him.
"Chopperr!" Luffy cried and dove in after the two, though he quickly realized that he was a devil fruit eater and could not swim. "Ahh! Zoro! Help us!" He cried.
"Idiots!" Zoro sweatdropped. They were over halfway through the New World and had faced a lot of foes, made a lot of friends, and learned new things but it seemed as though the Straw Hats hadn't matured THAT much. The former pirate hunter jumped into the ocean, followed by Sanji and Usopp.
"Hey, stupid Marimo!" Sanji yelled as he put Luffy's arm around his shoulder. "You're going the wrong way!"
"Eh?" Zoro stopped swimming and frowned- he was far from the ship. "What are you idiots doing? You tryna get lost?"
"Are you joking?!" Half the crew yelled, slapping the air.
After getting everyone out of the water and after another game of tag, the Straw Hats stood in a circle on the deck with Luffy, Zoro, and Nami in the middle- it was time to get serious.
"Our next destination...is Raftel." Nami seriously stated, looking at her friends. "That's the final island on the Grand Line." Nami couldn't help but get an eerie kind of feeling- this was it. They were finally gonna discover what happened and what the One Piece really was. The tension in the air was thick- thicker than it had been when Usopp had nearly left the crew.
"Everyone needs to be on their guard." Zoro stated, crossing his arms over his chest. "And if anyone is scared- if anyone wants to back out now, then do it already." It was time to get serious.
It was silent for a moment before Sanji spoke up after taking his signature cigarette out of his mouth. "How stupid...if we didn't want to go to Raftel and discover what the Pirate King left there we wouldn't have joined this idiot's crew." He pointed at Luffy and sighed. "With all that we've been through, do you really think we'd back out now?"
"Yeah!" Chopper nodded. "We've been through a lot together! So we're gonna make it to Raftel together...right?"
"That's right. And I'll become Pirate King!" Luffy grinned and laughed.
"I'll become the world's greatest swordsman." Zoro smirked to himself. "One day, we'll fight again..."
"I'll make my map of the world!" Nami bit her lip and clutched the ends of her dress. "I'm almost done, Bellemere-San.."
"Aha, and I'll have become the bravest warrior of the sea!" Usopp yelled, pointing his nose into the air and bravely smiling.
"Your legs are shaking." Zoro deadpanned.
"I'll find the All Blue." Sanji closed his eyes and put the cigarette back between his lips.
"I'll find the cure to everything!" Chopper declared, leaning against Robin's bare legs and sighing happily.
Robin laughed quietly and smoothed out her yellow dress. "I'll find out what happened during the void century." She softly murmured.
"Oww! Superrr!" Franky made his super pose. "The Sunny is my dream ship! A ship that can sail the whole world!"
"And I will finally see Laboon again." Brook murmured, taking off his hat for a moment and staring at the ground before looking at his friends. "But I don't have eyes because I'm a skeleton! Yohohoho! Skull joke!"
"That was expected." Sanji deadpanned.
"Yosh!" Luffy clasped his hands together. "Everyone, get ready to navigate the Sunny! To Raftel we go!"
"Aye!" Everyone called out and the pirates began moving to their positions- but Zoro grabbed Nami and Luffy by their arms and held them back.
"What do ya want, Zoro?" Nami asked, ready to fine him for being a moron but stopped when she saw his serious face. Luffy was also looking more serious than usual- any traces of his usual goofy smile was gone.
"Hey you two. You know what's gonna be waiting for us when we get to Raftel, correct?" Zoro more so stated then asked.
Nami was confused for a moment- did they know something she didn't know? And then it hit her-
Blackbeard.
Blackbeard and his crew were probably well on their way to Raftel as well. And Blackbeard would not be giving up the position of Pirate King to anybody- especially not Luffy. The navigator turned and stared at her captain, wondering what he was thinking in the moment. This man was part of the reason why Ace was gone- he was part of the reason why the Straw Hats had suffered so much and they were gonna fight him and his crew of pirates for the title of Pirate King.
"Zoro..." Nami frowned and looked down. "So he's gonna be there. We'll beat him, won't we?"
"Yeah, I'm sure we'll kick their asses." Zoro eyed Luffy for a moment before speaking again. "But I have this sort of strange feeling. And it only comes about around you two."
"I feel it too." Luffy nodded slowly. "Only around you guys.."
"What are you saying?" Nami bit her lip and stared at both males. The only strange thing she felt was the fact that their journey was about to reach it's highest turning point. "I don't understand."
"Just that the three of us must be on our guards the most- there's something about the way Blackbeard looked at us back in Mock Town that tells me that he has his eyes on the three of us solely. That's what I'm getting at." The swordsman stated.
"Well-"
"Don't worry, Nami." Luffy quietly stated which caught both pirates off guard- since when was Luffy ever so quiet? "He won't hurt you. Either of you. And I won't let him lay a finger on any of my crewmates. Especially not you, Nami." He grinned then. "Shishishi...what kind of Pirate King would I be if I couldn't protect my..." He trailed off then, but neither Zoro or Nami noticed.
The three went their separate ways after that little conversation.
A World Map.
That was her goal. And she had nearly completed it.
Nami pulled on her black tights and sighed. "I wonder what she would think of me now...of me being a pirate..."
"Let me go, let me go!" Eight year old Nami squirmed in Genzo's grasp, tightly clutching the navigation book in her hands.
"You little brat! A bookstore is supposed to have a lot of books! How many times do I have to tell you that stealing is inexcusable?" Genzo gave her a half hearted glare.
Nami stuck out her tongue. "Bleh! My family's poor, I can't help it!"
"Bellemere! Bellemere, come out already!" Genzo pounded on her door. "Your little cat burglar has done it again! Bellemere!"
The door opened and a tall woman with big, blue eyes, and lavender hair styled in a strange mohawk appeared in the doorway. "Jeez, you're noisy. What do you want? Oh." She glanced down at the small orange haired girl. "Welcome home, Nami."
"Yay, I'm home Bellemere!" Nami cheerfully replied.
"You stay quiet!" Genzo sweatdropped. "Bellemere, you need to properly discipline her! Do you have any idea how many times she's done this? You're getting a terrible reputation among townsfolk!"
"Oh what's the big deal?" Bellemere pinched Genzo's cheek. "She's just a little kid. I'm sure you shoplifted once or twice when you were a kid, am I right?"
"Its precisely because of that attitude of yours that she's-"
"Alright, alright." Bellemere cut him off. "Thanks again. You paid for her right? I don't have any money right now, so I'll pay you back next time...with my body~."
"Don't say such idiotic things!" Genzo shouted in reply, his face turning scarlet red.
Nami chuckled as she pulled on her green halter top. "And I wonder how Gen-San is doing back in Cocoyashi...but knowing him he should be doing well."
The navigator slipped on her green sandals and began to tie her long, orange hair into a high ponytail. "Would she be proud of me? Knowing that I'm a pirate and she was a marine? Would she still look at me the same way...?" Nami stared at her mirror in thought.
"Don't worry! Bellemere raised a lot of hell when she was your age too!"
"Really?"
"Its nothing surprising. To us villagers, she's still a hell raiser. But then..she left and came back as a fine marine!"
"A marine?! Bellemere?!"
"Is she watching me right now? Ah..." She grinned and put on a green dotted twist headband- a headband that had a little bow at the top of her head. "I miss you, Bellemere...and I miss Nojiko too.."
PLINK!
BATOOSH!
FLIMP!
"USOPP! WHO ARE THEY?!"
Good grief." Nami muttered. She couldn't concentrate if everyone was making so much noise on the ship. This was Nami's time to work hard on her dream and not laze around the ship. The navigator stood, moving away from the mirror and making her way outside. "Just what are they up to now?"
When she walked out onto the grassy deck that was the Sunny she stood in shock for a moment- there were two people aboard the ship who she had never seen before. That wasn't a big deal though- the real problem was that there was no ship around or anything that could have carried these two people here. So how did they reach them? And who were they?
One woman stood with her hands on her hips and smiling widely. Her light pink hair was in two shoulder length pigtails, and her eyes were a sea foam green color. She wore a floor length, strapless black dress.
Sanji was swooning over her beauty, though everyone else seemed to be more serious.
Beside her, on the ground, was a man with messy red hair and almond shaped blue-grey eyes. He wore a simple black suit with the sleeves pushed up. He looked more serious than the girl. And he was sitting...on Usopp.
"What do you think you're doing, ya bastard?! Where did you idiots come from? Get off of my friend!" Luffy yelled, clenching his fists and eyeing them with distaste.
"Awe, I wanted to have a conversation with you...but you like to get straight to the point don't ya? The woman giggled to herself. "That's very cute! You're a cute one!"
"Tell your friend to get off of Usopp." Zoro gruffly stated, putting his hand onto his swords. "Then maybe we'll consider talking."
"Sorry, no can do!" The woman shrugged. "We're here to do our job."
"Your job? Why did I have to be the first person you choose to do your "job" on?" Usopp groaned, trying to get the man to get off of him- for some reason he felt as if his power was draining.
"Oh but you aren't the first one!" The woman laughed and in an instant she disappeared. Everyone was on guard then- where did she go?
She reappeared behind Zoro and swung her a bat, but the swordsman saw it coming and easily dodged her attack. The woman smirked and nodded. "I knew you guys weren't as dumb as you looked. Well...I guess I should tell you a little information...my name is Nooky."
"I'm Roku." The male sitting on Usopp stated, as if he were in a casual conversation. "And we were sent here to send all of you on a journey. Now-" He moved off of Usopp and avoided Sanji's kick towards him. "There's a lot that we need to explain. But for now...you all need to be separated."
"You aren't gonna separate us!" Luffy cracked his knuckles. "You guys need your asses kicked!"
Luffy was the one who was going to show them how strong his crew were together. Using his Gomu Gomu Fruit he stretched his right leg for a very long straight kick to Roku's face. Luffy finally kicked his leg at Roku, but the most unexpected thing happened- Luffy's foot passed through Roku's stomach.
The whole crew was in shock. How could Luffy's foot have passed through his body?
"Such a ferocious kick. Seems a bit lacking though. You must be holding back." said Roku nonchalantly. He then disappeared and then reappeared behind Chopper. He pulled out a sword and, mind you, the sword was large but didn't seem to be very sharp. He brought it down onto the reindeer, but Chopper was able to quickly get away.
Roku failed to make the Straw Hats grovel for long. The sniper of the group, Usopp, had set smoke dials that created a smokescreen for the whole crew. It was no surprise to Roku when Luffy stretched his arm before and after he pulled it back to knock Roku off the ship the same way he defeated Alvida. His fist passed through Roku's stomach once again.
"Your tricks won't work on me, Straw Hats." Roku said seeing how wrong he was, Chopper's toddler size finally helped him in a fight. The reindeer turned to one of his many forms and was able to poke Roku in the eye. Roku lashed out in anger, kicking the deer towards the other side of the ship.
They had the poor reindeer cornered though, as just when he moved away Nooky appeared and swung her bat hitting him in the face.
Franky was ready to catch Chopper, but he and the whole crew were shocked when Chopper wasn't sent flying back. Instead the reindeer stood still for a moment.
"Sorry to do this to ya, little one." Nooky leaned onto her bat and sighed. "But you have to go on your journey."
Roku wasn't exactly better than the whole Straw Hat crew. He had his pros and cons. But seeing Chopper's innocent face made even the ever so stoic Roku smile a bit.
"My journey.." Chopper muttered. He looked at the crew with wide eyes and held out his arm, reaching for them. "Luff-" He disappeared.
"CHOPPER!" Almost everyone yelled, their eyes going wide with shock.
"You bastards! Where did you take my friend?!" Luffy growled, clenching his fists and glaring at them both.
"On his journey." Roku simply replied.
"That's not a good enough answer." Zoro darkly stated. "Tell us where you took him." He withdrew his swords. "Or else."
"Or else what?" Roku gave Zoro a daring smirk. "Oh I know you're a strong one, Roronoa Zoro, but even you need to be sent on one final journey before you and your friends are off to save the world."
"S-S-Save the world?" Usopp stuttered. "I'm sorry, Mr Roku, but I have this rare disease called I-Can't-Save-The-World-Disease and-"
"Shut up." Roku flatly stated. "You-" He was cut off when Sanji launched a kick, the kick hitting him in his arm. Roku cried out and went down onto one knee, clutching his hurt arm. "Damn...I guess I still feel some amount of pain.."
"Cut the crap." Sanji stated, his fists and a leg raised in the air. "We aren't gonna stop kicking your ass until you tell us where Chopper is."
There was something off about the two people, to Nami. Earlier Luffy's leg passed through Roku's stomach. So why was Sanji able to land a kick on him? Something just wasn't right, and Nami had a terribly strange feeling.
"Aha, I knew it.." Roku chuckled despite the amount of pain he was in- a kick from Sanji, one of his "lighter" kicks, seemed to have possibly broken Roku's arm. "You all are strong. I know that in a fight Nooky and I would lose to you lot. But I suppose play time is over. Nooky. You know what to do."
The female nodded and closed her eyes. She firmly held her bat in her hand and disappeared without a trace.
"Where'd she-" Brook was cut off when he felt a bat land on his back. He stood still for a moment, processing what had happened, and then he disappeared just as Chopper had.
"Brook!" Sanji yelled. "We can't let-" He stopped talking when Nooky appeared before him and gave him an angelic smiling. He stopped all movement and stared at her pretty face- she took that chance to swing her bat and knock him in his stomach. He bent over in pain and held his stomach before he too disappeared.
"Sanji-San!" Robin cried. She closed her eyes and held up her arms, but Nooky was quick to appear behind her. "You're a real beauty! I think I'll follow you around the most!" And with the swing of her bat Robin too disappeared.
"Thunderbolt tempo!" Nami shot a charge of electricity towards Nooky and it went into the woman's hair, causing the ends of it to turn black and fall off while the rest was sticking up. Nooky stood in shock before growling darkly. "You bitch! Now you've gone and done it!"
"Give me back my friends!" Nami stated, slamming down her clima tact and putting a hand onto her hip.
Meanwhile Luffy and Zoro were trying to land hits on Roku without breaking the Sunny, but their attacks went through his body.
"What the hell is he?!" Franky muttered.
"Zoro! Luffy! His weak spots are his eyes and one of his arms!" Usopp yelled frantically. It was then that Nooky appeared behind him.
"Shut your trap, long nose." She growled, preparing to swing her bat. Usopp seemed frozen to the spot- something about the way she stared at him had his feet stuck. He couldn't move. So when she swung her bat down she was able to easily make him disappear.
The only ones left were Zoro, Nami, Luffy, and Franky.
"Luffy! What are you thinking! Why haven't you gone into gear second yet?" Nami cried. "Or third?!"
And then Nooky was in front of Nami, with a sickly sweet smile on her face. "Ah the beautiful navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates. Said to be one of the more weaker members but you managed to grab the attention of not only Shiki the Gold Lion but Raftel's spirits as well. Your journey...it should be interesting to say the least."
"What are you going on about?" Nami narrowed her eyes and stood her ground. Luffy and Zoro were frozen, ready to jump in and save Nami at any time- they couldn't lose her not Nami! "Spirits of Raftel? And how do you know that much information?! What journey are you talking about? Where are my friends?!"
"Heh." Nooky lifted her bat and Zoro and Luffy broke into a sprint, diving for the navigator while Franky watched in shock and awe. "I'll let you see for yourself. And once you've seen some things well..." Her bat hit all three of them and they disappeared with the blink of an eye. "We'll see what you have to say then."
Roku turned to Franky who was visibly shaking in anger. Roku tsked and shook his head. "Your journey, cyborg, lies on this ship. Take care." He and Nooky disappeared, leaving Franky all by himself.
would like to start this note off by saying that this story is being co authored by 4fireking! So he should get half the credit! I didn't write this all on my own!
Moving on, I'm sorry that the fight scene was so bad but we aren't very good at writing fight scenes tbh... Now I know that the beginning seems confusing and all but hopefully s the story progresses you guys will come to understand what's happening and where everyone is.
This particular story will be following Nami's journey- now bare in mind that we won't be always using logic when write some chapters. We might just pull some shit out of our asses. And also know that we're bringing back characters who are supposed to be dead. It's all for the better of the story. Stay with us on this and I hope a lot of people liked this first chapter. Please review!
