Hi guys!

I was inspired by a doujinshi of Nami and Law and I just had to write about them. Nami may seem a little OOC but I really wanted to focus on the brave side of her, because let's not forget she never used to depend on anyone before she met Luffy and the crew. So I've focused more on that independent side of her more for now, and I've made her slightly stronger as a character combat wise.

This is my first ever One piece fanfic, and I hope you all enjoy it! :)

Chapter 1: Jewel of Destiny

She was in luck, she thought to herself as she looked through the telescope, focused on a distant ship. She has found the submarine she had been tracking for the past few days, surfaced and anchored for the night, with only a few crew members awake keeping watch. She glanced at her watch as the minute hand reach twelve, and mentally noted her time limit. She lowered her waver from the ship and steered it slowly towards the infamous Heart Pirates submarine. She crept onto the ship with catlike tread, sneaking past the pirates who were playing cards on the deck as a past time of their night duties. She was wearing all black and used the night to camouflage her and her movements, allowing her to reach the entrance to the submarine with much ease.

The corridors inside the submarine was dimly lit, it was much more spacious than she imagined, and much more maze-like than she expected. But she knew exactly where she needed to go and moved swiftly down the corridor without making a sound, before turning right into another corridor. At the end of the corridor was a door, which led to a staircase heading further down into the submarine. The lack of noise around the submarine eases Nami, as it was safe to assume the rest of the crew was fast asleep and completely unaware of her presence, which increase her chances of success, not that she would ever fail. From the information she had gathered, the jewel she was looking for is securely locked inside a safe in a room, and the only way to get to the room was through the Captain's room. She took a deep breath in as she reached for the handle to the Captain's room. As experienced as she was, the task was still relatively risky for her. She was well aware that when a person is asleep, they can detect and be awoken by the smallest of sounds, as it was biologically beneficial for survival towards threats whilst asleep. It would be troublesome for her if the Captain of the ship was to be awakened, especially knowing the stories and reputation this particular Captain has in the pirate world. She could feel slight pressure, as she knew well in the back of her mind that she cannot make a single sound once she enters the room, or else it would not end well for her. She glanced at her watch again, twenty five minutes left, she thought to herself. She steadied her hand and gently pushed the door open into the Captain's room, and slipped through the small gap she had opened, before shutting it quietly behind her. She spotted another door to her left but paused as she heard the Captain stir in his sleep. She studied him for a few moments and began to mentally challenge the authenticity of the stories she has heard of him. He looked so defenceless and peaceful in his sleep, nothing like the cruel villain stories had made out of him to be. She thought herself lucky as she got to catch a glimpse of the notorious pirate in this sweet defenceless state. She almost let out a giggled but instead a small smiled settled on her lips. Although he may look harmless in his sleep, she knew he was nevertheless a powerful pirate, and one mistake could lead to bad consequences for her. She snapped her attention back to the task at hand, and tiptoed towards the other door, whilst listening to the steady breathing of the Heart Pirates Captain.

The final door standing in the way of Nami and the jewel was locked. She fumbled for a bobby pin in her hair and tugged one free from her hair at the back. She picked at the lock skilfully and successfully unlocked it within twenty seconds. Nami tensed as the door unlocked and a loud click was heard through the room, but the breathing of the Captain remained constant. Nami relaxed to the lack of movements in the room and proceed with her plan. She entered the relatively small room and spotted a small safe sitting right in front of her. She knew the star shaped sapphire she had been looking for was locked within the small safe, and it was all within her reach. She was about to crack the safe when she heard a distant sound back in the Captain's room. Adrenaline rushed over her as she picked up the small but fairly heavy safe hastily and crept towards the door leading back to the Captain's room.

She peeked through the gap of the door connecting the two rooms, but nothing looked out of the ordinary. The Captain was still sound asleep although his posture has shifted. Nami glanced at her watch yet again and realised there was not much time left, she had to get out. She moved as agile as a cat and exited the Captain's room and swiftly found her way back to the entrance of the submarine. The pirates who were previously playing cards on deck were no longer there, she quickly scanned the deck but not a single person can be seen out on the deck. Something felt off, but she was close to where she had left her waver, she should be able to get away even if they had realised her presence.

She stepped out onto the ship's deck and quickly leaped onto the rails of the ship with ease. She spotted her waver and was just about to make her grand escape, when suddenly a sword with a very sharp blade rested on her left shoulder, threatening to cut into the cat thief if she was not to stop in her tracks. She tensed at the sudden contact of the cold blade on her shoulder, but relaxed and giggled when she realised who she was dealing with. She shifted her position slightly and looked over her left shoulder where the sword has been resting. Her brown eyes met his golden ones for the very first time. A glint of amusement in her eyes taunted him to glare at her with a menacing aura.

"And I thought you looked rather angelic in your sleep, I guess the stories were right about you being scary" Nami teased, and narrowed her eyes as she recognised a few of his crew mates reappearing on deck.

"Give that back to me and I'll let you go unharmed" Law replied with a harsh tone and eyed the safe she was holding.

Nami let out a small giggle then sighed as she looked up into the night sky. The sky was clear, cloudless and moon took centre stage, as it shone on Nami like a spotlight. Nami turned to look at him once more. "That's hardly a deal and I happen to like this…safe very much, so I don't think I can do that, Trafalgar Law san" she uttered his name in a slow and teasing fashion, wearing his temper thin. His eyes glared harder at the red head and lifted his left hand slowly.

"Then you leave me no choice" Law mumbled in a flat voice "Room", she knew what was coming and was prepared for the attack. His sword swing at her from her left with great force, but she leaped up and gracefully executed a backflip, the attack missed her completely, and she gently landed on both feet at the exact same position she stood on the rail, her long orange locks now untied fell naturally past her shoulders down to her waist.

"I would love to stay and all but there's a storm coming, and since you've been so generous giving this to me" Nami gestured at the safe, "I guess I should tell you that a tornado coming from south east will hit this exact spot in about…" She quickly glanced at her watch "seven minutes, so I would suggest you to order your crew and submerge your ship in the next three minutes unless you want your submarine completely destroyed" She flashed him a winning smile before hopping off the rail and onto her waver. Momentarily distracted by the information she had just told him, Law glanced over in the south east direction but noticed no signs of a tornado. He returned his attention back to Nami and once again began to form his room, determined to catch her, but her waver was rather speedy and had already taken her a few hundred meters away from the submarine. Law tried to focus on expanding his room as fast as he could, but his attention diverted as his crew started causing a commotion.

"Captain! Captain!" Bepo hollered at Law, "There's a tornado heading our way Captain!"

Law turned his head sharply towards the direction Bepo was pointing at, a huge tornado appeared out of nowhere was heading directly towards their submarine. Law cursed under his breath and immediately ordered his men to get inside and submerge the submarine.

When they were safely submerged deep into the sea away from the tornado, Law returned to his quarters. He couldn't help but smirk at his defeat against the cat thief. She was one step ahead, even when thought he had her cornered. He couldn't help but feel impressed by her well executed plan, as he sank back into bed in an attempt to go back to the dreams he had before she interrupted it.

That's it for the first chapter!

I was reading back on it and it kind of really feel like it should be a one shot, but I will be carrying it on with more chapters to come hopefully soon with more LawNa interactions! I will be rewriting Nami's back story soon for this story, to clarify her relationships with existing one piece characters featured in her past. But I probably won't be posting it any time soon, because I want to focus on developing the relationship between Nami and Law first. And if anyone out there who knows of artist(s) who may let me use an appropriate image for this story as the cover art, please let me know and that would be great, and I will definitely credit the artist. Any constructive criticism on my writing is always welcomed, please review and subscribe.

Thanks for reading!