As the crew celebrated their finding of One Piece, Nami sat on Lion-chan thinking. She thought about what had happened over the years. She thought of when she had first met him. Luffy.
She knew he was special and unique in some way. It wasn't his devil fruit, it was his ability of giving people something to hope for even when it seemed there was no hope left. He had the gift of making strangers his friends. She thought he was just another dumb untrustworthy pirate in the world, but when he came to her hometown, that all changed completely.
All had seemed lost, but she placed some faith in him. It turned out to be correct, as she stood over the body of Arlong and the ruins of his "empire." She saw his true power that day and became a dedicated crewmember and navigator for him, even though she had beaten him up a couple of times. She began to love him when she fell ill and the crew had to take her to Drum Island. He risked his life and took care of her and Sanji even though it nearly killed him. She witnessed the dedication he had towards his nakama when he declared war against the World Government while they were saving Robin at Enies Lobby.
She saw so many sides of Luffy, his funny side, his dark side, his happy side, his dumb side. She loved them all. After she read of what happened with the War of the Best, she literally broke down, thinking of all the pain Luffy must have went through, losing his brother Ace. When they finally got back together after the 2 years, she comforted him in more ways than one. She looked at the crew, celebrating, eating, and drinking.
She saw the completion of the crew's voyage. Usopp met up again with Brogy and became a great pirate. Zoro defeated Mihawk and became the greatest swordsman, even with only one eye. Sanji got to meet the mermaids of Fishman Island (and nearly died seeing them) and found All Blue. Robin was happy that she finally made true Nakama who would protect her no matter what and got to see the history of the Void Century. Franky became Suuuuper cool and kept the Thousand Sunny well-maintained on their travels through the New World. Brook remained popular as Soul King, yet did not see a single pair of panties and soon he will cross Reverse Mountain to see Laboon. Chopper accepted being unique and found a cure to all diseases except one. It is this disease that had him shut up in his room right now crying, since he couldn't figure out how to beat it and save people from it.
Nami began to sob silently. Tears created tracks on her cheeks, glistening in the moonlight, only a small whimper escaped her lips. The crew noticed this and quickly hushed up. They thought back to only a short year ago. It was a year ago that it happened, but in the minds of the crew, it was so clear it might have happened began to salute to their captain's well-being. Nami tried to follow but it came out as a little hiccup. She gazed down at her swollen belly and rubbed it as a slight, soft, and gentle smile adorned her lips. Even though Chopper could not figure how to revive someone, they did find a way to keep himliving in a way, through his child. Any baby would do, but Nami wished the baby would be a boy.
His name would be Luffy JR.
