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The Dance
Summary: Nami finds a wealthy man is holding a grand ball. She wishes to attend to steal his riches but doesn't wish to be embarrassed by her mostly male crew.
"Iya!" Nami looked at the small poster on the side of the white brick building "A grand ball held by the great Prince Zehn!"
"Nami? Do you know this 'Zehn'?"
"No, but he's a prince Zoro! That means he's loaded!" Zoro sighed as Sanji read the notice.
"AH! Nami-san! I will be glad to accompany you to such a wonderful occasion"
"It doesn't look to fun" Luffy frowned from his place in between Robin and Chopper.
"There will be a full food buffet…for free" Nami read the paper slyly.
"Yosh! When is it?"
"Tonight…AH! We'll never be ready in time! Chopper! Robin? Will you two go find the supplies?"
"Umm…okay" Chopper was confused and Robin just took the list and left with him.
"Will be back later" Nami had figured Robin didn't want to attend and Chopper didn't care either way, and she was perfectly right.
"Okay," she looked at the boys "by tonight you will be perfect, proper, men with a purpose in the cultured world!" She got a crazed look in her eyes as the four remembered what it was like before Robin and Chopper.
"Wait…why do we have to go?" Usopp questioned the Nami-monster bravely.
"Because, If you don't…well just say I know what you do alone…or when your drunk… and Zoro your just a retard anyway.
"…HEY!" his slow reaction time allowed Nami to list everything she had to 'accomplish' by seven tonight.
"Okay, you'll need tuxedos, bathes, dates, dance lessons, and attitude adjustments!" she added the latter when the four tried to escape.
"Heh" Luffy smiled as Nami grabbed them and tied then to the main mast.
"You think this will hold me?" Zoro glared at Nami as she tightened the rope.
"Well you aren't trying to escape" Zoro lightly blushed "I think Zoro actually wants to go!"
"No- I just- I"
"Stay here, escape and know the consequences" The one good thing about Nami doing all the washing and patching, is knowing each size of every crew member's body. She'd memorized all the shapes and sizes which would make it easy to buy them something semi suitable for the ball. She found herself so involved in making her crew acceptable, she completely forgot the treasure. She was determined to get them to have a wonderful time and not look like idiots tonight.
Walking out of the small shop with her dress and the fours' suits she figured she might get them dates (keeping Sanji for herself, tee hee!). 'Where can I find 3 girls without dates if the whole town is going to this ball?'
"Maybe if you didn't dress and ACT like the town bicycle, Is-ri, someone might ask you"
"But now one's asked you yet Kilara!"
"Because I'm evil"
"Hey guys"
"Hi Velrana" the girl named Kilara spoke.
"What's wrong with Is-ri"
"I have no date!"
"…neither do I!" Velrana and Is-ri cried on each other while Kilara looked at Nami with questionable eyes.
"Excuse me…" Nami walked over timidly. "Wanted to know if you girls might go to the ball with my friends who don't have dates"
"Are they freaks?" Is-ri asked blinking away her former anime tears.
"Well…yes but-"
"Perfect" Velrana and Is-ri spoke.
"No"
"NO! Why not Kilara?"
"I'm not going"
"Yes you are!" The two girls turned into evil demons and glared at her.
"Is that supposed to scare me?" Nami was scared but she didn't have time to dilly dally with two idiots and their sane friend. She had her own idiots to deal with.
"Well if she's not going I have to go find another girl"
"Wait! She'll go!"
"…Fine, but I'm his escort not his Date"
"Okay!" Nami figured this saved her from an hour of looking for a new girl. "Would you like to come meet them?"
"YES!" Velrana and Is-ri yelled in delight.
"Let me warn you, they can't dance …yet, but I will teach them"
"We can help" Kilara stood up.
"Actually" Velrana turned her attention to the ground and Is-ri to the sky.
"…I can help"
"Oh good"
"When is Nami going to get back? I'm hungry!"
"The more you complain the hungrier you'll get!" Usopp actually used his lying for good.
"But I'm hungry and bored!"
"Luffy! Shut up! I'm sure Nami-san will be back any minute" Sanji tried to calm the overactive captain.
"If not Luffy will become the great feared Cannibal Captain!" Usopp wiggled to emphasize his point.
"Boys! I'm back!"
"FOOD!" Luffy pulled the rope so tight it was hard for the others to breathe. With his rubber arms he grabbed the bag she held and rummaged in it. "These aren't eatable!" he pulled out the suits.
"Oh Nami-san it's so nice of you to buy these wonderful suits for us!" Sanji went heart eyed and wiggle inhuman like.
"Luffy was going to be the Cannibal Captain!" Usopp tried to chew the ropes away.
"Zzz" Zoro had fallen asleep long ago.
"Girls come up here!" Nami called.
"Girls?" Sanji smiled wildly.
"No, not for you" Nami slapped his hand lightly "You said you would come with me"
"Of Course Nami-swan!" The first two, Velrana and Is-ri, struggled to get up the rope latter while Kilara just jumped up.
"Do they have food?" Luffy asked innocently.
"So cute!" Is-ri ran and began fawning over him.
"I haven't seen beauty like that since…ever" Usopp could only blush as Velrana hugged him for the compliment.
"Zzz- what that sound?" he looked at the 2 girls fawning over the 2 boys and Sanji fawning over Nami. He turned to see a third girl who wasn't even looking at him. 'She's kinda cute with that utterly bored face' "Oi!"
"What do you want faggot?"
"Umm…"
Later Nami was trying to remember some dances she learned from Belle Mere.
"Step…turn…step…dip?"
"Well we'll be here forever" Zoro began to close his eyes when Sanji kicked his head.
"She's doing this for us marimo-head!"
"Like I said" Kilara walked forward grabbing Nami's hand spinning her around a few times then stopping with a dip. She ended her little escapade by dropping Nami.
"Ah!"
"…I can help"
"Umm…" Everyone was confused.
"She teaches dance lessons to men on town"
"I never would have guessed"
"I never would have taken the job if I wasn't broke"