One Piece: The Agony of Weakness

Hello everyone. Here is my second story. This one will be longer than the first one and I am being more cautious about the content his time. No need to repeat the problems from the last story.

Anyway, this is another Luffy x Nami romance story based post Timeskip. Enjoy.

-SilverWrath

Discaimer: I do not own One Piece or any of it's characters.

Chapter 1

It was a warm and sunny afternoon in the New World. The ship of the Straw Hat Pirates, the Thousand Sunny, bobbed up and down gently as it waited patiently in the calm waves. It had been a few weeks since the Straw Hats had departed from Fishman Island and they were just becoming familiar with the strange weather in the New World. The whole crew had been on high alert watching for any signs of danger. Today however, they crew had decided to take a short break and anchor off the coast of a small island.

The island they found was barely an island at all. It was more of a group of large rocks that were sticking out of the water. In truth, the Thousand Sunny was larger than most of the rocks, but that didn't matter. The weather was warm and stable. This was the perfect place to rest.

Monkey D. Luffy, the young captain of the Straw Hats, was standing on the grass lawn of his ship. He was gazing off across the sea daydreaming about the adventures that were waiting for him and his crew. This was the greatest sea in the world, with the strongest and most powerful people in it. He wanted to prove himself by conquering all of it and becoming the King of the Pirates.

As Luffy stood there day dreaming, he was snapped back to reality by a loud crash. It sounded like it had come from the shore. He walked over to the railing to see what was going on.

"Gah! Look what you did moss head!" Said Sanji, the smooth talking cook of the ship. He was on shore with a few other members of the crew.

"Hey shut up! It isn't my fault that your stupid grill is falling apart!" Yelled Zoro, the hotheaded swordsman.

"My grill isn't the problem! It's your moss covered brain! I don't know how you even think with that crap on your head!

Sanji and Zoro began arguing and Luffy couldn't help but laugh. Apparently, Sanji was planning on cooking BBQ for dinner that day. He had enlisted Zoro to help him bring his grill onto the shore so he could cook outside.

'Perfect! Sanji's BBQ is the best! I can't wait for my meat!' Luffy thought as the two men on shore began attacking one another. Luffy looked around to find the rest of his crew. The first person he found was Franky, the cyborg shipwright of the crew. He was kicked back leaning against the stairs drinking a bottle of cola. Next to him was the archaeologist of the crew, Robin. She was sitting in a lawn chair reading one of her many books. Her and Franky were talking about something but Luffy couldn't really make it out. He shrugged and scanned the rest of the ship. The sound of music floated onto the ship from the shore where Sanji and Zoro were fighting. There was the musician, the living skeleton Brook, was playing a tune for the two men to fight to. Brook was laughing hysterically as foot met blade. Nearby, begging the two men to stop fighting was the sniper of the crew, Usopp. His words were drowned out by Zoro and Sanji's yelling and Brook's song. Usopp yelled something about not encouraging them to fight but it too was drowned out. Luffy noticed that Chopper, the ship's doctor, was nowhere to be seen. 'Ehh he's probably in the doctor's office.' Luffy thought. 'Chopper has been talking about rearranging all of his medicine stuff for a while now.'

Luffy was so enthralled with observing his crew that he didn't notice the young woman standing next to him. She had finished working on the maps of Fishman's Island and been standing next to him for some time. She was leaning against the railing just watching Luffy with a smile on her face. She was waiting for her absent minded captain to notice her, but clearly that wasn't going to happen. She sighed and slipped her fingers in between his holding his hand gently. This caught Luffy's attention and he looked over at her, the orange haired navigator, Nami.

"I swear you are so scatterbrained you know that?" Nami asked as she stood up and kissed Luffy on the cheek. His face turned bright red from the unexpected kiss. Nami giggled. "You didn't even know I was here." A large grin spread across Luffy's face.

"Of course I did!" He exclaimed turning towards her.

"Oh? And how long was I standing here?" Luffy went silent for a moment trying to think. Nami smiled again and shook her head. "That's okay. I wanted to sneak up on you anyway." Luffy looked confused.

"Why?" He asked innocently. Nami leaned forward and kissed Luffy on the cheek again. After a few seconds she broke away and giggled.

"To do that." Nami said sweetly. Luffy shook his head smiling.

"That wasn't a very good kiss Nami. I want a better one than that." Nami shook her head teasing her captain.

"Oh no. That's all you get for today. I am far too busy to-" Her sentence was cut off by Luffy gently pressing his lips against hers. Nami slowly closed her eyes savoring every second of this kiss. She released Luffy's hand and slid her arms around his neck leaning into the kiss. She loved Luffy and he loved her. He was her captain. 'That's right,' she thought as Luffy wrapped his arms around her waist holding her against him. 'MY captain.'

The two love birds did not go unnoticed. Just about everyone, except Chopper, was looking on and smiling at the pair. Even Sanji, who had begrudgingly accepted their feelings for one another, was smiling. He "loved" Nami the same way he loved every woman he met. But he respected Luffy enough to deal with losing her to him. He wasn't happy, but he still had Robin to swoon over. They knew that the pair had been in love for some time and they were all used to the occasional make out session.

After about a minute, Luffy broke the kiss and let go of Nami.

"Okay. I'm happy now." He said with a big grin. Nami's arms slid down from Luffy's neck and looked into his eyes. She returned his grin with her own smile.

"Good. I'm glad." She realized that her own face had turned red from his kiss. She didn't mind. She pretended to be annoyed. "But that's all. You don't get any more kisses today." She turned around and walked away. "You don't get to steal kisses for free whenever you want." Luffy chuckled.

"Sure Nami, whatever you say. But I know you love it." He said pulling his straw hat off of his head. Nami stopped walking and smiled. She did and she knew it. Luffy could be incredibly sweet and romantic when he wanted to. But he didn't act like that all the time. That was fine with Nami. Frankly, if he WAS like that every time he saw her, she would never be able to get anything done. Most of the time, he treated her just like everyone else: just a friend. And Nami loved that about him more than anything. Luffy's friendship was precious to her, almost as much as their romantic relationship. Above all else, she was the Navigator of the ship. If she was distracted by flirting with Luffy all the time, it could be disastrous for the ship and its crew. She couldn't let that happen.

However, when the ship wasn't moving, she could do whatever she wanted.

"Maybe I do, and maybe I don't." She said with a shy smirk on her face. "I'm not telling you." Luffy laughed.

"That's fine." He extended his arm and planted his hat firmly on her head. "You don't have to." Nami turned around in time to see him flash her a large grin and he jump off the side of the ship landing on shore. Her hand rose to the hat now placed on her head. Luffy's straw hat. His most precious possession. Nami knew that no one else in the crew was allowed to wear Luffy's iconic hat. Whenever he put it on her head, she made sure to flaunt it like it was the latest fashion accessory. She wasn't sure if anyone was jealous or not, but she did it anyway. Feeling that simple hat on her head made her feel so safe and happy. She walked back to the railing to watch Luffy harass Sanji.

"SANJI! I WANT MEAT! IM HUNGRY!" Luffy yelled as he ran towards the cook who had begun picking up the pieces of his grill. Sanji glanced at Luffy.

"I would have it done already if SOMEONE HADN'T DROPPED MY GRILL." He yelled in Zoro's direction.

"What you want to go again Eye Brows?!" Said Zoro as he drew one of his swords. I'll kick your ass as many times as you want! Bring it on!" Just as the two were about to fight again a voice floated down from the Sunny.

"Sanji. Could you please get dinner started?" Nami called in the sweetest voice possible. She was leaning over the railing where her and Luffy were before. "I'm getting hungry." Sanji, now completely ignoring the growling swordsman, spun over to the where his grill pieces were sitting.

"As you wish Nami-swan!" The cook said with hearts in his eyes. "Oi you two!" He pointed at Brooke and Usopp. "Stop standing there and help me get this thing set back up. Nami can't wait forever!" As the three men picked up the grill and began getting it ready, Luffy glanced up to the deck where Nami was still leaning. He smiled at her and she winked at him. Nami stood back up and walked out of his view. With a grin on his face Luffy rushed over to find out how long he had to wait until dinner was ready.

The crew decided to eat on top of the tallest rock they could find Unfortunately, the top of the rock was not flat enough for the entire crew to sit comfortably. This problem was quickly fixed by Zoro who cut off the top of the rock. The crew began setting up a picnic style BBQ on the top of the recently sliced rock. Once everything was ready they all went up to eat. To everyone's surprise, Luffy and Nami did not sit next to each other as they usually did. Instead, Luffy sat by Usopp, Franky, Sanji and Chopper listening to Usopp talk about fighting a giant rock monster that, when he killed it, became this small island. Nami, still sporting the straw hat, decided to let him have some guy time and took a seat by Robin and Zoro. As she sat down, she noticed Robin and Zoro looking at her with concerned looks on their faces. Nami decided to confront them.

"What? Am I not allowed to sit on this side of the table?" A sense of realization came over Nami and she got a sly grin on her face. She had suspected those two of having something, but she hadn't seen them together too often "Aww am I interrupting something?" Zoro's face turned red and he turned away to look in the opposite direction. Robin laughed.

"No no don't worry about that Miss Navigator. I am more concerned about you." Zoro made a sound still facing the other direction.

"Yeah, shouldn't you be clinging to Luffy?" Nami spun around and punched Zoro in the back of the head. "Ouch! Hey that hurt!"

"I do not cling jackass." Nami snapped. She turned back to Robin. "There's nothing to worry about. He's listening to Usopp. I figure I can't take up all of his time." Zoro made another noise.

"Clingy." Muttered Zoro quietly. Not quietly enough as he was punched again by Nami.

"Watch your mouth Zoro. Next time I'll kick your ass off this rock and you can swim to the next island. I am not clingy." She growled angrily. Her anger subsided as she realized felt the straw hat get pulled off of her head and she realized someone was standing next to her.

"Clingy? Who's that? He sure has a funny name." Luffy chuckled as he plopped down next to Nami straw hat in hand. Her face immediately turned red as she heard his voice. She hadn't expected Luffy to leave Usopp and the others guys to come sit with her. Seeing Nami's reaction, Robin quickly spoke up.

"No one Captain. It's a term for someone who spends too much time with someone else." Robin snickered as Nami shot her an annoyed glance. Luffy thought about this for a moment.

"Oh I see." Luffy placed his hat back on his head. "So Zoro is clingy to you?" Robins face turned even redder than Zoro's and Nami laughed. Even Zoro had to laugh. "Hey what's so funny?" Luffy asked a bit annoyed. Nami snatched his hat back and set it back on her head. She grabbed Luffy's arm and pulled him closer to her. She laid her cheek on his shoulder with a big smile on her face. The innocence behind that question was absolutely adorable and she loved it.

"Nothing Luffy nevermind." Nami said with a giggle. Luffy still had a confused look on his face.

"Nami?" She lifted her head looked up at him. "If that's what clingy means, am I clingy?" Nami got a slightly annoyed look on her face and sighed as he continued speaking. "I mean, I like to be near you a lot and I am just wondering if-" Nami stole Luffy's trick from earlier and cut him off mid-sentence with a short kiss.

"Shush. No you're not clingy." She smiled at him. "You are only clingy if I don't want you to be around and I love being around you. " She laid her head back on his shoulder. "Now stop asking stupid questions like that." Luffy smiled and snatched his hat back from her again. He then laid his head on hers. After a few moments, Luffy had an idea. He stood up, much to Nami's disappointment. "Hey, what are you doing?" she asked confused.

"I have an idea just trust me." She trusted him so she didn't object. He scooped her up in his arms and walked over to the edge of the rock facing the setting sun. He sat her down gently and sat down next to her. Their legs hanging over the edge of the rock, Luffy took his original position with her head on his shoulder and his head on her head. The pair sat their watching the sunset together completely ignoring the smiling glances of their friends. They sat there in silence for what seemed like hours.

All of a sudden something large and metal pushed down on Luffy's head. "Hey hey hey hey what the?" He looked up to see Franky looking down at them.

"Hey lovebirds," He said. "We should probably be heading back to the Sunny. Everything is put away and it's getting dark. Plus you're on watch tonight Luffy." Nami and Luffy nodded and stood up, still holding hands.

"Right let's go" Luffy said as everyone started walking back to the Sunny. Luffy and Nami's hands never broke apart until they got back to the Sunny. Nami decided to steal one last kiss before she disappeared into the woman's dormitory. Luffy vowed to get her back in the morning and he wandered away. He walked out onto deck and jumped onto his favorite seat on top of the Lion figurehead. It was his turn to keep watch while everyone else went to bed. He sat down on the lion head and listened to a commotion coming from the men's dormitory. He laughed as the sounds died down and very fell sleep. Silence enveloped the ship and Luffy leaned back to listen to the sound of waves breaking against the hull.

The Navy scientist looked at the vial of light blue liquid in front of him. He turned to his colleague who was talking into the transponder snail. After a few moments of listening to the conversation, he watched his colleague hang up the receiver.

"So this is it?" Asked the first scientist.

"Yeah. We just got our order from Navy Headquarters. This is the stuff we need to test. A side effect of Dr. Vegapunk's most recent experiment." The second scientist said. The two men looked at the light blue liquid for a moment before the first scientist spoke up.

"The doctor said he considers it a poison, a very dangerous poison. Apparently, when Fleet Admiral Akainu heard about this discovery, he wanted it mass produced. But the doctor would only provide one vial of it." The first scientist picked up the vial and turned towards the second. "And the Fleet Admiral wants this tested right away?" The second scientist nodded.

"He wants it and its effect on live subjects documented immediately. Unfortunately The Doctor would not test it on live subjects. Something about being unethical and unstable. However, if this stuff does what Dr. Vegapunk said it would, then this will be a game changing weapon in the battle against pirates with devil fruit powers. Even most the 4 emperors wouldn't be able to stand against this.

"In that case, we should begin the process immediately. Is our prisoner here from Impel Down?" The first scientist called to the guards by the door.

"Yes Sir. He arrived this morning. We can bring him in whenever you want." The guard saluted.

"Excellent." The second scientist snickered. "Then we can administer the poison whenever we wish." The first scientist nodded in agreement. The second scientist continued speaking.

"We only have enough of the poison for one test. The Fleet Admiral has already chosen his first target. He already has ships out scouting trying to find it. He wants this stuff ready in 3 days "

"Already?!" Exclaimed the first scientist. "We don't even know if this stuff is stable. Who's the target?" The second scientist gave an evil smirk.

"Why, none other than a member of the infamous Straw Hat Pirates…"

End Chapter 1