This is a fic I started back in 2009, and am just getting round to finishing it it now, sorry.

I do not own One Piece.

'I can't believe it has been two years!' Nami thought to herself as she left the stores of Grove 30. She now felt it was now time to make her way back to where the crew were to convene, The Thousand Sunny, at Grove 41. 'I wonder how much he's changed?' She thought, with a sad smile upon her lips.

Nami was very nervous about the impending reunion. She'd spent a lot of their time apart wondering how the death of his brother, Ace, had affected Luffy's mindset. She knew, at his core, he would be the same person she'd always known, but Nami feared he wouldn't be quite so carefree as he used to be. Perhaps not quite the same Luffy she had secretly fallen for. Now knowing the bitter pain of losing someone dear, would she be able to see the heartbreak in his eyes? And what would she do if she could? Would she throw her arms around him to console him? The great man she held in such high regard, could she bear to see him broken?

These thoughts had plagued her for so long, but she would soon have an answer.

The symbol for The Straw Hats could now be seen fluttering in the wind. In the moment her eyes caught a glimpse of their flag, the uneasiness in her heart dissipated a little. She picked up her pace, eager to get to there quickly. Nami soon found herself running at full speed towards the ramp that the Rosy Life Riders had left from the shore to the ship.

After scrambling in all haste to get up on deck, once she was there, Nami froze. She was, quite simply, overwhelmed. She looked around the deck of Sunny with teary eyes, and a hand on her heart. For the last two years Nami had felt all sorts of discomfort in her chest. The one that bothered her second most, was one that she could not determine what the cause of it was. With the sound of her fast beating heart ringing in her ears, she ran her fingers along the handrail. 'Homesickness' she thought to herself, and an entirely more potent kind than she had ever felt for cocoyashi.

Nami had momentary forgotten that the rest of the crew could also be on-board. Once she realised, she set out to search the ship for them.

She called out for each member, but received no reply. After checking ever inch, and imagining everyone in their usual spots, Nami was rather sad at being the first to arrive back. The melancholic navigator made her way back to the main deck to await the rest of the crew. In their defence, she had returned to Sabaody a day earlier than what she was supposed to, and had been killing time in the malls up until now. The morning had seemed so long to her that she couldn't bear it any longer, and decided to make her way here.

Nami had been sat on the swing for, what seemed to her, like a good few hours. Finally, she heard the footsteps of someone, and she stood up to see who it was.

There was her captain, striding up the ramp. His straw hat was on its string, hanging behind his head. His unruly hair was kept about an inch longer than the last time she saw him. His facial features seemed more defined, his eyes seemed to smile, and looked focused and proud.

At this point, by simply seeing his face, all of Nami's previous fears had been completely banished, and were quickly being replaced by new thoughts creeping into her mind. Initially, she thought her mind was put to rest by Luffy's smiling face, proving he was as unrelenting as ever, and that fact did comfort her. What settled her more was a thought that equally stirred her. 'The last time I saw Luffy he was still a cute young boy of 17 … Now he is 19. Now he is a man'

Please let me know what you think so far :)