Prologue

"Ei!" the orange haired girl shouted as she waved her right hand trying to catch the attention of the raven haired boy. "Oi Luffy!"

"Ah, NAMI! You're here!" the young lad shouted back with a big grin on his face.

The two were really great friends. Each afternoon, the time they would be finished with their own chores and such, they would always meet up by the shore. The two would either play pirates in search of treasure, where Luffy would be the captain and Nami would be the navigator, or talk about one of the dumbest stories they know while eating the oranges Nami had brought.

Luffy ran towards Nami, stretched his arms towards her and gave a peace sign. They both sat down beside each other and let the waves of the ocean wash their feet.

"Ei Nami guess what!" Luffy yelled as he ate an entire orange that Nami had just given him.

"Hmm?" Nami tilted her head wondering what the boy wanted to say. She never knew what he had in mind since the 7yr old boy always blurted out the most unexpected things.

"I'm finally going to be a soldier!" Luffy shouted as he punched the air in front of him. "With Ace and Sabo of course!"

Nami's eyes widened by what Luffy had just said. She knew that the boy had plans on being part of the military. In fact his dad and grandfather were of high rankings in the military! So it wouldn't be a shock if Luffy himself wanted to join.

"Really?!"

"Yeah! Shanks is gonna train us, look he even gave me his really cool hat!" Luffy replied as he pointed at the straw hat rested on top of his hair.

Nami took her attention at the straw hat on top of Luffy's head. She didn't take it to notice at first but when Luffy pointed it out, it did seem a lot like Shanks' straw hat. In fact, Shanks' was the one who's been taking care of Luffy, alongside with Makino, when he's off duty due to Luffy's dad and grandfather being busy. Everyone in the village saw Shanks as a really cool guy who got his morals on the right track, and Luffy always looked up to him.

"Wow! But don't soldiers where helmets you idiot!" Nami replied while giggling.

Luffy flushed red a bit and got a bit ticked off by Nami's remark.

"Y-YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS CAUSE I GOT A COOL HAT AND YOU DON'T!" He shouted as he stood up from his spot pointing his right hand at Nami. "YOU'LL SEE STARTING TOMORROW, I'LL BECOME A REALLY COOL SOLDIER LIKE SHANKS!"

Luffy then took a deep breath and looked straight at Nami waiting for her reply. He knew his friend always had witty rebuttal for everything he has to say, but to his shock, nothing of the sort came out of Nami's lips.

"You're leaving tomorrow?" She asked with a worried look on her face.

Luffy just nodded in reply to what Nami asked.

"Will you come back?" the orange haired girl asked as she bit her lip.

"Hmm." Luffy paused for a bit to think then smiled, "Shishishi, maybe! I'll ask Shanks about it."

Nami then wiped off the gloomy look on her face then smiled in response.

When tomorrow came, Luffy along with Shanks and his older brothers left the village by boat. Nami just stood by the dock watching them leave hoping that it won't be the last time she'll be seeing Luffy.

A/N: Weeew! So this will be my first uh non-one shot fanfic? yeah. I'm really sorry though if the characters might end up being a bit OOC (im working on that) and hopefully I'll be able to finish this despite being busy~~

reviews please D: