GreenCyberWolf: Alright, everyone welcome to my first One Piece fic and my first multi-chapter fic in… well… a long time. As far as updating goes, hopefully I will be able to do it fairly quickly; nothing is set in stone though, since I do have school and my own life to live.

Luffy: Come on enough with the boring stuff let's get to the story! Shishishi.

GreenCyberWolf: Luffy you don't have to be in such a rush, we have plenty of time for the story, after all I am the all powerful author. I am the one who gets to say when we start.

Luffy: …?

GreenCyberWolf: (sigh) Fine let's just start already.

Disclaimer: One Piece is mine, all mine...(insert random evil laugh)…ok, not really. Dai is my original character though.

Edit: I've re-edited spelling/grammer cause it was really driving me nuts

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Nami's Returning Nightmare
CH . 1
Normal Day…Or Not
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It was a warm sunny day out on the Grand Line. The sun was out, the waves were calm, and a certain rubber captain was currently hanging upside down off the side of his ship as it sailed through the sea. If one happened to look closely at said captain one would notice that a rather thick rope was snaked around his body, his feet being tied to the railing of the lion-headed ship. The crew on board happily went on with their business as usual completely ignoring the screams and pleas of their captain.

The sun was just setting when the door to the dining area opened and a tall blonde haired man stepped out wearing a pink apron, as always he had a lit cigarette in his mouth his short hair covered his left eye completely leaving his right to glare at the near empty deck. I say near empty because after a second look there was just one soul within the cook's sight and it happened to be the one person he disliked most. The blonde glared down on the green haired swordsman peacefully napping against the railing across the grassy deck. The man's three katana were cradled protectively in the crook of his well muscled arms, he snored lightly, oblivious to the glare being sent his way.

"Nami-swan! Robin-chwan!" The cook practically floated toward the doors that led to the women's rooms his one visible eye turning into a heart. Choosing to ignore his sleeping rival he neared the door as it swung open and a black haired woman stepped out. Her tanned skin contrasted nicely with her light blue eyes as a small smile came upon her face. "You called Cook-san?"

The cook fluttered around her in a twirl, "Yes my beautiful Robin-chwan, I have prepared a delicate, succulent meal for you. I have poured all my love into it so that it will be especially delicious to your lovely taste buds." The cook was cut off suddenly from his love speech when a loud voice came from the side of the ship.

"Oi, Sanji, did you say food?" Robin used the distraction to calmly slip away from the love-cook and into the galley. "Hey pull me up Zoro. I'm hungry." This time the unseen voice was directed to the now awake and grumbling swordsman.

Sanji walked over to the side of the ship and glared over the railing at the swaying boy. "You shitty rubber captain. After the mess you made of my Nami-swan's maps this afternoon I ought to leave you there all night."

"But Sanji I'm hungry." The black haired teen whined. His stomach gave out an audible growl as if to reaffirm this fact. Zoro, just shrugged not really caring either way and began to haul the lanky boy back on board. The warm breeze was making his short unruly black hair blow into his equally black eyes. Once upright and unbound from the ropes he straightened his signature red vest and made a dash for the galley door. "Yahoo! FOOD!"

"Hey Luffy what about…" Zoro's voice was lost to the younger boy as the door swung closed. The swordsman shrugged again and started toward the galley also as Sanji made his way to the observation room where the ships navigator was still most likely working. Then from the galley came the loud shout from Luffy. "Hat!" That was all the warning either the swordsman or cook had before the captain burst through the galley door knocking Zoro onto his backside and trampling over Sanji in his race to get his treasured straw hat back.

The ship's navigator was hunched over her desk in the darkening library. Her short orange colored hair covering her face as her dark brown eyes stared blankly at an article in the most recent newspaper the crew had gotten. She didn't hear Sanji call her for dinner nor the ruckus when Luffy was finally freed. So when the rubber boy came barreling through the door screaming her name it was no mystery as to why she had jumped clear out of her chair and landed unceremoniously on the floor. "Luffy you idiot, what are you doing making so much noise?" The irritated girl quickly jumped back up as she noticed Luffy looking around her desk and hastily grabbed the discarded newspaper before Luffy could become curious about it.

"Oh Nami, what were you doing on the floor? That couldn't be very comfortable." Luffy asked as he found what he was looking for and picked his straw hat up off the top of Nami's desk and placed it securely on his head. It was then that he noticed the crumpled up newspaper clutched in his navigator's hand and the uneasy nervous expression on her face. A confused look crossed the boy's features, "Is there something wrong Nami?" His usually light tone turning slightly concerned.

Nami quickly shook her head, "No it's nothing Luffy don't worry about it." She replied giving him a smile as reassurance.

Luffy shrugged, if she didn't want to tell him then that was fine, and when she did want to tell him he would listen. He was distracted from those thoughts as he remembered, "That's right, Sanji has dinner ready. Let's go Nami." The boy broke out into his classic too big for his face grin, he grabbed onto Nami's hand and preceded to drag her down the stairs all the way inside the dining room only letting her go to dive into his seat and dig in to the food already laid out on the table.

Nami was left by the door fighting a blush that had appeared on her cheeks at the young man's touch. She pointedly ignored the curious gazes of the other crew members as she calmly sat down and began to eat also. Robin shared a knowing smile with Franky, the blue haired shipwright as the two oldest members of the Strawhats observed the captain's and navigator's actions. Ussop, the tan skinned sharpshooter rubbed his finger under his overly long nose in confusion and looked across the table to the pirate's youngest member. Chopper, the ship's excellent doctor that just happened to be a reindeer, looked as confused as Ussop. Neither brought it up though for fear of the orange haired girl's wrath as they continued eating. Zoro just grunted not really caring or noticing for that matter. Sanji was in the kitchen with his back turned, luckily for Luffy otherwise the captain would be flattened to the wall.

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In the early hours of the morning all was quite on the Thousand Sunny the crew were all sleeping peacefully, all except for two of its members. Robin, who was on watch this night and Nami tossing restlessly in her sleep a deep frown etched on her face.

XxXx

It had been almost 2 months since the Arlong Pirates took over Nami's small island. The young 10 year old girl was busily working on a map late one night when she heard a light tapping sound. 'What was that?' She paused looking nervously around her small room, 'I guess it was my imagination.' Nami went back to sketching out her map and then she heard it again coming from her window. Slowly she crept over and opened the window pane to see what was making the weird noise.

To the young girl's complete surprise a boy with short unruly light brown hair stepped into the room but he wasn't just any boy he had come from her village. He was just a few inches taller than Nami with deep blue eyes that roamed around the room curiously before coming to rest on the younger girl.

"Dai, what are you doing here?" Nami fearfully asked her 11 year old friend.

Dai offered his younger friend a carefree grin. "What do ya mean, I heard my best friend was kidnapped by a buncha bloodthirsty pirates. As if that wasn't enough I also heard she decided to take the fate of her entire village on her shoulders." The smile disappeared from his face as he took an interest in his shoes. "I also heard 'bout your mom, I'm sorry." After a second Dai raised his eyes to meet her brown ones and a smile crept onto his face at her shocked expression. "Before ya ask, your sis told me all 'bout it, I bugged her till she filled me in on what was really going on. Don't be mad at her. She told me ya wanted it all kept a secret. Thing is, there ain't any secrets between nakama like us right Nami?" The girl's eyes widened at his statement and a true smile showed on her face, her first real smile in 2 months.

"Yeah, of course, no secrets." Nami nodded agreeing with the boy, "But Dai, how did you get in here in the first place? If Arlong catches you…"

The older boy cut her off quickly. "Don't worry 'bout that it took me a whole month and I kinda had to borrow my Dad's tools but I managed to cut a hole in a back corner of the outer wall. Before you get all mad and everything and knock me on the head again it's hidden by a buncha rocks so no one can see it. Besides these jerk pirates don't even have any kinda security, even if they did, you think that would stop me?" Dai puffed out his chest in a mock hero pose. "We've been nakama since we were little I'm not gonna abandon you now."

Nami tried to stifle her giggles at her friend's antics always aware that someone could hear her. Tears started to well up in her brown eyes. She was happy just knowing that there was someone besides her sister who believed in her. The 10 year old girl latched onto the boy's neck giving him a hug causing a pink tinge to color his cheeks. Suddenly the sound of footsteps caused Nami to let go and back away in fear and then the steps passed her door and continued down the hallway.

Dai frowned sadly at the orange haired girl before sighing and moving his eyes to the floor. "Nami, I think I better go before I really do get caught." He looked toward the door again. "I'll visit again soon though. OK?"

Nami nodded also staring at the door making sure the steps wouldn't come back she then looked sadly at Dai again. "Yeah, I guess I'll see you later then?" She asked not being able to keep the tremor out of her voice.

Dai nodded bravely, "You bet Nami, they couldn't keep me outta here for nothin." The brown haired boy started back toward the window but stopped before opening it. He turned to face Nami again. "Hey, Nami, I'm gonna make you a promise. I'm gonna train and get stronger and then I'm gonna slice that half-fish up so that you can get outta here." Nami looked at him quizzically as he grinned in her direction. "You just gotta keep on living too, until I can get strong enough." Dai gave her a big smile, "That way we can be strong together just like your Mom always said." Seeing his younger friend finally smile again Dai's own smile widened and he jumped out the window and was gone.

XxXx

Nami abruptly jolted awake and her eyes shot open as she slowly brought herself into a sitting position. She lifted her hands to her face only to find she was shaking uncontrollably. Closing her eyes she fought against the tears threatening to overflow. 'Where did that dream come from? I haven't thought about him in so long. Please let us just get through here without any trouble.' The cabin felt very cold and almost suffocating as Nami tried to calm herself down. After a few minutes she finally felt her trembling come to a stop.

She sighed allowing the dream to replay through her mind, letting her memories wander down a darker path. Nami lay back in her bed but knew after this sleep would be hard to come by. The orange haired girl continued to lay awake for a few hours. She didn't want to be sucked back into that dream again no matter how much sleep she lost. Nami stayed in bed until she saw the dawn's light peek through the window then she got up and dressed and ready to start the day hopefully it would be better than the one before.

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Alright end of first chapter, yea me! Hope everyone enjoyed, I thrive on reviews, so you know what to do. Next chapter we see a bit more of Nami's past and trouble is getting closer to the Strawhats. See ya next chapter.