Author Notes: Hey Everybody! This here is an one shot LuffyxNami pairing and it takes place after the Luffy defeats Arlong, my favorite arc of the anime/manga. I hope you read and review.

Arigatou / Thank You

Flashback

"NAMI! YOU ARE MY NAKAMA!" Luffy yelled from atop the now fallen Arlong Park.

Nami looked up at Luffy, who was badly bruised from his fight with Arlong and felt tears sting her eyes, but fought them back while wiping some of the tears from her eyes without dropping the Straw Hat that was placed on her head by Luffy. She nodded and whispered, "Yeah."

End Of Flashback

Nami watched the person who saved her from Arlong eat his filling of food and stuffing it into his mouth. She kept on replaying the image of him saying those four words that probably meant the whole world to her. The Straw Hat was back on Luffy's head and she still could smell Luffy's scent on her head from wearing the Hat, that he gave her. She remembered him saying that the Straw Hat was his treasure and that noone was able to touch it. However, Nami wore it on her head, which made her feel special. Nami wondered if Luffy had any type of interest with the opposite gender.

She stopped at her thought when she saw Luffy looking at her smiling. His smile made her feel like she would collapse. Nami couldn't do anything, but smile at back at him. After he saw her smile he went back to eating whatever was left on the table. Nami stood up and began walking up toward the hill to her home, where she, Nojiko and Bellemere lived before Arlong came. She frowned at the memory of Arlong killing Bellemere and wished it would have never happened. But it did, and there was nothing she could do to change it.

She arrived at the house that she lived in for eight years and smiled at it. She walked past the many tangerine groves that Bellemere and Nojiko worked so hard to grow. She knew she wouldn't stay long since she was going to go on adventures with Luffy and the others. So she took her time admiring the groves and finally she reached Bellemere's house. She opened the door and entered the wooden house. Once inside she looked at the portrait of her, Nojiko and Bellemere from ten years ago and smiled warmly at it. She picked it up and traced the picture with her finger before putting down. She then felt a few tears trail down her face, but she didn't notice as she stared at the picture.

Then she heard his voice, "Nami, why are you crying?" Nami turned around and saw Luffy looking at her from the door with a frown.

"Luffy? What are you doing here?" Nami asked the rubber man as she wiped away the tears.

"Well, I was looking for s type of meat, when I saw you. The when I came here to ask you, I saw you crying." Luffy responded worried about her.

"Oh, it's nothing Luffy, I was just remembering the past." She replied looking back at the picture.

"She must have been really important to you Nami." Luffy spoke staring at he picture.

"Ee, she was. She was the most important person to me. She was also the person who took care of me and Nojiko. She was my mother." Nami told him. She turned her head to look at him and saw a smile on his face.

"Mothers sure are special." Nami stared at luffy in confusion to what he told her.

"What about your mother, Luffy?" Nami asked, she was surprised when she saw the smile turn into a frown. "Luffy?"

"I never knew my mom, my grandpa told me she died while she was giving birth to me." Luffy replied with his eyes covered by his hat.

"I'm sorry." Nami apologized as she frowned.

"Don't be, it must more tougher to see her killed in front of your own eyes. I couldn't even imagine what that must have been, but I know she was someone who could never be replaced." Luffy told her looking up and smiling at her.

Nami smiled back warmly and finally told him, what she wanted to say, "Arigatou Luffy, for everything."

Nami stared at Luffy who was slowly walking toward her, which made her a little nervous. Luffy then did something she never would have suspected, Luffy leaned toward her and placed his lips on her. She looked at Luffy wide eyed before kissing back and wrapping her arms around his neck. He pulled her closer and had his arms around her waist. Luffy then pulled back from the lack of oxygen and told her, "Your Welcome."

Author Notes 2: I'm going to be writing a few of these one shots to get some practice in for the romance part of my other stories, so if you guys have an suggestions please let me know.