Mikan and Strawhat one-shots

The bet

"Oh wonderful Goddess of the seas I enjoy your beauty so, please do become my wife that I may bask in it for eternity!" one of her many admirers yelled out loud

"of course not," a second man yelled "She will pick me as her beloved husband!"

"No!" another yelled, "she will be mine!"

"What why would a pretty lady like her go for someone like you!"

"What was that!"

Nami squealed out of joy as the three men started to fight over her. How could she not when these three fine men risked their safety in hopes of asking her hand in marriage. She melted completely as the trio fought at their best to win the wonderful woman. And of course she would gladly accept the eternal bond the winner would offer. Well that's what those three idiots thought they saw happening…..

Like hell she would! "What is with these men" she could only think. Sure she was cute, and in the two years on Weatharia her hair had grown into a more beautiful style and her body had grown more sexy and feminine but that was no excuse to think they could just up and take her to be their wife! "I get a say in that" she thought as a rather dark aura started to emit from her. "these guys have a lot of nerve going about such things like that so easily" Besides they didn't want her, they wanted what she was carrying. The perverts had only one goal with her, they only wanted her for one reason and she knew it. She was disgusted by these types of men who faked their chivalry just to try and get in her pants. They were worse than Sanji! Sure he was a pervert himself but at least he respected her and her wishes. Overall he was a good person when he wasn't drooling over her or some other pretty lady. These guys were nothing but a bunch of thugs finding themselves all that and that therefore they deserved all that.

But she wasn't with these guys to try and find herself a man. No the only reason these guys were allowed around her was because she could score some free drinks out of them and the possible location of some treasure. she was far too young to get married and settle down. All she wanted now was set sail in the Thousand Sunny and go to whatever adventure it took them. To go with her nakama towards any danger and any enemy, face it head on and come out victorious. She would get scared, no doubt and no doubt they would be there for her. He would be there for her. He would comfort her and say there was nothing to fear, that they would always protect each other no matter what. And even if it didn't seem that way, even if all hope seemed lost. When despair enveloped her to a point where tears stung her eyes and she just wished that she could wake up from a nightmare, at that point she would feel his straw hat being gently placed on her head. The goofy grin he usually wore would be gone and his eyes would be full of fire and determination. Eyes set on victory, no matter how much pain he had to endure to ensure it, all to protect those precious to him. Looking up at him as he would be at that moment, she would feel safe, her fears would just vanish and she would believe they would all get out of that situation. No, she would know they would get out of it. They would defy all logical responses and show their enemy's no fear in battle. And as the smoke from the final attack would clear he would be standing on his feet, blood oozing out of his wounds, his enemy unconscious. He would let out a long and deafening cry of victory that seemed to vibrate all throughout his body, that magnificent body that looked like it was carved out of chiseled rock. His muscles pulsing with every breath. Sweat rolling down those rock hard abs on which you could grind cheese if you so wishe-

"what. the. HELL!" She screamed in her mind. Her face flushed dark color of red "where did that come from?!" Truth be told this wasn't the first time she thought of her captain, but never in such a physical way. "It's probably the booze talking" she muttered trying to convince herself "Yes, yes that has to be it, after all there's no way I'd think about him like that otherwise."

"yes It's my victory" one of the three men yelled "I get the pretty lady!" he grinned like an idiot, and for a second it reminded her of Luffy. But she shook the feeling when she remembered what this guy was after. "Now come my darling, let us go and ge-"

"No" she said coldly. "I'm not coming with you."

"Now now my goddess" he tried with a fake smile "we were getting along so well just before, I really think you should reconsider." He held a dagger in the palm of his hand and tried to appear threatening to the orange haired girl. She could see his nice behavior really had been an act.

"No" she said again "I feel flattered by your offer, and you were nice enough to buy me some liquor, but I'm not the least bit interested in you."

"Why you, how dare you reject me!" All of the nice behavior suddenly vanished from him and the man before her was now actually acting like a crook. He held out the dagger and pointed it towards her in an even more over the top way then before. As she inspected the blade she saw that it was actually well crafted and looked like it was worth a few thousand beli's. At the top of the hilt she saw a little jolly roger engraved.

He noticed that she inspected the sharp metal in his hands. To his surprise he couldn't detect a hint of fear in her eyes as she looked at it. Most people he encountered like this would be terrified at the sight of a weapon being practically shoved under their noses. "You know what I don't care" he said trying to regain his composure "You're going with me whether you like it or not! Now come along lit-"

"You a pirate?" she asked abruptly

"Y-yes I am" he said a bit thrown off by the young woman "Listen up girly, I'm a big shot Rookie with a 88 million beli bounty, the great captain Heso! Now that you know who is standing before you, you should know that resisting is futile!" he tried as intimidating as possible. "thousands of islands have suffered my wrath, and millions hav-"

Nami only giggled at the fact that someone would actually name their child "bellybutton"

"You little bitch" he seethed, placing one hand roughly on her shoulder and bringing the knife to her throat. "either you come with me or I'll gut you right here and now."

Nami's eyes widened in shock as she cursed her own stupidity. She had been too careless in this situation. The man before her was stronger than she had thought, judging by the force he put out on her shoulder his strength was definitely superhuman. The dagger that now slightly stung against her throat prevented her from putting her clima-tact together and attack him or just pound this guy's face in. She was in a nasty predicament. Her only chance was using her own physical strength to push the man away. But taking this man's power into account her chances of succeeding at that were slim. She gasped when the man took his hand from her shoulder and stretched it out in an attempt grope her breast. "Can't I do anything?" she thought

"Gomu gomu no….."

"you won't receive any mercy from me, Girly" he said with an evil grin appearing on his face.

"This can't be happening" she thought as she started to panic. "Come on Nami, think of some-"

"Pistol!" a voice bellowed from the door.

Before anyone could react to the sudden voice a fist flew through the bar and connected with Heso's face, sending him flying into a nearby wall. He didn't move anymore, being knocked out cold.

The sudden "happening" caused Nami to lose her balance. She fell from her chair letting out a loud "Kyaaaaaaah!" along the way. Closing her eyes she awaited the impact with the floor. Only it never came. Instead of pain coursing through her body she stopped half-way through her fall and she felt a gentle warmth envelop her, followed by a concerned voice calling her name.

"Nami"

As she opened her eyes towards the gentle voice they widened once again. There she was, on her knees in that bar. A pair of arms wrapped around her waist, holding her in a tight embrace with her captain. At that moment a hundred things went through her mind. His eyes staring into hers. Her cheeks flushing a bright color of red. His shirt that felt surprisingly soft against her skin. Her body pressing against his well toned muscles. His usual grin was gone from his face, and it was replaced by a concerning look. "Nami" he called again, calling her back to his senses. Her cheeks flaring as she looked up to meet his eyes. "Are you alright?"

"Y-y-yeah I'm fine, thanks" She tried as serious as possible.

"I'm glad you're alright, Nami" he said never taking his eyes off her.

They sat there while in silence completely lost in each other's gaze. "He's always there for me" she thought "always saving me, even when I push him away. He truly is an amazing g-WILL YOU STOP IT?! This is no time to be drooling over him! Wait what?" She snapped back from her thoughts when she noticed he was still looking intently at her.

"W-what?" she asked him her face becoming crimson.

His expression hardened before turning his face away from her. "Nothing" he said calmly. Nami looked at him a bit surprised, swearing she could see a slight pinkish taint on his cheeks. "was he…?" she thought "No that's ridiculous, Luffy's was Luffy, and his brain didn't take anything else in then meat and adventure, so why would that change now?" Her eyes drooped a bit at that last thought.

"Oi" a new voice called breaking the awkward silence between captain and navigator. "Don't you want to collect your prize?" The voice belonged to a rather slim man holding a bunch of papers in his left hand. The man only received a confused look from both straw-hats "This guy is a pirate right? He's probably got a bounty or something on his head." he continued "I just picked up some wanted posters while I was looking my next job, maybe he's on one of these."He said while looking at said papers "Yeah here he is. Heso the boaster, a rookie pirate with a bounty of e-e-eighty-eight m-m-million?!" he yelled distraught.

Nami had to suppress a squeal coming from her mouth when hearing the amount of cash she just earned. Luffy only grinned as a smile curved on her lips and her eyes were replaced by beli signs. "To encounter such a high bounty in a place like this, you turtledoves sure are lucky." The man said with a smile earning gasps from both navigator and captain.

"We're not turtledoves!" They both yelled with flushed faces. It was only after a few seconds that Nami realized they we're still enveloped in their tight embrace. "L-l-let me go, you idiot" she yelled as she shoved him aside. Her face blushed crimson again.

"Yeah…. Right" the entire bar thought while sweat dropping.

"Anyway…. there's a marine base just on the other side of the island, so if you hurry you could still collect your money before the end of the day"

Nami's enthusiasm disappeared a quickly as it came. For a moment she had forgotten that they where wanted people themselves and barging into a marine base wouldn't be the smartest of things to do.

"Oi Nami" Luffy called "we can't turn this guy in can we?"

"No… no we can't." she thought. "this is just torture, that much money and not a thing to do with it. However… " She got an idea "maybe this way I can still make a little profit out of it"

"maybe we can strike a deal, mister barkeeper" she said completely ignoring the captain "we aren't really interested in being associated with bounty hunters, and your bar appears to be in need of some repairs." Pointing at the pirate that was still unconscious. "So if we give you that bounty over there it would surely cover the damages caused."

"Hmm…." The man retorted. he seemed in deep thought. Then his expression hardened and he furrowed his brows. "While that is true I know that you won't give me that amount of money just like that. So what's the catch to this "generosity"?

"Oh not much" she retorted "just that the both of us can eat and drink for free here tonight"

"hmm…" he seemed in deep thought again. That was a great deal for him. He would get handed eighty-eight million beli and in return he only had to feed two people for one night. It was almost too good to be true. Sure the woman had drank a lot this evening, and even though many of the drinks she bought were paid for by other men, her tab for this one evening was huge. However the pirate they would give him would be more than enough to pay her tab, fix the damages caused and still he would save at least 50 million. And he didn't worry about the woman's future expenses for the evening, keeping in mind that she had drunk A LOT.

His gaze shifted to the young man standing next to her who was now picking his nose with a blank expression on his face. The boy looked hungry, as if he hadn't eaten in days. He was a tad scrawny, or even a bit skinny. However he couldn't oversee the man's muscular appearance. Broad shoulders, strong muscles and a giant X shaped scar on his chest that was showing trough his open vest. However something told the bartender that this man wasn't as big a alcoholic as his female companion. So he probably wasn't going to drink that much this evening. He did worry about the food since that boy seemed like quite the eater. Yet something seemed very off about this. Well he did always like taking risks, so why stop now?

"very well" he said "you have yourselves a deal"

A sly grin crept up Nami's face as the man accepted the proposal. "Good" she just said "Luffy?"

"Ah?" the captain replied.

"Go order yourself some food. Its free anyway. Eat as much as you like, just for tonight" she smiled sweetly at him.

His eyes widened at the "as much as you like" part. He couldn't believe it, he was going to eat as much as he wanted and it wouldn't cost him a dime. Not that he cared that much about money, but Nami would always get pissed at him if he spent too much of it. He didn't like it when Nami was angry with him, it always gave him a weird feeling. Not to mention that her beatings had become much more severe after those two years apart. It was almost like Gramps himself had taught her how to hit him as hard and as painful as possible. But now she had made it so that he could eat as much as he wanted and it just so happened he was very hungry. Joy overcame him and before he knew it he had leapt on to the orange haired navigator and pulled her in a hug once again.

"L-luffy!" she gasped at his sudden movement but then started to blush as she realized he had wrapped his arms around her waist and was now hugging her. However surprise quickly made room for irritation "What are you doing Luffy?!"

That same pinkish taint appeared on his face again as he too realized what he had done. He decided that while he was this far he might as well be honest. "Thank you Nami" Also if she knew he was lying she would probably stomp his face in for this. "Thank you for always looking after me like that, I would never have made it this far without you" It was a bit cheesy, but it wasn't a lie. She was always taking care of him and the rest of the crew from the first day they had set sail in the Merry-go. And with his navigation skills he probably would have sailed past the grand- line if that were even possible. He would probably still be stuck in East-blue if she hadn't joined them.

Nami's face turned crimson at his sudden appreciation of her hard work on board of the Sunny-go. He never complimented her like that. "O-o-ofcourse you wouldn't have" she managed to mutter out, finding it extremely hard to form a proper sentence all of a sudden.. "B-b-but t-that's just because you're an idiot." She said with a bit of a huff. She felt really weird because of his praising. Her stomach felt like it was tied in a knot of some sort and gave her a queasy feeling while her heart was pounding extremely hard in her chest. And had It suddenly gotten warmer in the bar?

"Shishishi, I guess I am" he retorted with a snicker. Nami gasped slightly at his response. He then broke away from the hug. "well I'm going to get some food now, see you later" but just before he walked away he whispered with a wide grin "Oi Nami, your face is all red, you aren't getting sick again are you?" Nami gasped again over the fact that he had noticed her flushed face, while he just walked away laughing.

"So he's enjoying this huh? The little perv, thinking he can grab me whenever he pleases" She thought with a huff. "I'll show him, just he wait"

"Just a second Luffy" she called sweetly while sitting down again "How about we have a little contest now?"

"Eeeeh I don't wanna, I'm hungry" he said with a pout "I wanna eat"

"He could always eat later" she thought

"Sit down" she demanded. The sweet aura around her had vanished and had been replaced by a dark demonic presence that made the nineteen year-old shiver.

"H-hai"

"good" she said as he sat down in the seat directly facing her "now if we're going to have a contest it might as well be interesting…"

"What did you have in mind" he pouted, only thinking about all the delicious meat he could be eating at the moment. She only giggled at his childish behavior.

"We're going to make a little bet" She said with a malicious grin plastered to her face "If I win you won't eat meat for a month and all the money we save with it is mine, okay?" she grinned wider thinking she had both earned some money and made him pay for his idiocy both at once.

His jaw dropped to the floor. "N-n-no meat, f-f-for a month?! Oi Nami I can't, I'll die if I don't eat!"

"You won't die idiot, you can still eat just no meat for thirty days. Now hurry up and let's get started." Her patience began to wear out.

"Oi, don't I get a say in this?"

"No, you don't" she seethed as her demonic aura resurfaced. It earned her a muffled "stingy" from the boy facing her. She signaled the barkeeper to get their order. "Now we're going to have a drinking contest, now do I need to explain the rules? First off we both-"

"I know how to drink, I'm not stupid." He interrupted. "and by the way what do I get when I win?"

"overconfident as always" she thought. Fighting wasn't her strong point, but when it came to booze she was near invincible. Even the-mighty-alcohol-for-blood-drinking-master Zoro, as Usopp liked to call him during drinks, was no match for her on that territory. So if she could beat one of the three monsters of their crew at it, a second shouldn't be a problem. He didn't stand a chance against her. "Anything you want" she brushed him off.

"Anything~?" he asked with a drip of drool hanging out of his mouth. "Yosh If I win I want-"

"Any one thing" she corrected herself. She mentally slapped herself for the mistake she almost made. Knowing Luffy he would just want to spend the entire food budget on pieces meat, if not more.

"Yosh you have a deal Nami"

"well then we'll have the strongest drink you sell, mister barkeeper" she smiled.

"Hmm…." The bartender once again seemed in deep thought.

"You do that with everything?" Nami said slapping the air.

.oOo.

The captain's gaze never left the navigator as their drinks we're poured in a pair of fresh mugs. Nami noticed him staring at her and shifted a bit uneasy at his weird behavior. He had been like this the entire evening, so sweet and yet so strange towards her, he made her feel weird inside and she didn't know why. It started to annoy the hell out of her.

As the bartender handed Luffy his drink he eyed it with a nauseous expression on his face. He had drunk a lot of things, alcohol included but never anything like this. It had a weird smell and seemed to emit death of some sort. As if his body would be ripped apart by this strange drink if he even took a tiny sip of it. "mystery drink" he thought.

When Nami received hers she cocked an eyebrow at the strange liquid. She also had never seen anything like this. It's strange color and smell made it look more like a poison. But she wasn't one to question the habits of the New World. Since day one they had arrived here everything had been extreme and over the top. This "final destination" as the bartender called it would just be another example of that. "New ocean, new drinks" so she thought. "Well then captain let's get started" she said signaling him to start.

Luffy cocked an eyebrow at his navigator before shifting his gaze at his drink, and then back to her. "Ladies first" he said with a sly smirk that send a shiver down her spine.

"Oh, so all of a sudden you do know manors?" she huffed. "A true gentleman would test if the waters are safe you know" She pointed at the drink.

"But you know I'm not a gentleman Nami, I'm a pirate" he grinned.

"Still wouldn't kill you to show some chivalry" she huffed again before puffing her cheeks at him.

He chuckled at her childish behavior. She looked surprisingly cute. "Tell you what, we'll both gulp it down at the count of three alright?"

"Fine whatever"

"One.. two… three" they both announced before gulping the mystery drink down in one go.

As Nami swallowed the strange liquid she immediately regretted having asked for the strongest the bar had to offer. She was experiencing something she hadn't in a very long time. A bitter taste filled her mouth seconds after the alcohol left her mouth, followed by a slight nauseous feeling. Her throat was burning because of the liquid and she felt herself become light headed. Strong drinks in New World sure were… well strong. She cursed under her breath as she was already slightly tipsy from the other drinks she had consumed earlier. But She refused to give in to the slight irritations while the captain was still watching. She wouldn't show him weakness at this moment.

Luffy wasn't off much better as the navigator. He struggled to hold in a cough caused by the drink. His throat felt like it was on fire and his head buckled slightly from left to right. He wouldn't give in to it tough, he wouldn't seem weak, not before his navigator. "Easy enough" he managed to bring out.

"Ah indeed" She groaned out. "How could he be so relaxed after something like that?" she thought "He shouldn't even be able to compete with me in this area, how is he still unfazed after something that should have knocked him out cold?! Was he using haki? No that wouldn't have use in a drinking contest. Has he become that big a alcoholic in those two years?"

"Ready for the next one?" He asked with a grin

"bring it on" she retorted

"Another!" they both yelled towards the bartender.

.oOo.

"No no no" he said "that can't be true, you're making this up Nami."

"It is sooo true" she pouted at him

"Come on you're telling he got a nosebleed, because he walked in on you tying your shoelace?" he said before chugging down his drink. "Another please!" "Anyway Sanji isn't that perverted"

"Have you seen him since the crew got back together?! He's practically nose-bleeding over the fact that Robin and me are really back on the ship again." She said before gulping down her own.

"hmmm…. still seems kinda weird to me."

Luffy cocked an eyebrow as a new tray of drinks was set down at their table. He eagerly grabbed one and started to chug it down. He stopped however, when Nami reached her hand out to him and cupped his cheek."Nami?" he asked while lowering his mug.

"Don't you believe me captain? I swear I'm telling the truth, honest" she said in the most innocent kind of way as she looked him right in the eyes. It made said captain shudder. It wasn't easy holding his composure when he looked into those beautiful brown orbs which penetrated right into his soul, when that long wavy orange hair dangled perfectly around her slightly flushed face, and when that smile that made him feel warmer than he ever thought possible was only aimed for him.

"Okay I believe you I guess." He finally managed to bring out while a slight blush appeared on his cheeks. Nami giggled as he clumsily tried to chug down his drink again

"I'm starting to believe you would have the same reaction" she jokingly said which caused Luffy to choke on his beverage. "Spit it and you lose" she threatened.

"That wasn't very nice you know" he pouted.

"This is a contest we're having captain, it isn't about being nice." She grinned. "only about winning or losing."

"Oh s'that right, huh?"

"Yes it is" She smiled and started on her own drink.

"…."

"Say Nami, have I ever told you how beautiful you are?" he grinned.

She choked, that was what happened. Her heart skipped a beat at his compliment, and right after it started to pound like mad. Her face became crimson and the liquid she just poured in her mouth tried to escape. With great effort, she forced it down only to be laughed at by the captain. She lowered her head to hide her embarrassment "S-shut up, you idiot" she managed to bring out.

"Shishishi, Sorry but I can't lose this contest" he smiled "My reward is to valuable"

"Hoo, just what do you want, should you beat me?"

"I'll tell you right after I win."

"Well then, I guess we'll never know what it is, will we?" She smirked.

"Are?" he cocked his head to the side "I just told you, I'm going to tell you after I win"

Nami face palmed. "Your stupidity knows no bounds, does it?"

"Are?"

.oOo.

Nami felt weird, really weird. It was dark all around her. Where was she? What was going on? She couldn't concentrate her thoughts. She felt extremely light headed. Her brain felt like a puddle of goo, as if she was drugged up or something. Her legs felt numb, as If she could barely move them. Not that it mattered since something else made her move. Almost if she was being carried. She felt two arms holding her, one was wrapped under her back and another was slid under her knees. "Yes definitely being carried, but by who?" she thought. Panic started to rise. She remembered there had been that pirate that tried to take her along with him. Also that she had slipped up and the pirate had come to close to her. Had he succeeded to knock her unconscious or something? Was she now captured by this pig of a man and was she to be thrown at his mercy? No. If he had her captured she most certainly wouldn't be at his mercy. She would fight this guy with all her might, and if she lost due to her weakened body, she would rather die than beg his mercy. The price for that would be too high. He would want her body in exchange, and she would damned if she let him. There was only one person who had that honor, and this guy didn't come close to the person he was. "again with the crazy thoughts, just what the hell was in those drinks" she thought.

She tensed up her body and opened her eyes, ready to socket this guy right in his ugly face. She faltered however, when it turned out that this was a different man then the one that assaulted her at the bar. This man was almost completely different. He wasn't as tall and seemed a lot less obese, on the contrary this man was much more muscle bound. Wearing a straw hat and having his usual grin on his face made her remember there had been someone else in that bar. Someone she knew very well.

"Luffy?"

"Yo Nami, feeling better?" he grinned.

"Un, somehow" she smiled weakly. "What happened?"

"I won" his grin turned bigger.

"Ah is that so?" Memories flooded her mind. The many admirers she had gotten used to over the years. The one that stepped out of line and received a well deserved punch to the face. Luffy saving her again. Honestly she had lost count of how many times that had happened. Their little scuffle that had ended in their all-out drinking contest. Them both becoming wasted. Him calling her beautiful. "wait what?" that last part had to be imagination. He didn't compliment her. Not like that. "This is just the captain of my ship who just happens to be carrying me in his arms." She thought. Yet she couldn't ignore the fact that leaning on to his body's heat kept her own warm on this cold night for some reason. That his strong arms gave her a weird comforting feeling and that she was unable to suppress the ferocious blush that had crept up her face. She just hoped he didn't notice. "The guy who barely drinks, yet gives me a run for my money in a contest." She chuckled at the thought. However she did notice his movement was weird and unbalanced. So he did somewhat feel the consequences of drinking. She placed her head on his shoulder, so it rested against the crook of his neck. "Well while we're in this situation I might as well enjoy it." She sighed in content. His shoulder was surprisingly comfortable, and a faint musky smell invaded her nostril's. "So this is how he smells, this mystery smell that only he has." As he would say it. She decided she liked it.

As they reached the Sunny-go Nami felt a slight pang of disappointment in her heart. So it had to end already, huh? Tomorrow things would probably go back to normal, and she didn't like that thought. Despite what had transpired she really did have fun spending time with the captain. Even if they bickered half the time, Luffy had a way of always making her laugh. Not that she would ever admit it.

"Yosh, Nami we're jumping on board" he stated.

"Oi wait L-" she tried but he didn't listen. He had already leapt on board of the ship.

However as soon as Luffy's feet landed on the grassy deck of the ship they slipped from with under him, causing him to lose his balance and fall forward. With a quick thought of the woman in his arms he quickly spun around, making it so that his back made contact with the deck and the beauty he carried landed safely on his chest.

"Honestly Luffy, you are far too reckless." She groaned. He just closed his eyes and laughed it off. "You don't even take the time to hear me out." His laugh was contagious and it brought a small smile to her lips. She softly knuckled his forehead. "and that's not funny" She tried as irritated as possible. Only to fail miserably and join him in his laughter.

The soft pain she caused surprised Luffy to say the least. Whenever Nami hit him it would be because she was irritated or just downright mad at him. Not like this, not when she was laughing and seemed happy. And since when did she hit so soft? When he opened his eyes to meet her laughing face, he couldn't help but be amazed. Her face, her eyes, her cheeks, her mouth, her lips, it all seemed so perfect in this moment. When did she become this beautiful? And how had he not noticed earlier? Only one thing seemed out of place, one long lock of orange hair that had moved out of place during their fall and now clinged to her cheek. He couldn't help himself. He wanted it to be perfect, like an artist wanted his masterpiece to be perfect. With a quick swoop his finger gently tucked it back behind her ear. He smiled at the result, his navigator seemed like a goddess. He couldn't bring himself to retract his finger from her soft hair and instead started to caress it. Her laughter had died down. A second finger soon joined the fun, and soon his entire hand was placing gentle strokes trough her hair.

She just looked weirdly at him when his finger reached out to her and stroked the lock of hair back in to place. When his fingers didn't leave her scalp and instead started to make pleasurable movements trough her hair she started to get nervous. "What the hell is he doing? Is he petting me? Does he think I'm a cat or something?!" she thought as her lips curved into a cute nervous smile. Her heart was pounding loudly in her chest. "come on Nami, keep it together" It didn't exactly help that her cheeks started to erupt with color.

This didn't go unnoticed by Luffy who just seemed more amazed then before. He never thought Nami would get nervous, and that she would look so damn cute when doing it. She seemed even prettier than a moment ago. He couldn't hold it in any longer.

"You're so beautiful" he blurted out.

"Wh-what?"

"….."

"….."

"Idiot, you heard me"

She hit him over the head. Hard. "Who are you calling an idiot!" she yelled angrily while punching him again "You're the only idiot here!" Nami's wrath didn't last long however as his words finally sunk in. If he had called her beautiful just now, and she knew for sure it wasn't just her imagination, then it was possible that he had also said it before.

For once Luffy didn't whine about the pain she caused. He just looked up at her as the strokes trough her hair resumed, eyes transfixed on her image. It had been said many times, even if you just counted tonight. But this coming from him… On instinct she leaned a bit forward, unable to suppress the smile that crept up her face when his steady breath tickled her lips.

They met in a single passion filled moment, lips locking together as a wave of heat shot through his body. Taken aback by the sudden rush that was now going trough him, Luffy's instinct's took over, pushing back against her lips in an attempt to deepen the kiss. Nami nearly squealed when she felt his tongue poke against her mouth. "when the hell did he learn something like that?" she gasped when his hands shifted from her head and started roaming across her back.Her lips parted slightly but enough for him to slip inside, earning another gasp directly followed by soft muffled moans. He explored her entire mouth, brushing from her teeth to her gums and earning a slight moan when he touched her own shy tongue. Nami's became lightheaded and she felt her knees grow weak under the burst of passion he released. She almost hit him over the head for his dominance in this. Well she wasn't going to let him do all the work. Her tongue daringly went forward, stroking his and making him groan out in pure pleasure. Their tongues danced together for what seemed an eternity until they finally parted both grasping for air.

After a few good breath's their eyes met again only to be covered in an uncomfortable silence. Nami started to get nervous when he just looked up to her with a blank expression. "Does he even know what we just did? Does he know he just took my first-" She was surprised however when his mouth curled into his usual silly grin. "Shishishishi that was fun" he said with a blush on his cheeks.

"Un, it was. " she said with an equally red face.

"Are you going to charge me for it?" he asked nervously.

She thought about it for a second. This was THE perfect reason for raising his debt. "No" she said. She had enjoyed this at least as much as he had, so giving him a bill for it was heartless even for her. Besides she didn't want him to think he did something bad.

"Then, can we do it more often?"

"Maybe, if you behave." She smiled deviously. "And you can only do it with me" images of him trying to kiss Robin, or one of the guys burned into her brain. Knowing him he probably wouldn't know that kissing another man could make them both pretty nauseous.

"Are? Nami who else would I kiss?" he complained "I just wanna kiss you." Giving her a slight peck on the lips "like that."

Nami turned bright red. Yet smiled happily at the young idiot. "You're a real sweet talker captain" she murmured.

"Shishishi" he laughed. He took her hand and guided her towards the woman quarters. When they reached the door he quickly turned and pressed his lips on hers once more.

After a short moment of lip-action he pulled away and rested his head on her shoulder, breathing in her mikan flavored scent. "We should probably go to sleep, otherwise the others might get a little suspicious" as he began walking towards the door of his own destination. "See ya tomorrow" he smiled.

"Yeah see you tomorrow" she smiled. As she opened the door to her room a sudden realization struck her. "Oh by the way Luffy about our bet, you won so what did you want exactly?"

He turned around looking rather surprised at the orange haired girl. "You're actually reminding me of it?"

"Well of course, I made a bet with you and I have to honor it even if I lost" she stated proudly.

He just continued to stare at her amazed, until he just broke out in laughter. "Shishishi don't worry about it, I already got what I wanted" he winked at her.

Nami's face turned crimson "Sh-shut up, you idiot" she managed to stutter out. She quickly dashed in the room, not wanting to show her embarrassment to the laughing boy.

Luffy's laugh turned to a warm smile as he made his way to his own room. He quietly opened the door and made the way to his bunk. "Today was a great day" was the last thought that went through his head before falling in a deep slumber.

And on top of the cabins, sat a single moss haired swordsman on guard duty, who by some miracle went unnoticed by both captain and navigator during their little conversation. His jaw dropped to the ground or roof in this case as the conversation turned more –ahem- 'heated'. When both entered their own rooms, still failing to see the swordsman right above them, the only words that we're able to come out his mouth were: "What the hell?"

The end