Just a little note here, I'm pretty new to this show, I'm only on episode 90. But this idea popped into my head around the whole Nami Arlong arch and I just needed to write it down. I'll update it and edit as I watch more and learn more. Takes place after their time on Little Garden. Also I've decided first person POV because I really want to work on that style of writing. Anyway, onto the story!
I couldn't believe how much energy those guys had, those giants were pretty cool, but that was a pretty intense fight, and some of us were almost turned into wax figures. I really wasn't surprised that I felt like I needed a rest, but I could hardly keep my head up. I looked at the eternal pose in my hand.
"Vivi, could you watch the compass for me?" I asked the blue haired girl we were transporting.
"Sure," She replied, though I could tell that her thoughts were elsewhere as she stared at it.
"Now you can finally go back to Alabasta," I told her enthusiastically, "assuming we can make it there safely."
"Yeah, I must return, after all I'm…" She trailed off into her thoughts, "I will return to Alabasta, alive."
"There's no reason to push yourself so hard, Vivi. You have me!" A new voice sounded, from a blonde young man, Sanji. He had made something to eat and it looked like sweets. "For drinks, you have your choice of coffee or tea."
Luffy and Usopp's mouths were drooling as Sanji handed us the sweets he had made, "Yours are in the kitchen!" Sanji shouted at them.
The two black-haired young men raced away towards the kitchen, pushing and shoving each other. It was hard to believe that they were pirates. I suddenly felt a little light-headed and my vision got a little blurry. Vivi was looking over the ocean, probably thinking of her home.
"Vivi…Sorry I think I'm gonna go lay down" I said, my head was killing me and my vision was still a bit blurry.
"No problem, Nami, I'll keep an eye on our course. You should get some rest," She replied.
I tried to stand up, but fell forward. I heard Vivi call for everyone to come help. When I woke up, I was in my bed on the ship, almost everyone crowded into the room.
"Is she gonna die?!" Sanji cried.
"It's probably the climate, as you've probably seen, Grand Line has some crazy weather. It's one of the big obstacles sailors face when they come here. Is there anyone on this ship with any medical knowledge at all?" I heard Vivi say. By the lack of a reply, I assumed they had pointed at me.
Sanji and Luffy started talking about foods or something, I wasn't really focusing on that. We needed to get to Alabasta as soon as possible. I didn't have time to be sick. Vivi was shocked when she exclaimed that my fever had gone up again. Everyone started freaking out about something, I wasn't really focusing on that either. We needed to stay on course and get Vivi to Alabasta as soon as possible.
"No…no..." I murmured as a sat up, "There's a newspaper in my desk drawer," It was about soldiers in Alabasta defecting to the rebel side of the war. Vivi needed to be there as soon as possible.
"The uprising is getting serious, that paper is from three days ago," I continued, "we can't change our speed, I didn't want to worry you by showing you that…Do you understand, Luffy?"
"Things seem very bad," He replied.
"I didn't expect you to get that much…" I told him, semi-jokingly, "I'm fine…The thermometer must be broken…No one gets a temperature that high…It's probably a mild case of sunstroke…I'll get better on my own...Let's head straight to Alabasta as planned…Thanks for being worried…"
I went up and out onto the deck to check on how Zoro was doing on keeping us on course. I looked at the eternal pose and it was anything but pointing straight ahead.
"What were you watching all this time?" I asked the green haired swordsman angrily.
"What are you talking about, the ship's been going straight this entire time." He replied.
"Yeah, straight at a right angle! Look at the compass!"
"I don't need to look at it. I was watching that big cloud over there."
"Clouds move and change shape!" I yelled at him, "My head is killing me…"
"Then just leave the navigating to me."
"I'm out here because I can't trust you with this!"
Something felt off, "The air's changed…"
"It's been nice the whole day, what are you talking about?"
"Just get the others."
"Everyone get up here, there's work to do!" He yelled down to the rest of the crew.
They questioned why we were changing course and I told them that the wind changed. Vivi said something about wanting to get to Alabasta at the ship's fastest speed, which was finding me a doctor. I thanked her breathlessly, relived that I wouldn't have to pretend to not be sick for long. Not that I would've been able to pull it off for any longer. I collapsed basically onto her just as some type of storm hit nearby. I was too exhausted to pay attention to it.
I woke up in the night and everyone was sleeping on the floor near my bed, except Sanji. It must have been his turn to keep watch up in the crow's nest. I was glad that they cared about me so much.
I woke up again a few hours later, well I was woken up. By people trying to get me onto someone's back to be carried. Something felt different about the air, not in a weather sort of way. It was in a way that gave me goosebumps.
"Sorry Nami, we thought we could move you without waking you up," Usopp apologized.
"We found an island! There has to be a doctor that can help you here!" Luffy exclaimed enthusiastically.
I didn't see much over Sanji's shoulder as I was carried through the town we had landed in. Not that I was trying to look around. Something about the village felt... familiar. It's not like it was even possible for me to have ever been there before, we were in Grand Line, I had never been there before.
"Why is this town so empty?" Vivi asked only a second before we heard a shriek of pain from somewhere on the outskirts of the town. We started running towards the sound.
I started putting things together in my mind. That shriek, the familiarity of the town, it's not possible, but could it be? I thought. I got a feeling deep in my gut. I wanted to tell Sanji about my thoughts, but he didn't feel me trying to get his attention. The path led to a house…and a tangerine orchard. Everyone except Vivi had been here. They knew exactly what was happening, though it seemed impossible.
As we rounded the corner of the house, there were fishmen, and townspeople, and…her. Sanji let me slide off of his back and into Vivi's arms. The guys were preparing for a beat down. But they didn't dare move as the shark-man pointed a gun directly at her chest. I couldn't watch it happen…not again. I got my staff out and used it to lean on as I broke away from Vivi's grasp. I heard my friends call my name in terror. The sudden burst of energy brought me between the gun and the woman who had found me and raised me and been my mother. As the gunshot rang out, I simply told them that I was sorry. Everything went black, but the last thing I heard was Luffy yelling at Arlong.
"You've just made a huge mistake!"
I have an idea for how this will go, but I'm not sure if I should continue. Glad that you made it to the end of the chapter and please tell me what you think in a review. Cya soon!