Luffy was outside in the cool night air, alone, gazing up into the galaxy of the many stars that were over his head shining brightly. Nightly breezes blew across the ocean and swept though his hair, making it sway from one side to the other side. The wind made the young captain colder than before, but he also felt a slight tickle left from the wind on his cheeks. He gave a sigh as he sat on the sheep-headed like figure in front of the ship. Out in the distance, he could hear many sounds coming out of the city that the Straw Hats had docked near to. The Merry Go, as decided and best agreed on, was hidden under large trees with branches that stretched out far into the distance. It was the perfect hidden space for the small ship, though it was very dark and only the light peeking though the tree branches was their only light source from outside. Suddenly a door opened and made a slightly squeaky noise afterward when it closed. The captain turned around to find his navigator there, wearing a warm jacket and held another jacket into her hand. The second jacket was probably for him.
"Okay I am finally here." Nami walked over to her captain and gave him the jacket.
Luffy took the jacket and put it on.
"Okay lets get going..." Nami said as she started off the ship with Luffy following her, close behind. They walked off the ship quickly and into the noisy city ahead of them with more of the different lights becoming more tangible to see as the two crew members walked though the grove of the trees. Both were quiet; Nami quietly thought to herself as her captain kept looking around seeing whatever lights bounce off a certain tree or some different sort of plant that was there. Though most the small forest was dark, and Nami only was holding a flashlight. But the bright lights from the city did help.
Luffy observed his surroundings, not only with his pair of eyes, but his other senses. He smelled the smell of moist forest leaves and grass and pinecones. It was a sort of smell that was kinda strong though not too bad. Heheard with his ears all the nocturnal animals running around to the sound of he and his navigator walking on tree branches while the objects produced a cracking sound under their weight. Their was too, the sound of the ocean right nearby. The waves of the foggy sea continuously to move back and forth on the beach and another part crashed into the rocks then pulled back to do it again.
"Luffy..."
The 17-year-old boy directed his attention to the 18-year-old woman. She turned her head and gave him a stern look, "You have better not piss that captain and his crew off again! It is bad enough that they only want the two of us to go his meeting in the middle of the night. And at a bar even!"
"Okay..." Obviously the captain didn't want to listen when he turned his head away. Nami gave out a mammoth sigh, stopped in her tracks and turn around while grabbing her captain's cheeks and pinching them HARD.
"YOU BETTER PROMISE ME YOU WILL NOT CAUSE ANY MORE TROUBLE WITH THEM!"
"OKAY! OKAY!"
Nami let go of his cheeks and let out another sigh. This situation was probably going to get worse. He was most likely to tick off the other captain whom he earlier got into a fight with about something. Nami didn't know what the fight was about but it had to be really be important for the two of them to come out to meet this other crew at the middle of the night.
The people around this small part of the huge seaside city were mostly drunks, party animals and just other losers outside, even in the daytime it was as bad as the night. Mostly there were bars crowed with people partying and drinking beer all the time. It was no wonder the whole place was such a dump. The whole air around the place was fowl and smelled of beer and cigarette smoke. The smells put together would make you want to get out of here the first minute you step onto the port here. The buildings were ugly and disgusting, and needed a lot of repairs to be done. Homeless people slept in alley ways away from the main roads where ill-respected people who did have homes would beat them visously; that was normal here. And always have been.
Nami stayed very close to Luffy in this corrupt part of the big city they had finally arrived in. It was scary to go walking alone here, not knowing what may happen to you in a matter of seconds. She was very lucky to have her captain right next to her ready to defend for her when someone was going to attack. She grabbed his arm when she saw some strange man with a look of evil in his eyes was darting towards her like he was about to rob her. He turned away luckily when he saw Luffy's glare and started off in a different direction to go look for easier pray. Nami could've taken the stranger down if she wanted to; she defeated Miss Doublefinger before, why couldn't she beat this man who looked a lot weaker than an Barogue Works agent?
It was just because of one reason; She was not in the mood to get into any more fights and really didn't want her captain to get into any either. It was enough that her straw-hatted crew mate went into a fist fight with one of the top pirates on the sea...
Luffy and Nami walked further though the dirty streets being untouched by those who roamed around this area. The buildings then became looking a little more cleaner and more nicer to look at. They were out of that grundgy area they were just in and the people around this new and cleaner area were a lot less scary looking. They had more pleasant clothes on and they seemed to be kind regular folks. The air was nice to breath in at last without the unpleasant smells of tobacco and alcohol sneaking into their noses.
"I feel a lot better now..." Nami walked a little farther from Luffy. It felt finally safer in these streets than those last ones. Down these streets, there was still a lot of bars to be seen. The bars did have fewer drinkers there; it wasn't nearly as bad like the bars in that one area.
"Okay what is that bars name?" Nami thought back in her mind to remember what that bar they were suppose to go was called. She recalled the bar had a name that started with a 'g' at the beginning. Luffy remembered the name and told her what it was. It was called the 'Golden Tsutsu.'
And sure enough it was...There after a few more streets down both captain and navigator could see the bar. The 'Golden Tsutsu' looked very grand for a regular bar...The structure of it was well done with layers of bricks and a roof full of copper along side with an huge sign that read the building's name. Nami had at first expected just one of those cheap and dangerous bars that was common to have a lot of fights happen inside. Elegantly dressed citizens with their lovely fans or cirgars delicatly walked inside held out their arms while their partners held on to it.
Nami thought for a moment and pondered on the question of "Is this a bar or a fancyrestaurant?" Luffy walked forward for a few steps ahead of her until Nami grabbed onto his arm to a halt.
"That place is sure nicer than most pirate bars...Even the pirates looked nice." Luffy finally spoked at last. Luffy was usually noisy when he was with friends but he could also be very silent at times too. For Nami she was surprised he barly spoke a word until they arrived at this place where all these rich looking people were coming to this certain 'bar' or 'fancy restaurant.' At times, she knew, Luffy could really give people a huge unexpected surprise at certain moments.
"What pirates? I don't see any..."
"Look closer. You can tell."
Nami looked again and observed a little more sharper. Taking a minute or two, she figured that once again Luffy made another unexpected moment. And right before she figured it out! Some men there wereactual pirate captains! One man she saw had a long red coat that usually pirates captains wore, and that popular hat with a feather in it. The same person brought along with him two men that should've been his crew members.
"Okay...I see them..." Nami replied turning her head toward Luffy.
"Yeah lets go in! I want to eat!"
"Again..."
"Yeah..."
"Alright lets go in..."
Chattering filled the whole inside of the structure like a bucket of water; there was music playing but it wasdifficult to hear it unless you were one of the people who was sitting near the small stage. Chattering wasn't the only thing that was really loud. There was the small casino where rich folk, pirate captains, and crew members-who had the money- gambled one another over money and gold and other precious belongings.
Somewhere in between busy waitresses and drunken pirates, there was man with little hairs on his chin and messy hair who didn't blend in nicely with the others; he stood at the doorway of the Golden Tsutsu waiting. He was fed up with the waiting and would be gambling already if it wasn't for his captain. He gave a growl and stranded for a few more minutes.
Finally he didn't have to wait any more longer...They were here...
The man walked forward to the doorway and greeted two people who were pirates themselves too.
"You finally arrived. We were beginning to wonder about you two...Captain Luffy and...You are..?"
"Nami. I'm the navigator."
"I see...Sorry about that...Let me show you to Captain Dye." It was his job to do anyway to show the guest whom they would be meeting that night. He led them though the rows and rows of different tables with busy pirates betting on gold or rich couples enjoying an nice dining together.
They arrived at a table for the guest they were supposed to meet. Nami arrived in front of her guests in a calm matter...Even though she and Luffy were staring at the man from earlier that Luffy really ticked off. Luckily enough, the captain seemed to be in a jolly mood. Different than Nami had expected.
Though she still didn't feel comfortable sitting near the man. It was probably the way he looked. He looked very strange in fact. He was a rather thin man like Luffy, though from Nami could see; it looked like he didn't much muscle due to his arms looking really thin.
"Finally the two of you arrived. I am happy you two didn't run off somewhere." The thin man made eyes at them both while taking a sip of some wine he ordered. Luffy just shrugged while Nami looked at the other captain with rolling eyes.
"After all, you people are the famous Straw Hats." He next drooped his head and took his sip of whine just how the famous and powerful people did to look impressive. Again Nami rolled her eyes.
'This guy is a poser.'
The man set down his glass and leaned forward to Luffy and Nami. "You do know why I called for you right?"
"To eat meat?" Ask Luffy in a second.
Nami kicked him in the leg. "Ow."
"You called us out here at night to settle what happened earlier correct?" She spoke right after.
"Yes," Replied the man. "I didn't want to leave us on the wrong impression of each other."
'You not really doing a good job on that...' Nami thought once more. Boy she really wish she was back on the ship again, sleeping in her own bed, off in dream world stealing every single treasure there was.
Nami looked over toward her crew mate. Luffy looked a child wanting to get out of his seat when they were getting bored of hearing their parents talk about subjects they didn't understand or was not interesting. Nami could've swore Luffy was gonna jump out of his seat and humiliate them both.
'When is this is gonna end...?'
Hours went by and Nami and Luffy grew more tired by the minutes passing. It was probably three in the morning already. The place they were in was still noisy, only a few people had left the building to retire into the morning.
"So is everything better?" Dye asked in his polite manner.
Nami took another sip of her drink; she felt like she could faint anytime. Damn...she probably shouldn't had all that wine. Her vision was blurry and she gained a headache too. The wine she ordered was just too good to stop drinking. So she had more and more and later she paid the price. Luffy didn't have anything to drink;luckily he was given steak and he ate to his hearts content. He too had the feeling oftiredness in his eyes like his crew mate except he didn't have the headache like Nami.
"Can we...call...it a night? Nami questioned. She had enough and so did Luffy.
"I suppose so..." Dye replied.
"Thank you..." She got off of her stair and turned to her captain. "Lets go back to the---" She stopped in her speech...and had tripped and came crashing to the ground violently. Luffy waked up a lot thanks to his shock of her trip. "Nami!" Luffy immediately went to his friend's side to see if she was okay.
She should've been...She should've been able to get right back up and say she was fine. But...She didn't.
She had fainted.
"Nami!" He lifted her up into his arms. She was breathing. Her small frame moved up and down like a regular person sleeping. That was just how Nami was at the moment.
Luffy calmed himself at the moment. 'She probably just fell asleep.'
"Awww...Shoot Nami fell asleep...Guess I'm gonna have to carry her."
"My that is a shame...Do you need tonight Captain Luffy?"
"Don't worry I got her---" Before he lifted up Nami and took her back to the ship...
He felt a stone hard object slam him intohis head...
He wasslammed hard and he too, fell into silence onto the ground right next to his navigator.
Captain Dye's crewmate that had introduce them to the thin man was the one that bashed Luffy.
"Good work...Jamoan." Dye looked over the two people he had fooled. Jamoan then took out a cloth out of his pocket and started toclean his weapon: a seastone staff.
"That wasn't too hard was it?'' Dye chuckled.
"Although the girl was smart enough to not accept the drink you offered her...And instead ordered her own glass..." Jaomoan continued to clean his weapon. "Sadly enough she didn't know that we had taken over the resturant for thisspecialnight."
"I know...Andwe should getJasmine...We're done with the first part of the part now we need to finish carrying these two." Dye said.
Jamoan smirked.
"Now lets get these two onto the ship...And bring them onto the island..."