A/N: This is a new idea tickling my brain. Good pirates, we need more SaNa! Am rewatching everything, and I'm at the Skypeia Arc already. Did you know that Sanji actually said "Nami-san, I LOVE YOU!" while they're being blown up to the sky by the knock-up cloud? If I remember right, he has yet to say that to anybody else.

Hee. Sanji, you're showing your true feelings already.

Disclaimer: Not mine.

It was just another normal day at sea. Or at least as normal as it can get while travelling with the most volatile group of ticking bombs you can call people.

Luffy was screaming for more food again.

Nami looked up at the clear cloudless sky. It was a beautiful shade of blue today. Then again, blue is a beautiful shade any day. The wind was going strong today, too. She took a deep breath of the sea air and fixed the tangles on her hair. She ignored the vain thoughts that came with it. This was the sea, after all.

Sanji suddenly appeared beside her, offering some new tropical concoction which was probably specially formulated to improve her skin and tasted good to boot. She kindly accepted it and ignored his attempt to compliment her looks. Why he always targeted her first was beyond her. Still, it is pretty nice to be spoiled a bit. Even if it is transparent.

Luffy shouted for food one more time. Sanji threw a hammer at him (where did that come from?) and shouted at him to keep quiet. Sanji blew a kiss her way. She carefully avoided it. Sanji left to bother Robin-chwaaaan.

Then the boat suddenly went dark. Nami looked up. I thought there weren't any clouds today?

There was a sea monster falling on the Thousand Sunny.

Nami couldn't move. She didn't shout. She just stared up. She heard somebody else wonder what she was looking up at (Usopp? Luffy?) and heard the scream.

It was coming from her.

Sanji didn't know what was going on. One minute he was dejectedly giving Nami-san her space then the next they were all trying to avoid being hit by a weirdly-shaped dinosaur. He heard Nami's scream. He rushed to her direction, only to hit Usopp who was holding a big paddle.

"Sanji! Kono yaro!"

Usopp went flying. So did Zoro for some reason. Then the sea monster hit the spot of sea beside the boat. Thank goodness.

Only it didn't stop there.

The monster, which was twenty times the size of the Sunny-go (where do they grow these things?) caused a huge tsunami that capsized their little boat. Sanji jumped into the water before the boat could crush him beneath its huge deck.

"Nami-san! Robin-chan! Idiots! Are you okay?"

He saw bubbles to his left. He dived down and saw Luffy. God, the things that happen when he's around.

He looked around again and peered into the water. There was a speck- Brook! Sanji swam towards him and took Luffy again.

Sanji pulled them up to the water's surface and searched for any bits of wood floating around. There were none. The Thousand Sunny was fine, it only capsized. Except Sanji can only do so much with two hammers on his arms. A head came up the water and he was relieved (not!) to see a green head gasping for air.

"Marimo! Do something about the shitty boat!" He was deperate now. Did he hear-

Zoro swam to the Thousand Sunny and easily lifted it back to its original position. Then Zoro swam down again. Sanji pulled Luffy and Brook to the boat, and was relieved to see they both felt better already. He didn't even need to use CPR, which was an icky idea in itself.

Usopp was next to arrive, carrying Chopper.

Then Zoro, carrying Franky and Robin.

"It's a really big disadvantage if more than half of the crew consists of devil fruit users when you are at sea."

Sanji paled. Where's Nami-san? Wasn't she usually a good swimmer on her own? Why wasn't she here yet?

"Did anyone see Nami?" Robin-chan was the first to notice, as usual. Perceptive girl. Sanji tried to remember where Nami was standing when the big wave hit their boat. If he remembered right, she was-

Directly at the spot where the wave hit the Sunny.

He didn't bother thinking about anything, he only jumped towards the general direction he saw her last. He swam down as low as he could until he could see her sinking figure. She wasn't moving. That's not good.

He immediately used all the strength he had left on his legs. Please, please.

He came up gasping for air. The minute he brought her on board, she started coughing and spewing out seawater. It was the least graceful he had yet to see of her, but he couldn't care less.

Everybody else was relieved.

Nobody noticed the little bug stuck on the back of her neck, inserting its sting on the soft spot of her skull.

Nami glanced at her wrist. They've gone off-course. She could barely care, however. She had a small feeling that they were going the right way. And women's instincts should be followed... right?

"Nami? You okay? Need more rest? Want some meat?" She could hear Luffy calling her, but it seemed so far away. She decided not to mind. It was such a peaceful day after all. Besides, if she worried about every single little thing that happened to her on the Grand Line, she'd end up back in East Blue, never leaving the house because everything she has encountered so far has been horrific, terrifying, monstrous, and all else that one can think of. Maybe this time they'd find a land full of beli. Or jewels. Jewels are good.

Nami sighed happily as she dreamed about the many beli that she can make the minute they arrive in town.

Luffy paid her no more attention. At least she's back to normal. No more captain-y stuff to do, then. Back to his spot. Oh, and maybe some meat would be nice, too. "Sanji! MEAT!"

The minute they arrive at the new island, everyone went off to do their own thing. Nami sighed and wondered if she was going to have to pay for one of Luffy's restaurant fees again. Eh, she'll just pretend she didn't know who he was this time. Now, onto shopping.

She turned a corner and saw a big shopping center at the end of the pathway. She grinned. "Sanji-kun, I'm going shopping. But it's too heavy for me. Please help?"

She didn't even bother to look back. She immediately walked faster and was in front of the shop in no time.

She entered the big shopping center-

And then everything went black.

Sanji heard her request right away. "A chance to bond with Nami-san? Mellorine! Wait up, Nami-san!"

Everyone else was too busy with their own thing. They didn't care, the two acted like they usually did anyway.

Sanji wondered why Nami-san was faster than him today. She was just walking, but with a speed so fast that her legs were practically gliding on the ground. And she was going toward the direction of this dilapidated old shop that probably needed more repairs than the Thousand Sunny. He raised an eyebrow. Now that's a surprise. She doesn't usually go to these places that often. Well, she probably has a good reason. It's Nami-san after all.

Happily, he skipped towards the direction of the shop, singing joyful Mellorine!s the whole time.

When he entered, he wasn't expecting Nami-san to disappear so soon. But for some reason she wasn't in sight. Sanji walked further into the shop. He heard a scream at the door in front of him and stopped. Was that Nami-san? "Nami-san! Where are you?!"

He barged into the room. What he saw chilled his body.

She was floating in thin air. And there was smoke covering her entire body. It branched off at her head. The smoke seemed to be coming from a crystal ball in the corner, beside which a thin bespectacled man was touching the surface with his hand.

"What is going on? Nami-san!" He jumped and tried to take her from the smoke, but it was as if her whole body turned to gas. His arms just went through her.

"Asshole! What did you do to Nami-san?" He glared at the idiot who was stupid enough to target the one person his crew would never let anyone touch. The guy just laughed. Sanji's eyes flashed. "Release her now!"

"Why should I? She is the strongest female I have ever consumed. She will keep my power fed for a few years, with the amount of will left in her. I only have half an hour left until the process is complete, and she will be mine."

Sanji clenched his fists. That's it. No more talking. He sped up towards the man. Something leaped towards him. He gave the other person a casual glance, wondering how much time he would have to use on this new bodyguard.

It was a female.

Several, actually. There was a whole army of females on the room, which was apparently bigger than he expected it to be. Every single one had a weapon on her. Every single one looked rabid and crazy and cute. They were all looking at him. He stopped moving. How was he going to fight without harming any single one of them?

"What's going on?" He had to ask again. Four of the prettiest in the group grabbed him. He looked at Nami. Was she going to join this group too? Is this some kind of brainwashing process?

"Well, since you're going to die anyway, I'll tell you. I'm a Devil Fruit User. I ate the Yume Yume no Mi."

Sanji blinked. Is this a joke? "What connection does a Dream Fruit have with ladies? Why Nami-san?"

"Well, it doesn't really have to be females. Anybody can do. But those with the strongest and most creative minds are and will always be women."

The guy laughed. Sanji couldn't understand what was so funny about the situation.

"You see- dreams are connected to your subconscious. With my power, I can create something visible, similar to a small bug like this one." The man showed Sanji the small bug with a long something piercing Nami's brain.

"With this, I can control her subconscious. It's pretty complicated, actually. Let's say that there's a child in her head. If I showed that child that she cannot trust anybody but me, what do you think will happen?"

"You shitty scum! Let her go!"

"Of course, the only way I can do this is by giving her dreams. That's why it takes such a long time. I need to have a medium and I have to plug an antenna on her. But it all pays off in the end. Every female who is added to my army strengthens the connection I have to my victims. I already have 40 girls under me. Believe me when I say they're grateful for it."

Sanji couldn't take it anymore. He had to do something. Does this mean they're not really brainwashed, they're still females? He had to try. "Look, roaches! And ghosts!"

The girls holding him started screaming and jumping around. He grinned. Sanji jumped to where the guy was standing. The man fell down, surprised at the speed of which his army was beaten. So the asshole only needs this, right? He picked up the crystal ball and raised it in the air.

"No, don't!" Too late.

Sanji smashed the crystal ball to the ground. Nami fell down. He jumped to catch her.

He very nearly missed.

"Nami-san! Nami-san!" Is she okay? He needs Chopper. Why was he the only one here when she needs help?

He picked her up and jumped towards the man. Sanji kicked the wall behind him. It crumbled, along with half of the building.

At that, the rest of the females ran away.

"N-no please! Don't kill me! What do you want? I can pay you anything! How much do you need?" He was sputtering and dribbling sweat all over himself. Sanji wondered if the man hadn't already wet himself trying to say something to save his own pathetic life.

"I don't want your shitty money. Tell me what is wrong with her. Now."

"O-of course! I'm so s-sorry! I w-will never bother you again. She's just fainted. She'll be herself in a few days."

Sanji sighed. So he made it? But he thought he was past the thirty-minute mark already. "Is there anything I have to worry about?"

"Sh-she might be a bit scared of everyone. J-just a bit though! She will be fine in a week or two." And with that, the man fainted. Sanji bit his cigarette. Fine. Chopper can examine her better than this weak lump. How was he going to explain this, though?

Explaining is turning out to be harder than he thought it would be.

When Sanji arrived on the ship, carrying Nami on his back, he was bombarded with several disgusted shouts from Usopp and Zoro.

"What did you do?! Were you finally unable to control yourself after so many years?"

Chopper was called out and everybody had a meeting over the Sunny's clinic.

"What did you do, Sanji?" Luffy was hard pressed not to believe everything the others said. This was Sanji, after all.

"I didn't! She got kidnapped by this Yume Yume shitface. He was going to turn her into his puppet or something. He had around 50 girls under his control."

"Sounds like something Sanji would dream up." He glanced at Usopp and the loudmouth was quiet immediately.

"Mnngh?"

At the sound, everyone went to Nami's side, asking various questions ranging from "So what did Sanji do?"(Usopp) to "Nami, are you feeling bad anywhere?" (Chopper).

Robin was quick to calm them down, saying, "She needs her space, everyone, please let her calm down first."

Nami, on the other hand, looked scared. "I was at the shopping center, and I was held down by these two girls. And then Hiro- he tricked me- there was this gas- and the crystal ball- and Sanji-kun was fighting- Sanji-kun! Where's Sanji-kun?"

"I'm right here, Nami-san." She looked behind her. He looked normal. Cigarette and jacket and everything. She immediately felt relieved, though she didn't really want to. She probably had an idea why. She couldn't control her body.

She suddenly hugged him.

Everyone (even Sanji) bulged their eyes and let out a big "EEHH?!"

A/N: Might need a beta. Any offers? :)