Author's Note: Man, am I so glad these ideas just keep coming to me. I keep having to try and figure out what happens next chapter. In the next instant, an idea comes to me. Man, it feels so good. I have not written like this in 4 years… I wrote 3 and a half-ish chapters all in one day. Too bad I won't post them all at once. X) You guys need to start reviewing! I like to know if you guys enjoy them or not. I also like to hear opinions. Your opinions matter to me, as well as any advice you'd like to offer. :D Anyways, I found a good song, which is helping me write this, and it definitely influenced how I wrote this chapter as well as the ones following. I think you guys should give it a listen, maybe even listen to it as you read. :3 It's the ending song from the movie Oblivion, with Tom Cruise. Amazing movie, by the way. Anyway, just do a search on youtube for M83 – Oblivion feat. Susanne Sundfor submitted by Xhueloe. I love this song so much. :) I don't know… To me, it's a very powerful song. I feel as if it might help me create a powerful story, or maybe that's just my hope. ;) Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!

Faceless Mask

Chapter 2

"It's him. I know it's him. It has to be."

With a yawn, the green haired man then just scoffed and said, "You say that every time. There's absolutely no proof, and I'm beginning to think finding him is impossible. I think we should give up."

"I am not giving up, Zoro!"

Zoro groaned, letting his head lull back in exhaustion, but then he sat all the way forward to look where she was looking, though he could not see as well as her, since she was looking through digital binoculars. "Nami, we've been at this for years… and we still haven't found the fucker, and that looks nothing like him."

"It's him. I can feel it…"

Scoffing into laughter, Zoro cleared his throat against nearly chocking and said, "You can feel it? Really? Don't be ridiculous."

"It's him, damn it. You can laugh all you want. I will make money off him."

"You and your damned money…"

"Then why the hell have you followed me around the world then? Don't lie and tell me it wasn't for the prospect of a lot of money," Nami said and finally turned to glare at the green haired man.

Zoro huffed and looked ahead again, but then he shrugged. "I think, at first, it was just for the thrill and all the travelling, but it's been two years now, and still no real trace. Not even sure where you got this hunch from, but I'm telling you," he pointed to their current target, "that's not him."

"It is… I know it is. He's different."

"Let me guess… You're… women's intuition is telling you this?"

"Fuck you, Zoro. You can go home, if you want. I'll keep the money all to myself."

"Fuck off, and leave you all by yourself to travel the world alone? I don't think so," Zoro said and scoffed again.

"I can take care of myself, thank you very much," Nami said and looked through the binoculars again. They were handsome men…

"Like hell you can," Zoro said and quirked a brow at her.

"Let's go down and get a closer look. We can just walk and pretend to be a couple," Nami said, pushing herself up and packing away the binoculars.

"Yeah, sure," Zoro muttered and sighed as he also stood.

They both headed down from the roof to the street below and began to walk side by side down the sidewalk, dodging the many other bodies walking about. Nami's eyes shifted to their target, watching him through the glass. He was thin, very thin, and not very tall. It was possible he was about as tall as she was. She watched as he suddenly looked out of the window and his eyes gravitated right to hers. Her eyes blinked a bit, and strangely, her heart seized before pulsing. On instinct, she reached out and took Zoro's hand into hers and forced herself to look away from those piercing eyes, as if they saw right through her.

Zoro's fingers curled around hers, having seen the slight exchanged, but then faced forward again. "Think he suspects?"

"I… I don't know. I don't think so," she stuttered out and took a few deep breaths. "I hope not." She then turned a bright smile up to him and said, "Just smile and pretend nothing whatsoever is going on."

Looking down to her, he just smiled and brought up her hand to kiss the back of it. "Nothing whatsoever is going on. Don't worry about it. Though, I'm beginning to think you might be right. That money is just within our reach."

"I told you so," she said and chuckled as she faced forward again. "Thanks for letting me drag you around all over the world. I know it'll be worth it."

"Most definitely worth it," he said with a heavy nod as they continued down the sidewalk. There was suddenly the sound of screeching tires, and Nami quickly looked up. A car turned down the street they were walking and stopped right in front of the place their target was in. Men with guns got out, and all hell broke loose. Nami gasped, her eyes widening in shock and just stood frozen. "Nami, get down!" Zoro yelled as he grabbed her to him and made them both drop to the ground, though he took the brunt of the fall.

There were screams filling the air, screams of pain and screams of terror as well as the continuous sounds of gun shots. Nami was frozen in shock, and then the trembling started. "No!" she screamed and pushed Zoro off from her. They were going to kill him!

"Nami! Don't!" Zoro yelled as he reached out to stop her, but missed as she ran straight for the gunmen.

There were other men firing back, guards. She could not see if he was all right. Everyone within the building had dropped. "No, don't! Don't kill him!" she screamed, causing some attention to be placed on her. She suddenly gasped loudly just as she slipped between two parked cars, feeling the stinging, searing pain start all along her side. She dropped instantly, collapsing over the hood of one of the cars, smearing it with her blood and grabbed the wound, already oozing heavily. She then slid right off and hit the hard concrete.

She could hear Zoro screaming for her in the distance, but it sounded so far off. She felt herself slipping in and out of unconsciousness. The gunfire suddenly stopped, and she vaguely heard the screeching tires of the retreating vehicle. She could still hear the echo of the screams and chaos which was left behind, but then she slowly tilted her head to look above her as someone slowly approached her. She watched as he crouched down and gently touched near her wound.

Blinking her eyes several times, she saw those same piercing eyes looking into hers, but then he lifted a finger to his lips, and she heard the quiet shush. He then looked to her wound and raised his hand over it. She weakly lowered her head to look, though her vision blurred. However, they widened when she saw the golden light, looking like speckles of golden dust as it swirled around her wound.

"This is going to hurt."

She heard the low words as if far down a long, empty hallway, but in the next instant, she felt a pain so intense, nothing else seemed to register as the bullet was ripped from her flesh by an unknown force. Throwing her head back, she released a scream full of pain, and then she heard Zoro calling for her again. Not too long after, the pain was suddenly gone, and her eyes rolled back into her head.

The man stood up, gazing down at her for only a moment, and then he turned, simply walking away from her. Opening her eyes vaguely, she lifted her head again to watch as he walked away, and saw as he slowly turned, looking at her over his shoulder. Then more words seemed to register within her mind.

"Please don't tell anyone."

Just as Zoro reached her, her eyes again rolled into the back of her head as she slipped into the darkness.

To Be Continued…

Author's Note: Oooh, mysterious? D: Or is it? -_- Who knows? Anyways, what did you guys think? You liking it so far? I do hope so! Anyways, stay tuned for the next chapter. ;) I'll be posting 1 chapter a day, until I end it or run out of ideas, bahahaha! Hopefully, I don't run out of ideas. :) They just keep flowing!