Okay, here is the second chapter! Thank you to Djdoodet and I-dun-did-it for reviewing. I don't own One Piece. I know, it's a CRIME! Read and Review!

Episode Two: Memory

"ARLONG!"

Arlong looked up from the sobbing orange haired girl, to the door way where the little girl, only a year older then Nami stood. She had short black hair and red eyes. Eyes that held no fear for what she was about to do.

"Leave her alone Arlong!"

Little Nami looked up and saw her best friend. She stood their, glaring daggers at him. He was once again, beating Nami because as he put it "he just could because she worked for him now".

"Kayla…" Arlong barked.

He was so tired of that little girl. Her constant glare was that of a blazing inferno. Always defying him. She was different then Nami though. Kayla didn't work for him parse; no Kayla BELONGED to him. She was his "personal assistant".

"You know better then to interrupt me when I'm with Nami! How dare you defy your orders! You belong to ME Kayla! Have you forgotten that?"

Nami stopped crying and looked at Kayla, knowing what would come next. Kayla was smirking evilly.

"I BELONG to no one Arlong! Not your associates, not your men and certainly not YOU!"

Nami gasped, Kayla always intruded on her beatings. Nami knew that Kayla got far worse treatment then she did.

'So why does Kayla always help me?'

Arlong stood up and walked over to Kayla. Kayla would never back down nor cower in fear. She wasn't like that; she would always take what ever Arlong gave her. Arlong walked over and grabbed Kayla by the throat.

"Looks like I'm going to have teach you your place!"

Kayla just continued to glare at him. Her gaze shifted from Arlong, to Nami. Nami had tears in her eyes. Kayla just smiled warmly at her. Arlong then dragged Kayla out of the room. One of Arlong's henchmen came in and served her a plate of food.

"Eat, and then get back to work on those maps! Or Arlong will beat you worse!"

Nami nodded, and began to eat her food. She would always save some for Kayla, because Arlong didn't feed her that well. Her dinner consisted of rice with teriyaki sauce, teriyaki chicken, and a fruit salad. She would always eat about half of her food, and save the rest for Kayla. Another thing about Kayla, she never yelled during her beatings or whatever else Arlong did to her.

Nami had heard Kayla yell only once in pain, and then she hid. When Kayla came back from that beating, she was bleeding from the nose and mouth, and had a sprained wrist. Nami had cried all night long for Kayla, because she couldn't bear to see her friend that way. Kayla had then promised that she would never again let Nami see her like that, so she wouldn't get scared and have those awful nightmares. She always kept her promises.

Nami finished her half of the food, and set it to the side. She always kept it under her lamp so the food wouldn't get too cold. She would always place the fruit by her though, so it wouldn't get too hot. A sigh escaped her lips, and she glance at the clock.

"6:47pm, I wonder where Kayla is…"

She sighed again and turned to work on her maps. Over an hour had passed, and still no word from Kayla. Nami started to get worried. Sure Arlong would always take awhile beating Kayla, then you had the time period when Kayla basically washed the blood off, but it never took this long. It had been close to two hours since he dragged her away. Finally, she heard something, foot steps. She got up and walked over to the door, tears instantly stung her eyes at what she saw.

" Ka…Kayla?"

The girl looked up with a small smile.

"Na…mi…" Kayla fell to the ground unconscious.

Blood instantly pooled around her. Nami was scared, sure, Kayla had been beaten before, but never had her wounds been this serious. In the whole time they had been there, Kayla had never been hurt this badly.

'This is all my fault! If I hadn't have screamed, Kayla would never have heard me! Then she never would have gotten hurt!' Nami's mind screamed at her.

"Kayla! Kayla! Hold on! I'll help you!"

Nami didn't really know what to do, but in a situation like this, it had to be learn as you go. She carefully flipped Kayla onto her back so she could see the wound. There was a huge gash on her stomach, multiple cuts on her arms and legs, along with many bruises. She was also bleeding from her "lower area". Nami gasped as the tears continued to roll down her cheeks.

"God Kayla, what did he do to you?"

She dragged Kayla into her room. Nami didn't want to pick Kayla up onto her bed because that could stretch the wound open even more, so she improvised. Nami grabbed three towels and made a small bed for her. Then grabbed rolls of gauze she had, peroxide and medical tape. She shut her door, and pulled up Kayla's shirt a little, then pulled down Kayla's pants a little bit. Nami grabbed her pillow placed it under Kayla's head.

" Don't worry Kayla, I'm going to take care of you, like you take care of me," Nami sobbed.

She ran and grabbed two small washrags. One for water and one for peroxide.

"Kayla, this is going to hurt, but, I don't know any other way to help you."

Nami ran and grabbed a bowl then filled it with water and a second bowl and filled it with peroxide. She dipped one of the rags in the peroxide, and rang it out very little, so the peroxide was still dripping from it.

"I'm sorry…'

Nami squeezed the rag out directly over Kayla's stomach gash. Kayla didn't scream, but tears began to roll down her cheek. Tears began to roll down Nami's cheeks too. The girl who never screamed, never let her see her in pain, was crying on the floor.

A final tear rolled off Nami's chin, "I'm so sorry…"

Nami lay on the floor. It was a little after eleven o'clock. She stared at Kayla on the floor. Luckily, Kayla hadn't woken up during the procedure. Nami walked into the bathroom, holding the two bowls now full of blood. She re-filled one full of water, and rang out one of the rags. Nami placed it on the floor, and walked over to Kayla.

"Kayla…I'm sorry I had to hurt you…but you're going to be okay now. I'll understand if you hate me for hurting you, but I'm happy that I was able to help you. You can sleep on my bed tonight, and I'll sleep on the floor."

Nami lifted her head and took the pillow then placed it on her bed. She drew the covers back. Her gaze shifted to Kayla, who was sleeping on the floor. She didn't look like she was sleeping peacefully though. Nami walked over to Kayla, and slung one of Kayla's arms around her shoulder.

"Nami…"

Nami quickly lay Kayla back down, "you're awake!"

Kayla looked dazed, "Nami…are…you alright? Did Arlong…come back and hurt you at all?"

Kayla tried to sit up, but her whole body ached. She moved her head around; her arms were all bandaged up.

"Did you bandage me up Nami?"

"Yeah, you were bleeding everywhere. I was afraid you were gunna…"

"Don't worry, I'm not gunna leave you here alone with these assholes."

Nami stared to cry again, Kayla smiled warmly, "what's wrong?"

"Kayla…why did you stop Arlong? Why do you always stop Arlong from hitting me!"

Kayla was a little taken back by this, but the smile stayed strong on her face.

She placed a hand on Nami's head in a comforting big sister manner, "because…you remind me of my little sister before Arlong killed her. I couldn't stop him from killing her, but I'll be dammed if I can't stop him from hurting you. You're too young to have these things happen to you."

"Kayla…did Arlong…do anything else to you?"

Kayla's smile faded, and she slowly nodded. She didn't cry; but she didn't look Nami in the eyes either. Nami started to cry harder and wrapped her arms around Kayla. Kayla rubbed her back to sooth the little girl.

"I promise…I won't scream anymore! I'll be strong! Just like you!"

"No…it's okay to scream Nami."

"But if I scream, you'll run in here and stop Arlong! Then, he'll do what he did tonight over again! So I won't scream anymore!"

"Nami, none of this is your fault. It's all mine."

"How could you blame yourself Kayla? If it's not my fault, then it's his for doing it to you!"

"No, it's mine. He says it's because of my eyes. Because of the way I glare at him."

Nami continued to cry and Kayla continued to rub her back. They stayed like that for a while. Kayla glanced at the clock. It was close to one in the morning.

"Nami?"

"Yes?"

"I think we should go to bed now, it's almost one in the morning."

"You can sleep in my bed tonight, you shouldn't be moving around to much."

"Thanks Nami, but where will you sleep?"

"As soon as I clean the floor I'll make a bed on it and go to sleep."

A moment of silence passed.

"Kayla?"

"Yes?"

"How come Arlong said you belong to him?"

Kayla was quiet.

"You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to Kayla. I was just curious."

"My father…sold me to Arlong."

Nami looked at Kayla, who had clenched her fist, "I'm sorry."

"The horror isn't over yet. He gave me to Arlong, along with my little sister Laura, to pay for himself. Our mom died when Laura was born. He had exactly 100,000 belli. Instead of paying for us two, he decided to make a deal with Arlong. The deal was; he would give Arlong the money, and us, as payment for the next month. Arlong agreed, so we were forced to go with him. I still don't understand why he did it! He was our FATHER! How could any parent do that to their children! Arlong made us work to the bone. About two weeks after we came here, Laura got sick. I told Arlong that the medicine wasn't expensive. Only 10 belli. But he would buy it for her. She suffered for about another week, and then died."

Nami once again had tears in her eyes, "my story is kinda similar to yours, but it wasn't me sister who paid the price. I'm adopted, and so is my sister, so we aren't related. A very kind woman named Bellemere took us in when we were children. She cared for us, and loved us dearly. I stole a book from the library because I knew we didn't have the money to pay for it. Bellemere tried talking to me and I yelled at her. I said really mean stuff then ran away. Nojiko came looking for me; we went back to our house so I could apologize to mom. When we came back, Arlong was there. We tried to stay hidden; we heard he wanted 50,000 belli for kids, and 100,000 belli for adults. We decided to run away, but then she told him that she had two daughters, and the money was for them. Nojiko and I ran to her, but they killed her in front of us. One of Arlong's men found my map, and they took me captive. Then I joined his crew…"

"You joined his crew Nami?" Kayla's voice was full of shock.

"Yeah, he said that if I bring him 100,000,000 belli, he'll free our village. But for now, I have to draw maps for him. I leave in a little over seven months."

"I'm glad the village has some hope."

"But, I don't want to leave you Kayla! I can't!"

"What's more important Nami? One life or hundreds?"

Nami was silent, she couldn't answer. The choice was just too hard to make.

"I want you to leave okay? You're our only hope Nami. I promise you, I'll live. I will not allow myself to die if you promise to go and get that money! Do you promise?"

"Yes, do you?"

"Yes, let's shake on it."

Nami and Kayla shook hands. The deal was made. Nami gasped and got up then came back with the food from earlier.

"Here Kayla, you've gotta be hungry."

Kayla smiled and took the food, Nami just watched her eat it.

Nami just stared at the girl in front of her, tears forming in her eyes.

'There's no way that this is her! Arlong told me he killed her!'

"Kay...Kayla?"

TO BE CONTINUED…..

Nami: That was some damn good writing!

Me: I know, I know. Okay, well, here is the preview for Ep three:

"Arlong said a lot of things…didn't make em true Nami. Come on, we're escaping."

Kayla grabbed her hand and began to walk away from the men and the deer. Luffy freaked.

"Hey! She's my navigator and friend, you can't take her away!"

"Nami only belongs to one person and that is herself! No one can own her!" Kayla screamed.

Her eyes began to glow a mixture of red and black. Suddenly, the belt unwrapped from her waist and the red spots stood up. The belt was a tail, and the spots were ears.

Me: Okay, that is your preview! Now, please submit your review okay! I really like them. All flamers will be torched by Kayla.

Kayla: Yeah!