Here you go for the second chapter. I have so much I want to write for this story that I have to write it before I forget something important. Have a good time.

"Luffy!" called Nami as she run through the streets of the city. "Where are you?"

She looked around and saw many street vendors on the side and noticed that one of them sells barbeque so she went to ask him.

"Mister! Did you see a man wearing a Straw-hat around here?" she asked hastily.

"Huh? Well, if you're talking about Straw-hat Luffy, the first time I saw him he looked like he was in a very good mood but when I saw him again, he had a very scary look and went towards the mountain," informed the old man.

"Thanks a lot," Nami said before her heart clenched at what the old man said.

"I have to find him quickly before something happens," she thought while beating her lower lip, fearing what will happen. Will Luffy order her to leave this crew? Or even worse, will he leave the crew himself? Everything is possible with him. In that case she could never forgive herself ever. Tears started flowing down again and she became more desperate to find him. Usopp, Zoro, Franky and Robin were also searching for him but they didn't know the seriousness of the situation as Nami didn't have time to explain. "Luffy, please…come back…I didn't mean anything I said…I promise!"

…

Luffy was lying down, with his hat covering his face, on the grass at the other side of the island not too far from the waterfall. He was at a small meadow surrounded by the trees of the forest where he could see the ocean and relaxing under the breezes with his hands behind his head.

"You were here, Luffy…" The swordsman of the crew slowly approached him with a slightly irritated face. "We were searching you for 3 hours! What were you doing?!"

"What are you doing here Zoro?" Luffy asked, as if he didn't hear what Zoro said, as he lifted his hat so that Zoro could see his expressionless face.

"I told you I was searching for you… and when I was searching…I thought that…maybe here…"

"Lost again?"

"YOU'RE WRONG," Zoro yelled.

Luffy smiled a little at that. "Return to the ship and go say to everyone that I won't be back for the next three days."

Zoro sat down next to Luffy. "Why? I don't know what happened between you and Nami but why must you isolate yourself from us?"

"It's not because of Nami, I have my reasons," said Luffy covering his face, once again, with his hat.

"And what sort of reasons, do you have?"

Luffy sighed, "Marine Grand Line 4th Branch, G-4."

Zoro looked at him as if he heard Luffy speak another language.

"Their base is close to this island. Do you know that this island was a former territory of old man Whitebeard? Seems like that base kept the pirate from coming on this island after the war. And from what I've heard their base is closer to this side of the island…," Luffy continued.

Zoro looked at him with wide eyes. "What's wrong with him?! That can't be the Luffy I know…but… all my senses say that it's really him. It's the first time I see him act like this." Zoro thought. "When did you have time to search about all that?"

"When you guys were searching me… I wasn't here for three hours doing nothing. I just had to ask to the people in the town and they gently told me everything I had to know."

Luffy pointed toward the town at the other side of the mountain. "Sunny is at the opposite side of the island so the marines won't notice the ship from their base…but some people in the town could report to them so they can sneak here…and they could attack us while we're sleeping, no?"

Zoro still had the same look but if he wasn't shocked by Luffy speaking like that, he would certainly agree with him.

The log pose will take three days to reset so I will protect the ship and everyone from here. Understand, now?"

"Huh? Oh…huh…yes…" Zoro's astonishment wouldn't wear off. He decided that he need to find Nami and know what happened.

…

"Did anyone find Luffy yet?!" Nami yelled becoming more anxious.

"We all searched but we couldn't find him…" Usopp said trying to calm her down "And Zoro disappeared too."

"Probably lost," Sanji said, without a doubt.

"Did you say something, Nosebleed-kun?" Zoro suddenly showed up in the dining room. He was covered in leaves and dirt.

"Zoro! Did you find Luffy?" Nami hoped that he found him. If not, there is a possibility that he was not on this island anymore.

"Well, yeah…"

She sighed and had a smile for the first time in these few hours. But she couldn't feel relieved yet…she has to speak with him.

Sanji was smoking from his kitchen while preparing dinner. "You sure searched him. Even Nami-san came back on the ship after four hours but you came back after 6 hours."

"Shut up! It's Luffy's fault, he said that the ship is at the opposite side of the island but I didn't find it for 3 hours," Zoro complained like it was their fault.

"More importantly…where is Luffy? Why didn't he come back with you?"Nami asked with her heart clenching again.

"Well…"

…

"WHAT?!" Zoro's ears were ringing at everyone's reaction.

Usopp clutched Zoro's shoulders and looked at him in disbelief. "Are you Zoro?! That can't be the Luffy we know?!"

"You sure it wasn't a dream Marimo?" Sanji asked.

"It wasn't a dream!"

Chopper turned to Robin "What Luffy inquired…is it correct?"

"Yes…but it took me some time to even know there was a marine base close to the island. I'm impressed but it isn't…Luffy-like?"

"I'm going to see him!" Nami stood up.

Zoro blocked her way. "Wait a minute…don't you think we need some explanation here?"

"Well…that's true…" Nami was thinking "I don't mind if the crew reject me after…but they need to know the truth. It's not Luffy who is supposed to be isolated."

…

"…" Nobody did know what to say after Nami explained.

"I know it's my fault. Even if I did it for money, I said bad things on my captain's back," she said as tears were flowing down the moment she told the hurtful words she said about Luffy.

"Exactly…," Zoro glared at her.

Nami and everyone gasped. "Oi Marimo! Nami-san is the one who is the most hurt here. How dare you say th…," Sanji yelled.

Zoro pointed his sword at the cook and continued to glare at the navigator. "I will say one thing. If it weren't Luffy but me that heard your conversation, I would have killed you."

Nami just looked down, she knew that she has to take punishment and she was willing to do it.

"You can steal whoever you want and whatever you want…but I can't stand that you're insulting our captain for something trivial like that…nor for any other reasons. I won't ask how many times you did it until now. Woman or not, I would kick you out of this crew. And here I always thought that you were one of the most loyal crew member…you disappoint me. You proved me that you really are a witch"

Nami just wanted to die. "I know…if I have to die to make Luffy suffer less then I will…"

"But Luffy has already forgiven you…"

"What?!" Nami looked up at Zoro.

"After hearing you say what happened, I finally understood what was wrong with him… He is trying to change himself…" Zoro's voice was now softer as he talked about Luffy.

Nami looked wide eyed at him then at the floor.

Usopp stood up "Why is that? That doesn't make sense…why is HE trying to change?"

Zoro looked at him "You really think that Luffy will hold any grudge over anyone of us? If he heard Nami say that she is just with him because her chances of accomplishing her dreams are higher…then he will gladly allow her to use him without thinking badly of her."

Nami was now shaking from what she heard."Luffy…"

Robin was now at Nami's side as she saw her tears and was hugging her.

"And if he heard Nami say that he is complete idiot…and that it's a good reason for her to think about joining another crew…then he would just stop being an idiot. I wouldn't mind him being serious when he needs to…but how could he be happy if he doesn't even smile when he does something he likes. He just sacrificed his liberty for you and…maybe for us all," Zoro continued.

"What do you mean, Marimo?" Sanji asked.

"What if…he thought that we're all just using him for accomplishing our dreams…did you thought about that?" Zoro asked as he gritted his teeth.

Everyone gasped at that. But they didn't have time to think about it as Nami slipped from Robin's arms and dropped on the floor unconscious.

"Nami-san!"

"Nami!" everyone went to her side and Chopper checked her.

"She fainted…it must have been too painful for her," Chopper said as he felt tears dripping from his eyes. Nami's face was wet from her tears.

"Well, at least that made sure for me that she care about Luffy," Zoro said.

"Don't you have a heart Marimo?!"

"A better one than her since I don't insult my captain behind his back,"

"Why you…"

"Oi Zoro, Sanji, stop arguing and think about a way to solve this problem," Franky said.

Brook then said "I think that only Nami-san can solve this problem."

"I agree with Brook," said Zoro as he turned around. "…And I promised Luffy to not let anyone see him today. He doesn't want anyone to burden him since he will use his time on the island to block the marines and train a little."

"…So we can't do anything till Nami-swan wakes up…"

…

"Robin, I will just give Nami some medicine so I will leave her to you after that. You just have to change her in her sleepwear and bring a cup of water when she will awake. If she has a headache call me, okay?"

"Okay, Chopper," she smiled to him as he turned to leave the room.

"Luffy…" Robin turned around and saw Nami murmuring something in her sleep. "Come…back…to me…please…I…love you…"

She then noticed Nami's tears coming down again and tried her best to comfort her as she whispered in her ear "Don't worry, Luffy will surely come back so you can sleep peacefully, Nami."

She noticed Nami smiling and thought "Bringing our Luffy back may be easier than we thought. I have to know if she already figured her feelings when she will wake up."

…

"Tonight's sky sure is beautiful." Luffy was still lying in the same position as he woke up from his sleep. "It was peaceful but you guys had to ruin it. I thought that the marines' job was to maintain peace, no?"

"Sorry but if we allow pirate scum like you to live peacefully; you will ruin the peaceful life of the citizens!"

"I'm ruining peace just by sleeping?! You are idiots?!" Luffy said as he was now in a sitting position with his hat on his head. He had his arms crossed and his head tilted in confusion.

"SHUT UP STRAW-HAT, I will put my honor of Marine Vice-admiral and base commander of G-4 at stake and arrest you!"

Luffy stood up and said "Well, if I beat you, the top of G-4, there won't be anyone strong enough to beat me in your base, right?"

"IN THE NAME OF THE ABSOLUTE JUSTICE, THE MARINE WON'T LOSE TO A PIRATE SCUM LIKE YOU! SOLDIERS! IT'S TIME TO FIGHT!"

"Shishishi, looks like it will be fun, quit screaming and come get me!"

Well, I hope you like it. I don't see Luffy getting emotional if it's not because someone is dead. And I thought that this Luffy seemed more interesting. I always thought that Luffy was more intelligent than we thought. It's not that he is hiding it like some people wrote in their fanfic, it's just that it's a pain in the ass for him to read books or listen to people talking about complicated thing. In other words, he decided that he is free of these things and don't bother with learning some things. I don't have one in my mind but we have seen few moments where he said intelligent things. And you know what Dragon said when he saw Luffy's poster after enies lobby? Something along, "See the world and question it. The day we will meet will surely come." I think he means about the World Government. Even if Luffy isn't the type of people to think much, seeing the world, the celestial dragons and their atrocities will surely make him understand many things. Something that these stupid celestial dragons can't do.