Chapter 1
Nami awoke the next morning feeling a bit tired.
She didn't plan on staying up that long after Luffy left her alone, but she needed some time to herself.
Stretching, she got up and walked over to her closet to get dressed for the day.
She couldn't erase the memory of her little talk with Luffy last night.
It wasn't like she was trying to forget it, but she wanted to put it in the back of her mind so that she wouldn't feel awkward around Luffy.
When she finally finished getting dressed and completing her daily morning ritual, she walked out onto the deck and headed toward the kitchen.
The intoxicating scent of Sanji's cooking which she missed during the two years they were all separated.
She missed all of them dearly and was excited that she was able to reunite with everybody.
She opened the door to the kitchen and the ever so love struck cook immediately turned his head to greet her.
"Good morning, Nami-swan~! You look lovely as ever this morning!" He exclaimed looking at her with one of his eyes as a heart.
"Good morning, Sanji-kun!" She greeted back with a large smile and took a seat by the table.
"Would you like anything to drink, Nami-swan!" Sanji offered her and she replied with a smile and a nod of her head.
"Mm! A glass of orange juice would be nice!"
"Coming right up~!" He danced his way into making her request.
When he finished, he gave her the drink and returned to preparing breakfast for the self proclaimed idiots, except for Robin of course.
Nami took a sip of her drink and stared down at the orange liquid in deep thought.
"Ne, Sanji-kun?" Nami suddenly spoke as the blond cook turned his head to look at her.
"Hai, Nami-swan~!"
"Do you think Luffy has been acting differently lately?" She looked up at him and his heart eye returned to normal, blinking confusingly at her question.
"What do you mean by that, Nami-san?"
"Well...I don't know...he just seems a bit off lately...especially last night..." Nami answered narrowing her eyes a bit.
"Last night?" Sanji stopped cooking.
"Mm. He said that he had been having nightmares."
"Nightmares? That rubber idiot?"
"Well, it makes sense since they are mostly about Ace." Sanji frowned, but went back to cooking breakfast.
"Believe it or not Nami-san~, but even idiots like him get nightmares. I'm sure he'll be fine." Sanji told her.
Nami wanted to believe that.
She really did.
But there was this feeling in her gut that it wasn't going to be that simple.
When Bellemere died, she was in the very similar situation.
She had nightmares for countless nights after she was killed in front of her.
Nightmares that wouldn't go away until Luffy saved her from her imprisonment.
For the past two years all she wanted was to become stronger.
Stronger so that this time she could help Luffy.
Just like what he did for her.
The door opened and the other members of the crew entered.
Zoro came in first, yawning while the others followed right behind him.
Nami kept her eyes on Luffy as he acted his normal self and jumped into his seat.
He began to bang his fists on the table, a fork and knife in his hands as he yelled out for food.
It amazed Nami to see Luffy so cheerful after their little talk last night.
To her, it seemed off.
When she had her nightmares, she would hide it just like Luffy is doing now, but at least she would show her emotions when she was alone.
She didn't know if that was what Luffy did, but knowing him, she knew he wasn't going to let his emotions take over.
Nami averted her eyes from her captain when Sanji began placing the food he made for the crew on the table.
In an instant, Luffy began grabbing any food he could reach, and that was everything, and began stuffing it in his mouth.
At least at the moment, Nami was just glad that he was back to his old self.
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Luffy woke up and something was off.
He couldn't see anything.
All around him was nothing but darkness.
"Where am I?" Luffy shouted, hoping that someone would hear him.
He didn't hear anything.
He tried running forward.
However no matter how much he ran it felt like he never moved.
Suddenly, he heard something behind him.
He quickly turned around, but saw nothing.
The voice, however, was getting louder.
Luffy...
Someone was calling his name.
It was quiet, but he heard his name.
"Who's there?" Luffy called out, hoping to hear a response.
It's too late to stop it...
Luffy's eyes widened as the voice felt like it came just right behind him.
Luffy quickly turned around and saw nothing.
He gritted his teeth in anger.
"Who are you!" He shouted as an echo followed.
Who am I? I'm you...
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Luffy suddenly woke up in the familiar bunker of the Thousand Sunny.
He was covered in sweat as he looked down at his hands.
"W-What...was that?" He asked himself.
The snores from his fellow crew mates were the only noise heard in the bunker.
Luffy laid back down and stared up at the ceiling.
It was just a dream.
Luffy let out a long sigh to try to relax himself.
He had been having nightmares, but this was the first time he ever had a dream like that.
Being alone in a place like that was not something he was comfortable with.
He hated the feeling of loneliness.
He did not know what he would do if he was alone without any of his nakama.
Just the thought of that made him afraid.
The one thing he was scared about more than anything was to lose one of his nakama and it only increased after losing Ace.
Then his mind wandered toward the voice he heard in his dream.
He didn't know who's voice it was, but it felt really creepy.
He hoped he never had to hear the voice again.
However, there was one thing the voice said that bothered him.
It's too late to stop it...
"Stop...what...?" Luffy muttered quietly so that he wouldn't wake any of the others up.
However, Sanji was awake and eyed Luffy.
The conversation he had with Nami made him curious, so he decided to see for himself if anything was wrong with the rubber idiot.
It started off with nothing unusual until he heard Luffy begin to moan and then began sweating all over.
Then came the sudden wake up.
It was odd for Sanji to see Luffy so spooked like he was.
He then heard him whisper something, but couldn't hear what it was.
Sanji eyed him for a few more minutes before he went back to sleep.
Sighing, he decided to get some sleep as well.