Red Secret

A/N: Gah, I checked my stats the other day, and I had 2 fav's, 1 review, and 100 hits -.-U. Sad isn't it? I'm not half the author my sister is…

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Nami's POV

"Listen Nami! You can't stay there forever!" Ace yelled, pounding on the door. I ignored him. Of course I could. The door had a lock; I had food, and internet. But, there was some things I can't do…like face Nojiko and Mr. Genzo.

Flashback

"Belle Mere! I didn't mean it! I love it that you're my mom!" I screamed, and hugged her. She nodded.

"I know. I love that you're my daughter. I wanted to buy books and clothes, and all sorts of good things. I was a terrible mother." She said, and hugged Nojiko and me closer.

"So, these are your kids?" the large, merman asked, getting in our faces. I glared at him. How dare he hurt her mother like that? That dirty fish-man.

"They are as good as mine as if I gave birth to them." She smiled. "You won't hurt them will you?"

"Not if you die quietly." He smirked. D-die…? No! She can't die!

"Nojiko, Nami." She said, standing up. The fish put a gun to her head. Tears were flowing harder and harder every second.

"I love you." She said, and they could hear a gunshot. Nami screamed, Genzo sunk to his knee's, and Nojiko fainted.

It was then one thought went through my head, "No more tears." Then, I felt my eyes. They were wet, but it seemed the tears had stopped.

End Flashback

"Oh Belle Mere…" I said out loud. Never have I ever told Ace and Luffy the story.

"Nami! If you don't open up right now, I'll break the door down!" Ace yelled, pounding harder.

"If you come in here I'll run away!" I screamed back, and jumped to my balcony, and jumped to the nearest tree, which was about 1 foot away from the ledge. As I was climbing down, I could Ace break the door down, and curse in fury.

"Nami! Get in here, and tell us the truth!" Ace screamed, and burst out.

I sighed. No. Never. Nojiko-san can tell them. I'm not about to reveal what I don't want to. I could hardly face seeing Nojiko and Mr. Genzo on T. V. so how could I face them right now in real life? I ran out on them! I left them, and probably left them in tears for weeks. Arlong probably went berserk when he saw I was gone. I can't do it. Not now. After only 5 years. I was going to wait 10 years.

The place I went to was the beach. It was a bit chilly for May, so the beach was deserted. I sat there thinking of Belle Mere, and Nojiko, of Luffy and Ace, and the man calling himself the R. S. and Mr. Genzo. Some thought just can't be avoided. When I decided to go home, it was around 5:30. I had to take a shower, and get ready for the blind-date. When I walked in, Ace was in the entrance hall, waiting for me.

"I'm going to go take a shower…" I said softly, trying to move past him. It couldn't be done. Ace was way to strong.

"E-excuse me…" I said, avoiding his eyes.

"No." he said bluntly. I looked at his eyes. Never have I ever seen his eyes so angry. Or terrified. Fury. That's what I deserved.

"Where…where were you…?" he asked, hugging me. No. Wrong answer. I did NOT deserve this. I deserved to be yelled at. To be slapped. To be sent to my room and miss my blind date tonight.

"I...I…" I tried to say, but I couldn't. I can't make it come out. I just can't. I couldn't accept it when it happened, so how could I accept it now, and tell someone. "I…have to go take a shower…" I said softly. Ace didn't let go.

"I was so worried. Luffy is over at Zoro's, trying to find you. Mom and dad…luckily I haven't told them. Why would you run away like that?" he demanded, still not letting go. Words lost me. I can't talk right now, so instead I just pushed him away, and ran to the bathroom. He didn't follow.

"I-I ran away…because I'm afraid…" I said quietly, and sat down. I tried hard not to cry again. Crying once after 5 years was once too many for me. I'm not about to make it twice.

Then, I noticed I got a text. I opened my phone, and the message was simply,

'Hey, it's Zoro. We know about what happened, and the R. S. understands that your not about to get ready for a date. He says to meet him 3 days after tomorrow. Sam time and place as it said on the card. Cya, Zoro.'

I texted back, the soft clicking the only other sound.

'Okay. Tell whoever he is I said thanks…cya at skool.' and sent it.

I slowly drifted off into sleep, dreaming of Nojiko slapping me across the face when she first saw me, and Mr. Genzo punching me. Not exactly the dream most suited for such turmoil, but these things happen.

Slowly, my hand reached up to my shoulder, softly touching the tattoo I was given.

Flashback

"Arlong! There are maps in this house!" a fish cried. I jumped up. Those were MY maps, so he better not hurt them.

"No! Stop, those are mine!" I screamed, and ran to grab them. Arlong grabbed me by the shirt collar.

"You? You can make such accurate maps at such a tiny age?" he said, bringing my face close to his.

"So what if she can? Let her down!" Mr. Genzo said, charging at him. Arlong blocked him, and cut him up.

"Mr. Genzo!" I screamed.

"Ahahahaha! You are coming with me!"Arlong cried, and started to leave.

"No! Put me down! Nojiko! Mr. Genzo! Help me!" I screamed, and tried to kick him, but it wouldn't work.

I was gone for three days. On the third day, he handed me a bundle of about 1,000 berries.

"Here, every pirate of mine gets paid. By the way, now that you are my official navigator, you have to swear loyalty to me, and have my mark encrusted on you." Arlong said, an evil glint in his eyes.

"M-mark…?" I asked, shaking. In a few minutes I found out what he meant. The 'mark' was a terrible tattoo, and he marked me on my left shoulder.

"Ahahahaha! Now you'll sail with us WHERE EVER we go!" he cried, and laughing manically. I shook in fear.

End Flashback

It was after that Mr. Genzo sent me away. It was also the day where I stopped showing off my left shoulder. If I went swimming, I had sewn a black sleeve on my left arm on it on every bathing suit I owned. The same for all tang-tops. Luffy, Ace and everyone else always asked why I did this. I told them I had an ugly birth mark I didn't want anyone to see, at that was half-right.

"Nami, honey, wake up." I heard my mom say. I began to slowly open my eyes.

"We need to talk to you." She said, smiling in her soft way. I nodded, half-asleep.

She led me downstairs, where Dad was sitting back on the couch, Ace was looking really annoyed at something, and Luffy was in a mood he rarely even showed he had; pissed.

"Sit down." She said softly, and sat down next to Dad.

"…Morning'…" I said to everyone, rubbing my eyes. No one answered.

"Okay, what we woke you all up for is…well…" Mom started, uncertain on how to drop the bomb.

"We know Nami has a living sister, and we know that she's coming to town." Dad said, in his unemotional voice.

I looked down. Luffy and Ace didn't react.

"Whatever." Luffy said, and got up to leave. He didn't say anything but that, and he stormed outside. Ace shook his head.

"That little brat is angry because his favorite pirates left without him yesterday while he was at Zoro's." Ace said, and made a face.

"ANYWAYS, we are looking into buying them a place, and we need to know if Nami…will go to live with them, rather then us." Mom said, rather tearfully. I shot up.

"WHAT?!" I asked, staring in unbelief. How could they make me decide like that?

"Well, she is your sister Nami. We just need to know if you'd…" my mom said, looking calm.

"Chose between my sister and the people I've called family for 5 years? I can see why Luffy tries not to put up with you." I said, fury and anger rising up. I stormed outside, and saw Luffy sitting by the door.

"What?" he demanded.

"Nothing…mom and dad are being their usual self's." I said, shrugging. When I sat down next to him, he put his head on my shoulder. I looked at him. I've never seen him so tired so instantly.

"I'm so tired…" he yawned, closing his eyes slightly. I yawned after him.

"Me too…" I said, and my eyes started to drift off into sleep.

While I slept, I could hear voices. They were the voices of my parents, praising Ace. Luffy and I walked over there, silently. When we entered, they stopped. I looked at Ace; he was wearing a king's robe, crown, and lots of gold.

"Ug. Didn't we tell Chef Sanji to take the garbage out?" my dad asked. I looked around. The room was a throne room.

"I don't see any trash in here." I said, confused. Mom, dad and Ace all laughed.

"Ha! I do. Look at the scumbag next to you." They said, mom pointing at Luffy, and dad and Ace pointing at me. I looked at Luffy, and Luffy looked at me.

"Ah! What the?" we asked in unison. We were wearing peasant clothes, and our faces were dirty.

"Now get out of here! We have love enough for only our first son. It's always been known that Luffy is useless, and Nami was just adopted. Now, General Zoro, Captain Usopp, take these trash bags out, and bring in Aces girls." Mom said, instructing Luffy's friend Zoro and Usopp. They waved in Vivi and Robin. They were both wearing skimpy outfits, and they went over to Ace and started getting all over him.

When I awoke, I still had my head on his shoulder; and Luffy was awake, looking terrified.

"I had the most terrible dream!" we said in unison. I explained mine, and Luffy said he had the same dream.

"You…you don't think they'd do that to us…do you?" I asked. He shook his head.

"No…no, never." He replied, uncertain. We rushed inside, and saw Ace playing video games, Dad reading the paper, and Mom setting the table for 6.

"Oh, hey guys. I didn't wake you." Mom said, setting down the last plate. We nodded, relieved.

"Oi! Lil' bro, Onee Chan, come play with me." Ace called, and tossed us controllers. We nodded, and ran over to the couch. Ace beat us 3 games to none.

"Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to yo-ou! Happy birthday to YOU!" we sang after dinner. It was the Mayor's dinner, and we were celebrating it at our house.

Mr. Mayor-san blew out the candles, and we all cheered. After cake, mom gave him a present, a gun to protect the townsfolk. He greatly appreciated it, and left.

"Now, whose birthday is next?" Dad asked.

(A/N: I've decided to put all the birthdays. (The day is: May 28th, 2008)

Luffy: February 28th, 1994

Ace: May 13th 1991

Nami: June 1st 1994

Mom: June 30th 1960

Dad: December 5th 1955

Vivi: August 18th 1994

Robin: January 30th 1993

Zoro: March 29th 1994

Sanji: April 16th 1994

Kohza: July 23th 1993

Usopp: October 17th 1994

Nojiko: May 2nd 1992

Mr. Genzo: December 4th 1950

Mayor: May 28th1943)

"Mine!" I cried. Ace and Luffy cried "Nami!" at the same time.

"Alright. What do you want for your 14th birthday?" Mom asked.

I thought about. What did I want? Putting aside what I knew they couldn't give me, I came up with 2 animals that I love.

"Hmm…I would like a…a…a kitten and a puppy!" I said, smiling. Luffy and Ace smiled. They knew I liked those animals. Once, we were taking a walk, and we saw a stray cat, and I wouldn't stop until it had found an owner.

"Honey…" mom started. I cut her off.

"I've been asking for one kitten and one puppy for 3 years. If we are renovating, wouldn't we have enough room?" I asked cleverly. They can't refuse.

"Oh…alright. On your birthday, we'll all go and get one puppy, and one kitten." Mom and dad said.

"Yay! Thanks so much mom and dad!" I cried, and hugged them both.

"Cool!" Luffy said. "Having a puppy will be so cool!"

Ace picked me up. "Good for you Onee Chan!" he said, and swung me around. Mom and dad left, probably to go make sure they had enough.

On the day of my birthday, lots of things happened. Well, lets just started with the beginning.

Around 10 A. M., someone was knocking on the door. It was a Saturday, so we were all up and ready. Mom and Dad were at work, so Ace, Luffy and I were home alone, as we usually were. Don't worry, they'd be back around noon, so we could go shopping.

"I'll get it." I called, feeling in a good mood.

"Oh I can't wait until I get my puppy and kitten!" I said, skipping to the door.

"Hello." I said, opening the door. My eyes dropped, along with my mouth at who was standing on our doorstep. One had short blue hair, wearing long pants, and a short shirt, with an odd tattoo going across the top of her chest. The other, wearing a police suit with legs that went down his knee's, and a pinwheel in his hat.

"N-Nojiko…Mr. G-Genzo…what…what a l-lovely…birthday s-surprise…" I said, unsure about what else to say.

"Hey Onee Chan. How have you been?" Nojiko asked, smiling.

"Happy birthday." Mr. Genzo.