Zoro deeply sighed, tightening his light green jacket around him before shoving his cold hands in his pocket to keep it from the bone chilling weather. White snow flakes fell from the dark sky partly covered with dense gray clouds. The snow covered pathway, the leafless trees planted on the sidewalk and the tranquil silence... Gave Zoro an aggravating headache – The peaceful scenery wasn't his style but the silent woman behind him looked like she was having one hell of a time admiring the beautiful serene moment. His pitch black eyes glanced at her – She was trailing behind Zoro in a good one foot distance. She seemed to notice his stare as she curiously looked at the green haired swordsman before her. It was a very good thing he had his back turned against her or he would be facing one of the most embarrassing situations ever. It would be an awkward moment if she asks a question like, "What are you staring at?" in a soft polite voice that made him shudder or "Is everything alright?" that would probably make his vein bulge on his forehead as she followed that sentence up with a smile. He was not comfortable with women acting all mushy around him – In other words, it clearly irritated the swordsman. But thankfully she was not the kind of woman who would ask endless questions about stupid meaningless situations.
"Err… Kenshi-san…"
Bam!
Zoro was so lost in thought that he had failed to notice he was walking towards a metal lamp post – violently smacking his head against the hard surface leaving a noticeable dent on the post. This was very humiliating of course – If you were a member of the famous Straw Hat Pirates, the infamous Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro who wiped out the entire member of Baroque Works along with a powerful shichibukai – Crocodile, then courageously challenged the legendary undefeatable swordsman, Hawk Eye Mihawk, discovered the impossible place, Skypiea, defeated a so-called immortal God Eneru and managed to overpower the unstoppable secret organization, CP9 – You would know how it would definitely hurt the swordsman's pride, realizing he went through all those risky adventures and deathly fights against mighty enemies – But a simple lamp post injured him and sent him down the freezing ground, taking away an unusually large chunk of pride in him.
The raven haired woman approached him and kneeled beside the dumbfounded Zoro. He snapped back into the cruel reality and quickly scrambled up to his feet, walking away like nothing ever happened. She couldn't help but observe his awkward movements caused by the sore bump on his head – he slightly stumbled sideways and regained his composure, his mind was a bit hazy and his boiling blood was rising up to his face, winning a very deep shade of crimson color that almost resembles a ripe tomato. She smiled; her crystal blue eyes that seemed to glisten in amusement traveled her gaze up the sky and took a moment or two to observe the dark heavens.
"Oi! You coming or what?" Zoro called out to her while brushing the snow flakes off his green hair. She stood up and followed the swordsman, making their way towards the abnormally large ship docked on the nearby harbor. Robin raised her eyebrows in confusion – she could swear she just saw a visible white glint up the ship's deck.
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Thirty-minutes – How…? How could a person possibly take thirty full minutes just to get the map she needed in her room? All she did was ask him nicely to kindly bring her the needed item to her as fast as possible before she loses the heated argument between her and her evil inner self about throwing the captain overboard. Normally, Nami would get it when she noticed he didn't do the simple task and swear to herself she'll pummel him later as she searched for it. But she got distracted – After he left to get the map, Nami decided to wait by occupying herself – knowing that it would take a while for him to look for it in the gigantic ship. She was gazing and observing the quiet little town when out of nowhere, she got a glimpse of two visible silhouettes emerging from the thick fog – Zoro and Robin. Her eyes twitched and her jaw hanged open for a moment before shaking her head and quickly grabbing Usopp's telescope to get a better look at her two crew member, wondering what in the world are they doing spending time together. Then it suddenly hit her – Nami's shocked expression was quickly taken over by a malicious grin and a wicked look on her eye – glinting in pure evilness as her mind came up with a genius plan. It took her fiften minutes to finally pry away her eyes from the telescope; searching for nothing in particular as the mist tripled it's dense milky like layer - making it impossible to see a single thing. The map and the captain being completely forgotten, she groaned in exasperation as she silently cursed the weather while forcing her numb feet to move to the galley, hoping to find a hot drink to soothe her raspy throat and warm her up nicely. She finally reached her destination after passing by countless rooms and walking through the endless hallway – Nami rubbed the back of her strained neck, her other hand reaching out for the door knob. Her eyes widened in surprise as she stared at the sight before her – The navigator's thoughts of torturing, drowning and brutally killing a raven haired captain was interrupted when a bone was thrown over to her; hitting Nami square on the face. Several veins popped out her forehead and twitched violently – he had crossed the invisible line and he also managed to get in her nerves. Nothing was going to stop her now – She was determined to mince and barbecue him alive before sending his dead body into the fiery depths of Oblivion. Luffy, who was still oblivious of Nami's dangerous presence in the kitchen, continued to gobble every food that he could reach, causing Nami to once again tremble in rage. She let out an aggravating scream and pulled out her Clima Tact out of nowhere. How it suddenly appeared on Nami's hands will forever remain a mystery.
"Die, Monkey. D. Luffy!" She yelled raising her weapon in the air, ready to attack; taking advantage of his confused state. Rubber or not, Nami had strike Luffy with an unordinary blue lightning bolt. It did hurt Luffy, as he yelled feeling an uncomfortable sensation embracing his body. He was black and burnt as smoke rose up from the air - she was not done yet. Nami clenched her fist, grabbing the captain's collar harshly and punching him with all her strength. She hit Luffy on the face and as expected, he was thrown away – He went through eleven thick metal walls and ended up landing roughly on the ship's hot spring. (Is that even possible?)
321 meters! It's definitely a new record.
"Isn't that a bit too much?"
Nami turned around – her anger slowly vanishing as she came to realize that her two crewmates she had been spying on for the past several minutes have entered the room standing beside each other. She merrily grinned making Zoro raise his thin eyebrow in utter confusion.
"Ohaiyo, lovebirds!" Nami greeted enthusiastically giving them a small wave.
"What the hell are you talking about?" asked Zoro, his suspicion meter rapidly increasing as he cautiously stared at the oddly cheery navigator who was flashing them a grateful grin that almost looks identical to Luffy's. She refused to say anything else, continuing to happily beam at the couple. Zoro frowned narrowing his eyes and Robin sweat dropped scrunching her brows, obviously uncomfortable at Nami's shining auburn eyes glaring at her.
"Ow…" Luffy groaned entering the kitchen once again. He held his broken bleeding nose as he looked at Nami, completely perplexed at her brutal actions.
"Nami, what was that for?" Hearing Luffy's voice that interrupted her evil thoughts, she shot him a cold demonic glare that's enough for Zoro to cower in fear and tremble in the shadowy corner – But let's not get too carried away about the trembling. Luffy instantly shut his jaw shut and remained silent – eyeing the swordsman, the archaeologist and the navigator. Nami clasped her hands, the grin fading away into a grateful smile that was plastered on her face.
"Well. Let's give them some alone time, shall we?" She said in an upbeat tone coated with sick sweet sugar she occasionally uses to bribe someone – Now, speaking of the tone and Zoro's previous monologue about women acting lovable on him, Nami was the perfect example of it. His frown deepened, turning into an unpleasant scowl – Nami turned back to Luffy and her mood instantly changed as the once positive atmosphere around her instantaneously transformed into a negative one.
"Let's get going, idiot." She said coldly grabbing Luffy by the ear, causing him to flinch in pain as her sharp nails dug into the sensitive fleshy part.
This was certainly going to be a very long dragging day.
A/N: Sorry if this chapter seemed kind of rushed. I had no time to finish it because I was so busy with my studies.