I know, I know. It's only been a day since I put out Chapter 1, but I'm just so pumped! I can't believe people have actually followed and commented to it already! Thanks!
So here's Chapter 2, y'all!
Enjoy! ;D
Nami's eyes opened slowly. She looked around the room. Where was she? It looked familiar, but she couldn't quite put a finger on it. Suddenly, remembering what just happened, her head snapped up. "Mina?" She called. But no one answered.
She was sitting at a table in the middle of a house so small, it only had one room. Nami gasped, she knew where she was! She was in her old house! The one in Bellemere's mikan orchard. She got up so fast that the chair fell to the floor, but she didn't stop to pick it up as she ran outside to be greeted with a dreadful sight.
Every tree in the orchard was dead, as if no one had taken care of them in years. There were holes dug everywhere and when she looked down to where the town should have been, she saw a giant kingdom-like city. Nami let herself fall to her knees. This was the fate of her island if she never had met Luffy? How could one person effect an entire island?
"Because you never met Luffy, he never saved your island from Arlong. Do you remember when he tried to steal your money, and the villagers had had enough of Arlong, so they went to go kill him?" Said a sad voice to Nami's right. When she looked over, it was Cupit. Nami had no idea how this woman knew all that, but she nodded anyway. "Their mission failed, and they all died." Nami gasped and brought her hand to her mouth. Tears started to run down her face, everyone she ever knew and loved... dead? No! That can't be! This all had to be a bad dream, a bad nightmare! Oh, but it wasn't! She could feel her tears stinging her eyes, and she could feel them streaming down her face and down to her hand.
After a while, she remembered about her friends. "Wh-Where are my nakama? What happened to them?"
Cupit's face became serious with a hint of sadness, but finally made her say, "Your swordsman, Zoro... is dead." Nami gasped and her tears started to flow down like a river. Not because she thought she loved Zoro, which she didn't, but because she never realized that her crew could actually be dead. She had also know him for just about as long as she knew Luffy. He was one of her first friends, and to her that he was dead, just broke her heart. "When your captain found him, Roronoa Zoro was about to be executed by Marines. If he never met Luffy, he would have been shot to death, which he was.
"Wha-What about Usopp? What happened to him?" Nami sobbed.
"He is still alive," Cupit replied, which made Nami let out a sigh of relief. "But he lives in misery and despair."
"What!" Nami exclaimed. "Why?"
"Because Luffy never came to Syrup Village, Kuro killed Kaya. The only reason why Usopp was able to survive was because he was such a coward, so he was able to escape easily. But because he never saved Kaya, he lives in guilt; thinking that he could have saved her, but was to pitiful to do anything." Cupit answered. Her answer, though, only saddened Nami, for she felt sorry for Usopp. Instead of dying, he lived a life in which he wished he could have died.
"A-And Sanji, what happened to Sanji? Is he still alive?" Nami asked.
"Yes, he is still alive," Cupit replied. "But because Luffy never came to the Baratie and defeated Don Krieg, Sanji and all the other chefs became slaved cooks for his crew." Nami didn't like this either, she knew that Sanji would never liked to be forced to cook for men. He would gladly do it for women, but men...
"And Chopper. What happened to him?" Nami asked again.
"Wapol took over the castle, killed Dr. Kurea and forced Chopper to be a very low assistant doctor." Nami was saddened again, she couldn't imagine that cute, little reindeer being forced to do work for Wapol.
"Then... Then what happened to Robin?"
"She is dead," Nami's tears came back into her eyes. Robin and her had shared so much together and the did so much stuff. Robin was one of her best friends and felt she could tell her anything. Robin was always there for her and understood pretty much everything Nami was going through. Robin dead? That couldn't be! "Crocodile had stabbed her with his poison hook, she was about to die when Luffy had saved her, but that never happened. Also, Franky died as well. CP9 came and since the Strawhats didn't exist to defeat them, Franky was successfully killed." Nami started to cry more. "Oh! And your musician Brook; he's also dead. Since your ship never found him in the Florian Triangle, his ship at one point just sailed into the sunlight and he disappeared." Oh! What an awful way to go! All of her friends! Gone! All except for thre- Wait...!
"Wait, what about Luffy? In my dream, Luffy said he never met Shanks and his grandfather got his way. What does that mean? What happened to him."
Cupit just stared down at her solemnly for a while, wondering if it would make her cry more. She never liked seeing people cry. But sooner or later she sighed and said, "He is now a Marine captain." Nami's jaw dropped. Luffy? A Marine? Okay, this was a dream. Luffy hated the Marines! he said he always wanted to be a pirate! How could he have let Garp win so easily?
"I will tell you the truth, Nami." Cupit started. "I really liked your captain. He seemed so brave and confident. I truthfully thought he was really cool. But it's part of my nature to grant any wish I hear, it's not even controlled anymore."
"And... why are you telling me this?" Nami asked, confused.
"I'm going to help you." Cupit said firmly. Nami just looked at her in awe.
Nami sat at the desk in her old house looking at a piece of paper that Cupit had given her.
"Call this number on your Den-Den Mushi and all your surviving friends will be on the other end. They all remember their past lives except for Luffy. Tell your friends to get a boat and start rowing. Sooner or later, you will meet up with each other. Even if they are just rowing straight ahead, the currents will make you all see each other again. Find your way to Marine HQ, then ask for Captain Monkey. He will be there. Your objective is to convince him of his old life, if he believes you, bring him back to me and he must wish for him to have met Shanks again. If he doesn't believe you... well... try again. If he never believes you, I won't be able to help you." Nami remembered Cupit say.
She took a deep breath, then called the number that Cupit had given her. She waited for a while until she heard on the other end, "NAMIIIII~!" and "NAMI-SWAAAAN!"
The noise almost burst her eardrums, but she didn't care to yell at them. She was too happy to hear their voices again. "Hey, guys! How are you?"
"Scared!" Chopper's voice said.
"Con...fused..." Usopp's voice said.
"SAD THAT MY BEAUTIFUL NAMI-SWAN AND ROBIN-CHWAN ARE GONE!" Do I really have to explain who said that?
"Okay, guys. I guess I should fill you in on what's happened." Nami said. "So... Zoro's dead," Nami then heard Chopper scream Zoro's name, Usopp gasp with disbelief, and Sanji make a weird noise like he was trying to decide if he was sad, happy, or didn't care. "Usopp, Kuro had killed Kaya and you got super sad so hid in despair."
"Oh... That would explain some thin- WHAT!" Usopp's voice screeched.
"Sanji-kun, Don Krieg forced you to be one of his chef's after he took over the Baratie." Nami continued.
"That son of a-" Sanji started with an obvious angry tone.
"Chopper, Wapol killed Dr. Kurea and forced you to be a very low assistant doctor." Nami continued again, not caring about Sanji's comment.
"Dr. Kurea!" Chopper sobbed. (Aw! Chappy only cares about others! He's so sweet!)
"And then the rest of the crew, except for Luffy, is dead." Nami finished with a hint of sadness in her voice.
"ROBIN-CHWAN! WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN ME! WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN ME!" Again, I don't think I need to explain that one.
Usopp and Chopper burst out crying, but Nami didn't stop them. It was a sad subject, and it was meant for crying.
"Wait, Nami-san," Sanji's voice said seriously after they had cried for five whole minutes. "You said everyone's missing except for Luffy. What happened to him?"
"Well, that's the important part, Sanji-kun." Nami said. "Luffy now is Marine captain at Marine HQ." Everyone gasped and muttered words in disbelief. "I'll explain what we have to do later, but Cupit told me, all you have to do is find a boat and start rowing. It doesn't matter in what direction, because Cupit said the currents will make us run into each other at some point. Once you do that, and we've met up, I'll explain everything. Got it?"
"Got it." They all said seriously and with determination. And with that, Nami hung up.
She sat there in silence for a while, until she held up a Vivre Card to her face. The Vivre Card had the name 'Luffy' written on it. She stared at it for a long while, until she muttered, "Luffy..."
