I am SO touched. Really. I am. This measly little thing that I thought up turned to into a wonderful story that many readers appreciate. I'm sooo happy. I'm glad so many people liked it because that means I get to update!! Hooray for Dark-chan! And I'm so sorry for hiding in a dark corner for a while. I've been too lazy. :P

Disclaimer: No. I don't own One Piece. 'Nuff said.

NOTE: Just so people aren't confused, Nami "disappeared" like before the Water 7 Arc. So technically this story is slightly AU. So the following ages are what they SHOULD be right now. But I'm changing Robin's age because I'm the author and I can do that.

Luffy: 22

Zoro: 24

Sanji: 26

Robin: 26

Vivi: 21

Usopp: 23

Chopper: 18 (I don't know. 18 in human years)

Nami and Nami look alike: 23

On with the story!!

Luffy stared at "Nami" in disbelief. "What do you mean who am I? It's me, it's Luffy!" he exclaimed shaking her shoulders a bit in slight anxiety. What was she talking about? He couldn't have changed that much in five years, surely? The hat! She couldn't miss his straw hat?

"Nami" tilted her head in confusion her auburn eyes puzzled. "I'm sorry. I don't know any Luffy. Perhaps you've got me confused with someone else…"

She was really confused. Who the heck was this guy? He slams into her, helps her with her things, then calls her Nami. What in the world? This was pretty freaky, though. He

"NO!!" Luffy snapped in anger surprising the girl. His hold on her shoulders tightened. Why won't she remember? Why is she acting this way? He thought frantically. There was no one in the world with hair as bright as hers. And her eyes…they were the same ruby-orange as he remembered. It had to be her! It had to be.

"Look at my hat!" he exclaimed grabbing his prized possession and shoving it in her face. "Remember when we first met I said that it was my treasure? Remember how I gave it to you when we were on Cocoyashi Island? How I defeated Arlong? Remember?"

"Nami's" face was blank. She looked at him oddly. "I've never heard of Cocoyashi Island. Is it somewhere in the East or West Blue? And I'm sorry again, but who's Arlong? A friend of yours?" The she picked up his hat. "I don't remember wearing any straw hat, I'm sorry. Uh, it's very nice though!" she quickly added not wanting to offend the stranger about his hat.

Luffy could only stare incredulous. How could she forget about Cocoyashi Island? How could she not remember what he had done for her? When he defeated Arlong, when he declared that she was his nakama? How could she forget? Then it hit him...

"Bellemere-san."

"Huh?"

"You must remember Bellemere-san! And Nojiko, your sister!"

"I don't have a sister!"

Luffy felt a wave of despair crash on him. What the hell was going on? Nami forgetting Bellemere and Nojiko? There was no way. She had to be sick or something! Even if Nami were to ever forget her nakama she would never forget about her foster mother and blue haired sister!

Why…WHY?!

"How about Vivi? From Alabasta? She's a princess remember!" he exclaimed remembering how close the navigator and princess had been. "How about Robin? She's tall, tan, and pretty, with blue eyes. You called her onee-sama every time she did something smart..." Obviously Luffy was trying to appeal to Nami's relations with her fellow females. That should work...

Nami only shook her head. "I've never had the luck to meet a princess. Plus, I've never been to Alabasta. And I've never met this Robin you're talking about..."

Luffy was getting desperate. "How about Sanji? He was always flirting with you, and called you Nami-swan! And Zoro, who's hair looks like a marimo. You guys always had drinking contests. Usopp? Chopper? The Going Merry? We're pirates! Don't you remember?"

"Nami" shook her head furiously. "No, no, no!" she exclaimed. "I'm sorry I've never heard of those people. They don't ring a bell or anything! And there's no way I would ever be a pirate!" she snapped angrily as soon as she heard him say pirates.

"Why won't you remember?" he whispered sadly moving closer to her so that her back was against the wall, their faces so close that their noses were almost touching. Her bottom lip was trembling and her eyes were filled with confusion and a bit of fear. "Nami…" he breathed out her name.

All of a sudden her eyes flashed determinedly and Luffy found himself sprawled on the floor a sharp heel in his gut. His black eyes looked up blinking confused. "Nami's" face was above him glowering at him angrily. "Listen Luffy-san," she started out in a clipped tone, "I'm very sorry to hear that you are missing your friend. However you do not need to involve me in your problems, because I am very sure that I am not this Nami character."

That being said, the orange haired maiden picked up her belongings and began to walk off in a huff. Before she turned the alley she looked back at the pitiful heap that was Luffy.

"By the way," she added sharply, "please don't look for me in the future. If you are a pirate like you say you are then I don't want anything to do with you and your crew." And then she finally walked off leaving Luffy alone with his thoughts.

The blue-haired princess weaved among the immense crowd of people. She kept her violet eyes sharp, on the lookout for her beloved captain. "Where are you Luffy-san?" she murmured quietly to herself checking especially at the food stands. She sighed a bit. Her captain was a very complex person despite what others thought of him when first meeting him. That's what she used to think as well, she took Luffy for granted.

I'm glad though. I'm glad I met Luffy-san. I glad I met the others as well. It changed me for the better. It helped me realize lots of things. I'm glad I met you Luffy-san…

But I wish I didn't fall in love with you.

Flashback

It's been a year since Vivi rejoined the Mugiwara Kaizoku dan as their temporary navigator and to join the search for their nakama Nami. They had first thought that they had explored a good amount of the Grand Line…but according to Vivi they hadn't even covered a sixth of it! It had been a very frustrating search and Zoro had already given up hope altogether.

Vivi sighed. She was up in the crow's nest for it was her turn to take watch. She wrapped her blanket around her tightly. It was extremely cold. "We must be close to a winter island…" she chattered shivering slightly.

"Honto ni?" a voice asked from above her. Vivi jumped and looked above her.

"Eek!" she squealed.

"Agh!" her captain responded just as squeakily.

She quickly scooted over to the far left corner of the crow's nest and Luffy fell ungracefully across from her. She winced when she heard the loud "THUMP!"

"Luffy-san!" she cried in concern crawling over to where her captain lay. Now remember folks, the crow's nest is an extremely small space so when there is one person there is only a small amount of free space. When there are two people…

Well…

SMACK!!

"L-LUFFY-SAN!"

"WAH!! I'M SORRY VIVI!" SMACK "OUCH! OKAY THAT LAST ONE WAS ON ACCIDENT I SWEAR!!"

A couple embarrassing minutes later, the two pirates found themselves back to back shivering from the cold night air.

"I-I'm sorry Vivi," Luffy apologized through chattering teeth.

Vivi blushed a deep red before muttering something incoherent and burying her face in her knees. Luffy laughed a bit before becoming slowly turning silent. For a while there was calmness between the two of them. Vivi felt the warmth from his back and inwardly sighed resisting the urge to snuggle into him—WAIT.

Did she just say SNUGGLE? And Luffy? In the same sense?

Oh no. Oh, no no no no.

'Bad thoughts!' she thought panicking. 'BAD BAD THOUGHTS!'

"Ne Vivi," her captain suddenly stated his voice calm and serious. Vivi immediately stopped yelling at her subconscious when she heard his tone of voice.

"Hai Luffy-san?" she responded quietly.

"Do you think…" he started hesitating, "Do you think Nami is still alive?"

Vivi straightened up suddenly energized. "Hai! Of course Nami-san is alive! That is the reason for our journey isn't it Luffy-san?" She peered over her shoulder to take a good look at her captain. "You're not…you're not losing hope are you?"

Luffy's head snapped to meet her gaze. "No way in hell am I giving up!" he declared jovially punching into the sky. Vivi felt a smile creep over her face.

"Hai!"

End Flashback

That was the day, she mused silently. The day that I started to have feelings for him…She sighed. "Luffy-san…"

"Hai?" a cracked voice choked out beside her. Vivi froze for a moment before turning her head. She gasped at the sight. There in the middle of a small alley was her captain lying on his back his face upturned and his straw hat right next to him. Vivi rushed to him, kneeling down and placing her hands on his face.

He looked up at her with the most heart-broken expression she had ever seen. She could see that he had wanted to cry. Vivi felt like crying and she did burying her face in his chest and sobbing her heart out for his sake and hers. Luffy seemed to understand that she was crying for the both of them for he lay his hand on the small of her back. After she finished her weeping, Vivi drew back from his chest; reluctantly she had to admit, and observed his face. She was met with a small forlorn smile. She took a shaky breath before speaking.

"What happened Luffy-san?" she asked in an unsteady tone. The smile was wiped off his face as he gave a small sigh.

"I saw her," he simply replied sighing yet again. Vivi blinked in confusion.

"Saw who, Luffy-san?"

"Nami."

Looking down at the island, you could see that right in the center was an enormous mountain peak. It seemed to always have a dark shadow draping over it and was said to be a most treacherous climb and anyone who attempted to cross the mountain to get to the other side of the island was said never to return.

Creepy, huh?

Well anyways, deep into the dark mountain was a small tower. A black clad figure was running towards the tower panting in sharp breaths. The figure skillfully jumped from rock to rock and seemed to fly with each powerful leap. The figure landed nimbly in front of the tower entrance and knocked three times, the sharp pounds echoing.

A pair of yellow eyes peered at the figure from a small opening in the door.

"Password?" he grunted.

The figure only smirked before leaning into the opening and whispering something. The yellow eyes widened before closing the small opening with a slab of wood. The figure waited patiently until the massive doors of the tower entrance swung open. A tall bald man with yellow eyes walked up to the figure bowing low.

Smirking again, the figure merely waved a hand motioning for the bald man to rise. The man did so backing away from him, fear and respect evident in his yellow eyes.

The man walked across the large room preparing to climb a long flight of stairs. He froze then turned a bit chuckling.

"How kind of you to come down for little old me, Sencho-san," he said amusement in his voice. He was addressing a large chair. In the chair sat a man covered entirely in a red cloak.

"Anything for my most trusted spy," he responded in a cold silky tone. "What news do you have for me Danza?" The man bowed to his Sencho before saying,

"The Mugiwara Pirates have come."

His sencho gripped the arm of the chair before laughing a cold manic laugh.

"All of them? Including the princess of Alabasta?"

"Hai."

The sencho laughed again raising his head up to the roof. "Mugiwara Pirates," he gasped after he had finished laughing.

"You will regret coming here to save your nakama."

Meanwhile, the rest of the Mugiwara Pirates idled around the island blissfully unaware of the danger and mystery this new island held.

For now anyways.

A certain orange haired girl sighed as she walked away from the festival and into a small bakery. "What an odd man..." she said silently to herself remembering the person who called her Nami. How strange. I've never met someone like him...But! To think he called me a pirate! She shuddered at the thought closing the door.

"Tadaima, oba-chan," she called into the shop placing her parcels on a small desk. An old withered woman looked up and smiled at the orange haired girl.

"Okaeri...Mina-chan."

Huh. I realized that this is a lot shorter than my first chapter. Oh well. I think that it's okay. I can leave the readers hanging!

Oooh! Our enemy finally makes an appearance! Hooray!

Please review! Your reviews are what made me continue this story. They are very much appreciated and criticism is helpful as well! So if you guys have any questions, comments, ideas or anything, leave it in your review or pm me!

Oh and just for some reference, "Hai" means yes, "Tadaima" means I'm back, and "Okaeri" means Welcome back.

Much love to you my readers.

Dark-chan