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Sorry that it took a while, I didn't know how to write this chapter when there are writer blocks and plus, I have other stories to focus on. However, that doesn't mean I won't continue this one. I WILL!

Luckily, I have some idea about what I can do to write chapters from here. (Writer block is now gone and smashed by a hammer.)

ATTENTION!

I actually came with an idea with Nami's love interest. So~ I do not know who her love interest will be, I'm kind of torn of which her lover will be. In the end, my thought was... "Fuck this, I'll let the readers decide and vote!" So... yeah.

Here's the potential lover for Nami.

Portgas D. Ace: 0

Sabo: 0

Trafalgar D. Water Law: 0

Monkey D. Luffy: 0

Sanji: 0

Roronoa Zoro: 0

(Anyone to add, I will put it in)

Please vote~ And thank you~

Warning: unbeta. English is my second language. ASL (American Sign Language) is my first. I'm Deaf. *peace*

I don't own One Piece.

Enjoy~ :)


East Blue

Conomi Island, Cocoyasi Village

Two Years Later

In a peaceful village; there's a small town full of lively villagers until they heard a loud gunshot that scared the poor birds. The villagers sweatdropped when they realized it's from her once again. They turned their head and saw Genzo carrying sheepishly Nami in the air with annoyance on his face.

"What the hell were you thinking, Nami?!" Genzo snapped at her.

Nami pouted as she crossed her arms. "It's only harmless practice shooting." Genzo twitched as he glared at her in disbelieve.

"Harmless? Harmless?! You tried to shoot the bird!"

Nami protected. "Oi! We're poor and we need more food! Besides, we like eating birds! It tastes like chicken!" she said with a grinned as she twirls her red pistol.

"That doesn't matter! You don't have a license to shoot anytime you want! What does your mother thinking?! Giving her child a weapon?! Your mother is crazy! Giving you an idea to shoot anytime you want as long as its practice… unbelievable!" Genzo grumbled as vein popped out of his vein.

Nami pouted at the man. "Oi, oi… I thought you were okay with me having a weapon to defend myself."

Genzo glared at the brat. "I thought your mother would give you a bo staff or even a blunt dagger! Not a freaking pistol!" he scowled.

"Hmmm… a bo staff?" Nami thought about it, she remembered that an original Nami did have her own staff but the problem is that, it's not made of steel. It's wooden made before Usopp made the steel bo staff in the future. However, there's one problem… she does not have any patience for it. 'Maybe I should get a bo staff… especially a steel made… I hope they have red, a red steel bo staff is nice and badass, plus, it matches the blood.' She mused silently as she is grinning wide that nearly freak Genzo out what the little orange kitten is thinking something mischievous.

Nami snapped out of it when Genzo shouted out her mother's name when they arrived at her place. "Bellemere! Bellemere!" he demanded.

Bellemere walked out of her house with slight irritated. "Stop shouting. What is it?" she placed her hands on her hips. Then she noticed one of her foster daughters is held by Genzo. "Oh, hello Nami. How's practicing going?"

"Hi mom! The shooting practice wasn't bad but I didn't get the bird." Nami pouted in disappointed at her failure.

Genzo snapped at them. "This is serious!" he glared at Bellemere who stared at him with uninterested eyes, "You have to stop this! She is getting a reputation in the village with her crazy shooting practice!"

Then Nami interrupted it, "Oh! By the way, mom! Genzo just gave me a new idea! I can use the steel bo staff for my second weapon for the close range in fighting style, what do you think?" Nami asked her mom for opinion.

"Ooh, that's a good idea." Bellemere placed her fingers on her chin.

Nami nodded her head, "And I thought it should be red. That way, it matches the blood and I don't have to worry about permanent stains." Nami explained calmly and Bellemere nodded her head understanding while Genzo stared at them in disbelieved.

"Your daughter is crazy! She is like this because of your influence!" Genzo shouted at Bellemere with his shark teeth.

Bellemere grinned wide. "Oh, come now, you know that Nami wanted to become a navigator pirate, she needs to learn to defend herself. Plus, she got skill with a pistol."

"Thanks, mom!" then she glanced at the man with wheel-wind on his head. "Can you please put me down and please return my pistol?" Nami asked with fluttered eyes.

Genzo grumbled as he placed Nami down. He took out the red pistol and handed to Nami. "Can you please not shoot anymore?"

Nami snorted after she took back her pistol. "Then how are we going to eat? Do you want us to starve to death?" she sarcasm at the man while Bellemere watched in amused.

"Don't you already have enough Beli to afford food?" Genzo asked the ex-marine with slightly concerned.

The foster mother crossed her arms as she leaned against a closed door. "Believe it or not. Thanks to Nami, we've been having meats that last us a while. I didn't have to spend a single beli on the food from the market. I have enough to actually pay for vacation…for months." Genzo was surprised to hear that.

Meanwhile, Nami glanced away with a smug smirked. 'Enough to pay all three of us to stay alive once Arlong comes.' She mused. She is aware that she never could defeat the large-ass Fishmen, especially that she is small and not strong enough yet. She has been making plans for the past two years to make sure her family and the village to be safe. Plus, there's no fucking way that she'll be enslaved by that damn-ass Fishmen. 'And I do not want to bear Arlong's tattoo on my skin. Fuck that.' She mused with narrowed eyes.

Nami has been practicing her map/navigating skills and even now, she can draw maps as well. However, she already destroyed her drawn maps a while ago because she doesn't want her talent to be found or known. Her mother, her sister, and Genzo are the only are knew about it. And she trusts them enough that they keep it in secrets. 'After we pay for the tribute, I will have to sneak away and train myself to be stronger, find them, and hopefully… they will accept my help to save my village and my family.' These are her goals.

After all, she'll do anything to keep her family safe.

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Between the Wind

East Blue Saga

Chapter Two

"My Choice"

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It's been a few days as Nami double check on her supplies. She has been sneaking around behind her family's back. To pack her clothes, equipment for maps, a couple of books, two boxes of ammo, her red pistol and a few belis that she earned on her own. 'Then, after Arlong comes, I will grab a few tangerines and couple of large bottles of water.' She was satisfied that she will last for a week at most and the next island she knows will take a few days. It's a good thing that she sneaks the boat away from the dock and hid in the bushes.

The orange-haired girl turned around, quickly hide her backpack in the bushes behind the house and ran around the building. Nami paused when she saw her older sister walked up with a bag. "Nojiko!" she greeted her with a big grinned.

"Hey Wave." Nojiko has been calling her that nickname ever since Nami got her pistol. "How's training?" she asked with a soft smile. Nami shrugged her shoulders and respond that it's a typical training. "Catch any bird?"

"Yep, I caught six birds, we are keeping two and the rest that mom took, will sell to the market." Nami answered as they walked inside the house. Nojiko hummed, she placed her bag on the table and took out a medical book and dug in for a few seconds.

"Damn! I left my notebook at the clinic!" Nojiko cursed as Nami was amused. She turned to her little sister. "Sorry, I have to go back and get it. I need it."

Nami shrugged her shoulders. "That's perfectly fine. I'll wait here, working on my map skill. You can go back and get it, and maybe you might catch mom on the way?"

The older sister thought about it then she nodded her head. "I can do that. I'll be back with mom, and we'll have a delicious meal once again." She smiles at her then quickly left the house.

The orange-haired girl followed her out and watched her sister leaving until she was out of her sights. Nami sighed softly, she walked through the tangerines grove to the cliff and watch the beautiful sunset. It was soothing and peaceful for Nami, until her brown eyes landed on the large, fancy ship coming toward them. A smile on her face turned frown as she felt chill across on her bare skin. 'Could they… are they…' she slowly paled. '…it's them. Arlong crew!'

Nami immediately turned around, run back inside her house and grabbed a piece of paper and feather pen along with ink pot. She quickly writes down on parchment in smooth yet little bit rush, however, enough to be readable. It took her nearly five minutes to finish writing the letter for her family. Then ran to the kitchen to grab a few snacks and a couple of bottles of waters. Then grabbed a small bag to pluck healthy, mature tangerines in it.

After that, she runs back inside of the house, grabbed a letter to place in Nojiko's medical book, making sure it acts as 'bookmark'. Nami knew Nojiko would find it and figure it out easily. 'It seems that my family doesn't have to pay for me.' She thought, luckily for her family. Nami left the house, around to the bushes where she hid her backpack.

The orange-haired girl quickly placed her things into her backpack, placed it on her back, and stormed down on the path. Her heart is pounding so fast as her lungs are needed for oxygen. However, she ignores it until she made it to the end of the island. Nami went to the boat, she places her backpack inside and pushed the boat toward the body of water.

She climbed inside of the boat once it hit the ocean. Nami picked up the oars and paddle as fast as she should with her tiny limbs. Before she knew, she is far enough from the island and she paused, ignore her sore muscles. "Damn… that was a total adrenaline blood rush there…" she let out a relief sighed.

Her brown eyes glanced over her island, where her family lives and hopefully, safe. 'I'm sorry for leaving like this… but it's for the best.' She mused with determined.

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Meanwhile

Bellemere is holding Nojiko in her arms while staring at the Alrong Pirates who take over their island, forcing them to pay for living, and once one of the Fishmen walked to them. "Pay up. 100,000 for an adult and 50,000 for a child."

"…I don't have it on me. It's in my house, I have to get it." Bellemere said, calmly.

Arlong walked up with greedy smirked. "Shahahaha! Then we will follow you to your house and pay for my tribute."

Bellemere frowned as she nodded her head, jerkily. She stood up, grabbed her daughter's hand and walked down the path that leads to her house. The Arlong Pirates follow it was tense and uncomfortable for the villagers.

Once Bellemere and Nojiko arrived at their house. "We'll wait right here." Arlong said with a generous offer as his eyes are warning them for pain.

The mother quickly walked inside, went straight to the chest to grab her beli enough for her and her two daughters. However, she paused when she realized something. She turned her eldest daughter. "Nojiko, where's Nami?" she asked with concerned and worried.

Nojiko stared at the letter in her hands. She saw this in her book and knew that Nami must have put it there for a reason. So, when she grabbed it and unfold the letter. And read it. "Mom… do you trust me?" she asked her mother with serious eyes.

"…of course." Bellemere answered.

Nojiko nodded her head, folded the letter and tuck in her pocket. "Pay for both of us." Bellemere narrowed her eyes but decided to do what her daughter told her. She will have her explanation soon. After she grabbed enough beli for both of them, she left the house and handed it to Arlong who gratefully took it. "Shahahaha! Just both of you?"

"Yes." Bellemere answered blankly.

Arlong was satisfied and jerked his head to his crew, down the path to the next village. After they were out of her sights, her shoulders relax then went back inside. "Nojiko, what's going on?" she frowned.

Nojiko glanced at the window, making sure none of the Fishmen are close. When she is satisfied with it, she turned around and handed the letter to her mother. "It's a letter from Nami."

Bellemere took it, unfolded it and read it.

Dear family,

I have to leave this island, and please, please don't come after me. I needed this, I have to train hard and become stronger. So, I can protect my precious people, my family, my friends. I can't do that right now since I am still a kid and I have a long way to go with my pistol. By the time you have this letter, and read it… I'm probably already gone, in the sea with a boat. Don't worry about me, I can survive this. I know what to do. I have my talent for navigating and I have skill with my pistol. Someday, in the future, I will return, as a strong and independent woman. I will bring my strong friends and we will take this village back. We will defeat Arlong Pirates and we will be peace once again. This I promise, for now, please stay safe. I'm so sorry for being selfish but… if becoming stronger means to protect my family, then I will rather be selfish for that. Please, wait for me, even it takes years. Just know that I would never abandon on my family, my island. Never. I will return and take back our home. For now, be safe and please, wait for me.

I love you.

Nami.

"That idiot." Bellemere whispered with resigned, fondly, annoyed, and concerned. She glanced at her eldest daughter who took her medical book and sat down on the couch, studying it. "…guess we'll have to trust our little kitten and wait for her." She said with a sad smile.

Nojiko hummed. '…but how does she know about Arlong Pirates?' she mused with suspicion yet worried about her little sister.

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Couple Days Later…

Nami groaned as she stopped paddle and placed it inside the boat. She grabbed a map from her backpack along with a compass and a navigator book. "Alright… if I remember correctly, on the East Blue there are few islands I remembered from the show…" she mused out loud, contemplative. 'Dawn Island is where Luffy is from. Gecko Island is where Usopp belongs. Zoro is from Shimotsuki Village. Let's see… if I remember, the Baratie restaurant is at the north, northwest? From two-three days away from Gecko Island… Those islands, I have to avoid them. I can't meet them yet. Not until I get stronger. So, the best choice would be, find an island where there are not many populations…'

Then she examined the map in her hands until her eyes landed on the island. "Treasure Island… also known as Island of Rare Animals." Nami remembered this. It's an island where there's a man, stuck in a chest and is resembled of a bush whenever he hid in the bushes. "It would be perfect, pirates and marines couldn't step foot in the island, even if they did, they get to chase away. It would be good for training, and plus that man… he knowledge of Grand Line so, he could help me." Nami grinned, relief that she now, know what to do.

Nami starts to paddle in the right direction after checking the weather which will be sunny and breezy. 'Okay… Now that bastard of a shark took over my village. It would take ten years – wait…' she narrowed her eyes. '…didn't Arlong Pirates come when original Nami turned ten?' she is confused with the whole ages' thing in the timeline. 'Although, they did come. Gah! Whatever! Eight years or ten years doesn't matter! I know it'll take a long time to return. Hmm… Luffy is a year younger than me, that I'm sure of… wait a second…' Nami huffed, she really needs to write down facts and things to remember from the show she watched with her little cousin in her other life. Last time she watched One Piece was, the Dressrosa Arc. "I never got to watch that…" Nami pouted.

'Too bad, I want to see more of Law's actions.' Nami coughed a little as she attempts to cool down her red face. She clearly remembered when she first saw Law in the show, in her other life. Damn, that man was attractive, especially with tattoos.

Nami shook her head. "Focus! No time to drool over attractive men!" then she remembered. "Shit! Ace… Marinefold… ARG!" she slumped her shoulders as grey cloud appeared above her head, sulking. 'Damn it! Now I remember… Ace died during Marinefold war… by that bastard Admiral…' she remembered watched Ace's death that nearly torn her heart and cried like a little bitch when Luffy mourned over his brother's dead corpse. '….fucking shit… should I save him? I mean… it's… GAH! I don't know what to think about this! This is why I can't be one of the main characters!' Nami ruffled her hair in frustrated.

Great, now she has headaches.

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East Blue

Treasure Island/Island of Rare Animals

"Finally." Nami grumbled when she arrived on the island. She jumped off the boat, tied the rope to the large rock and making sure it won't stowaway. Nami grabbed her backpack and eyeing at the jungle front of her. "Here we go." She walked toward the jungle in cautioned. Once she walked inside the jungle, and she pushes the branches away from her while observed the trees and bushes around her. She skipped over the trigs and roots as she glanced around in hope to find anything. When she walked through the bushes and stopped in the middle of the circle surrounding by the trees.

"How dare you come to this island!"

"Shit!" Nami cursed in surprised as she placed her hand on her pounding heart. She glanced around to any source of the voice. 'Damn… all the bushes are the same!'

"Leave my island now! Or else, you will be punished!"

"I didn't come for your treasures! I just need a place to train myself!" Nami answered as she attempted to find the man-stuck-in-a-chest-with-a-bush-head.

"…who are you, child?"

The orange-hair girl glanced around once again. "My name is Nami, and I need to get strong, I have to. In order to protect my family and my friends. I can't help them when I am like this. So, please… let me stay and train."

Then, a bush shifted out of the shadow and released of a strange man in a chest, giant green afro hair, unibrow, and a missing tooth. "…my name is Gaimon and this is my island. Why are you here alone?" he asked with concerned and confused to find a tiny kid in his jungle.

"My island was taken by Arlong Pirates, I can't help my family and I can't fight the Fishmen… so, I escaped to train and return my village from them."

Gaimon narrowed his eyes. "Arlong Pirates… they are Fishmen from Grand Line… if you want to become strong, then it will take you years."

"I know." Nami said, resigned. "But that doesn't mean I'm giving up. I will train, become strong and save my village, my family." Her eyes spark with determined.

Gaimon observed the little girl in front of him then slowly grinned. "You know how to wield a gun?"

A glint appeared in her brown eyes as she took out her treasure pistol. "I have some skill."

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"What the hell was that supposed to be?! Are you trying to shoot a damn ghost or something?! Aim for the target!" Gaimon snapped at his student when Nami failed to shoot the bull-eye target.

Nami sweatdropped. It feels like she is training with Bellemere once again, except this time, Gaimon is actually expert skill with guns, as he used to be Master Gunner in his old pirate crew. "Again!"

Nami tried again and failed once again. She was hit with a stick by Gaimon. "Idiot! Where are you trying to aim for? Remember three main important words. Rise. Aim. Shoot!"

The orange-haired girl groaned in tired as her arms are so sore. However, her devil teacher doesn't give a shit about it.

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"Does all teachers have to be so sadistic when it comes to their students?" Nami scowled as she is continuing running down the sand, with large mixed animals chasing after her.

Gaimon is resting while drinking his coconut juice. He glanced at Nami who is struggling, running on the sand. "Pace up, little tangerine! Pace it up!" Nami hisses at her evil-teacher as like cat then quickly pushed herself. He chuckled then pets his lovely friends. After Nami offered to check the treasures on top of the rock. She informed that it was all empty, much to his disappointment yet acceptance. After the burden lifted from his shoulders.

Gaimon is free and stayed on the island to protect his friends, his family from the pirates and marines who dare to harm them. And he is enjoying training the miserable soul, oh, how he missed it so.

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Nami blinked owlishly at the leather-made braided with black and orange tiger strips entwined bracelet. "What is this?"

"Friendship token from us." Gaimon said with a warm smile. The orange-hair girl stared at her teacher and the mixture animals gathered around. They were all cooing and smiling at her. Slowly, Nami smiles wide and placed it over her right wrist.

"Thank you." First, her pistol is a gift from her mother, and now a bracelet is a gift from her teacher and odd mashed-up friends.