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It was the next morning and every animal on Mugiwara Island began to wake up. The citizens of Mugiwara Island hadn't slept long after the party. The party ended around 3 am and the visitors went home and the Mugiwara crew went to their beds. The party was succesful and everyone had a lot of fun.

The crew's captain slowly woke up from his slumber. His blanket lied on the other side of the room, his pillow was gone and he couldn't make any logic sense as to why his pants was hanging on his lamp on the ceiling. He turned around again, but the hunger in his belly wouldn't let him sleep again. Luffy slowly sat up and his hand shot to his head. Sure, he joined the drinking contest, but he wasn't drunk...

The captain went out of his bed and he jumped to get his pants. Him jumping and landing on the floor made the sound echoe downstairs in the kitchen.

"The captain is awake." Zoro said with a grin, looking at the ceiling.

"Yes! Time for our next bet." Sanji began, making a big egg-scramble for every crewmember. Usopp, Brook, Franky, Sabo and Chopper immediately paid attention. They were curious about the bet. "Is Luffy sexual active!?"

"Pass!" Usopp, Brook, Franky and Chopper said at the same time, slapping the air.

"I pass, too." Zoro said "So we bet against."

Sanji pursed his lips, but he noticed one person kept awfully quiet. The blonde cook immediately looked at the big brother of the captain, who was actually thinking it through "He is 23 now... So maybe?"

"See! Sabo agrees!" Sanji said, pointing at Sabo with a grin.

"I didn't say I agreed. I'm just not sure."

Luffy left his room and he scratched the back of his head. He was about to walk to the bathroom, but he saw the hatch was locked. He cocked his head, listening. He could hear laughter from a few women. The most noticeable was Nami, which made him frown. Sometimes, he kept thinking about what Shanks told him last night. Talking about Shanks, where was his strawhat?

Luffy climbed downstairs and he entered the kitchen with a yawn. His mouth closed and his eyes opened, but the first thing he was, was surprised. He saw his nakama and brother arguing? What was it about?

Everyone now looked at Luffy and they were suddenly quiet.

"Good morning, Luffy!" Sabo said with a grin "Are you sexual active yet!?"

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!? WHY CAN'T YOU BE SUBTLE!?" Zoro yelled with disbelieve. Luffy only stared with owlish eyes, not getting what the hell they were talking about.

"Hinting doesn't work for Luffy! You have to be direct!" Sabo said, pointing at his little brother. Luffy looked with half lidded eyes. He was too hungry for this... And the smell of eggs didn't make it better. The Pirate King looked around, hoping to see his hat... Where did he leave it...?

"Luffy, I have some painkillers and water for you!" Chopper said, putting it onto the table.

"But I wasn't drunk, how come I still have a headache?"

"Because alcohol still makes you dehydrated." Chopper explained "So take plenty of water today!"

Luffy nodded and he took the painkillers with the water. He saw Sabo, Sanji, Zoro and Franky still arguing, but this time softer than before Luffy came into the kitchen. The kitchen door opened again and now the women entered too.

"That was nice!" Nami said with stretched arms. Luffy cocked an eyebrow, seeing Nojiko, Hancock and Vivi. Did they stay over?

"Ladies, we have a new bet!" Sabo said to the women "Wheter or not Luffy is sexual active!" Luffy choked into his water. So that what it was about!

"Of course he is!" Hancock said with an enormous blush on her face. This time, Brook, Usopp and Franky choked into their water. Sanji was about to kick Luffy's ass. "I find Luffy really sexy and attractive!"

"THAT'S NOT THE SAME THING!" Nojiko and Nami yelled, slapping the air.

"What the hell, guys! What with these weird bets!" Nami said with a deep frown "Leave him alone already!"

"No, no. Keep going on." Robin said with her hand under her chin, thinking if Luffy was sexual active or not.

"STOP CONTRADICTING ME!" Nami yelled with an evil face. "I get it. You are all bored but go and find a new hobby!"

They all looked at her. Maybe she was right, maybe she was not... They all were quiet, until Luffy opened his mouth...

"Marines vs Pirates!"

"No!" Usopp yelled "I'm not in the mood for that!"

"I'm gonna pee and let's play after!"

Luffy ran away and the other sighed. Sanji looked at his food, but he already figured Luffy would eat everything...

"How old was Luffy again?" Nojiko wondered out loud.

"Twenty-three..." Everyone answered in unison.

"Come on, guys!" Luffy yelled, running past the kitchen door to go outside.

"YOU ATE ALL THE FOOD!" Sanji yelled pissed.

"HOW FAST DO YOU PEE!?" Zoro yelled too, finding his captain obnoxious again.

.oOo.

Everyone was outside, not believing this was actually happening. Even Hancock, Vivi and Nojiko joined. Luffy and Franky were making a square on the ground out of wood.

"How does this game work?" Vivi asked, looking at the square. She never played much games in her childhood...

"We get divided into two groups. One group are the Marines and the others are pirates. The Marines have to put the pirates into that square, also known as the prison, but the pirates can get them out by tagging them." Robin explained "It's an easy game for most kids... We are also not allowed to use out powers because I could grab and tag everyone."

"Makes sense." Vivi said with a grin.

"Alright!" Luffy yelled loudly "Vivi, Sanji, Chopper, Nami and Zoro are in my team! We are the pirates."

"Obviously." Sanji muttered "But I'm with Vivi-chwan and Nami-swan!"

"Luffy-sama, I want to be in your team!" Hancock objected.

"You can in the next round." Luffy said.

"THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A NEXT ROUND!" Every Mugiwara yelled.

Nojiko was watching her sister and she couldn't help but smile. Nami looked honestly happy with the crew, and this was the first time Nojiko could see them like this.

"Alright. The pirates loses if everyone is caught. The duration of the game is 30 minutes. If the pirates aren't caught, the Marines lose." Franky explained, preparing a stopwatch. He hung it in a tree and waited. He pressed the start button and yelled "GO."

The pirates instantly ran away at the start sign. They all fled and hid somewhere, hoping they wouldn't be seen by the other group. Zoro hid between a few rocks, Nami and Vivi were sitting above in the trees, Luffy walked around, Sanji sat behind a few bushes and Chopper sat in a hole. Sanji craved for a cigarette, but he could lit one knowing the other team could smell it.

Brook looked around, he was tall enough to look around. The skeleton hummed 'Binks sake', but he stopped when he heard an echo. Nojiko and Franky noticed too.

Brook hummed a little more, and they heard who it was and where he was.

"Luffy is such an idiot..." They softly said simultaneously. They instantly ran behind Luffy, who yelled in shock.

"HOW DID YOU GUYS FIND ME!"

"We heard you hum Binks Sake!" Brook yelled, running as fast as he could, which Brook could do just nicely. He was a lightweight so running wasn't a disadvantage for him.

Nami and Vivi face palmed as they saw everything happening. How could Luffy be this stupid...

"Found ya."

Nami and Vivi gasped, seeing Sabo turned upside down in a few tree branches a few meters behind them. The women jumped out of it, running away.

"Does this family only consist of monkeys!" Nami yelled, running together with Vivi.

"Yeah!" Luffy answered somewhere out of the woods.

"DON'T ACT AS IF IT IS NORMAL!"

Sabo grabbed Vivi by her wrist and she screamed as reaction. Nami ran harder trying to avoid him. The navigator ran towards a few rocks, hoping she could hide here somewhere. Someone grabbed her by her wrist and pulled her to her. The pulling was so strong, she didn't even have enough time to react.

Her back hit against a rock hard chest, and for some reason she could guess whose...

"Sssh." her captain sushed. Nami did stay quiet and her breath stoked when she saw Nojiko and Brook ran past them.

"Thanks..." she whispered softly.

They stayed at the same spot, but Nami wasn't sure why, but she began to feel... Uncomfortable... She felt his chest against her back and he stood really close. Nami suddenly began to remember the bet, and now she didn't want to know the answer.

"Do you know where my strawhat is?" Luffy suddenly whispered. And only now, Nami noticed his voice had gotten heavier through the years. How could she not have noticed?

Her chocolate brown eyes focused on a green leaf, hoping she could have a different answer for him than she had... She wasn't sure if she should lie or tell the truth.

"I might have... Stolen it..."

The truth... She choose for the truth.

"What?" he whispered back.

"It's in my room. It's not broken or anything..." she explained "It's just... I like to wear it..."

That was a lie. Sure, she liked to wear it, but Hancock was about to grab it from his head and Nami didn't like it one bit. So she stole it and hid it in her room. Damnit, but what the hell was wrong with her? It wasn't like Nami to feel embarrassed over such a little thing... And she didn't know since when she felt uncomfortable being this close to Luffy.

Luffy looked at the top of her head. He remembered Nami saying how much he had grown, but only now he actually paid attention to it... An eyebrow of his cocked deeply...

"I think I need to go to Chopper..." He sudden said.

"What?" Nami turned her head slightly, looking at him from her eye corner "Why? What happened?"

"My heart is suddenly beating fast?" He wondered how that happened... The only times his heart beat fast was when he was in a fight.

Nami slowly turned around and she placed her index and middle finger on a vien in his neck. His eyes slowly widened, noticing it was suddenly beating faster.

"It's indeed fast... Maybe an upcoming fever but you never have been sick... I do think you should be checked up by Chopper." she said. She removed her fingers from his neck and he followed her movement. Did Shanks mean this with 'special feeling'?

"I think it's you?" Luffy said with pursed lips. His head began to hurt due to all the thinking. Nami looked at him with a mad frown. How was this her fault?

"Found you!" Franky yelled.

Nami and Luffy yelled in shock, and they couldn't get themselves freed from his big hands.

"Shit, shit, shit." Nami repeated. Luffy only looked with pouted lips, annoyed because he got caught in his favorite game. Franky walked to them towards the square made prison. The cyborg put them into it and the captain and navigator were only sulking on their knees.

"Luffy-sama!" Hancock ran to the 'prison' and Luffy looked at her. He had an idea. Luffy suddenly grabbed Hancock's hand. The empress was about to faint by the sudden attention from the Pirate King. Luffy placed her hand into his neck, but he pouted fast when nothing happened at all. He didn't get the same reaction as he got from Nami.

Luffy let go of Hancock's hand and he turned his head to look at the navigator, who swiftly and immediately looked away. "It is you." The captain muttered.

"What? What did she do?" Hancock wondered confused, not knowing what this was about.

"I didn't do anything! He is giving me the fault for a strange heartbeat or something!" Nami explained, pointing at the black haired man.

"Heartbeat?" Vivi asked with confusion.

"Oh?" Robin now joined the conversation, cornering the navigator and pirate king "What exactly happened?"

"I dunno. I was alone with her and my heart started to beat fast. Especially after she touched me."

"IT WASN'T ME!" Nami yelled demonic.

"How strange..." Hancock whispered, not getting why this happened. Everyone looked at Robin when she started to giggle. Nami and Luffy looked at her with an equal mad frown, feeling as if she was making fun of them.

"Oh my, I didn't know Luffy could feel like this." Robin laughed, looking at her mad looking nakama, but Luffy gradually began to look confused. What did Robin actually mean with that? "Luffy, it is lo-"

Robin couldn't finish her sentence because the whole Island suddenly began to tremble, followed with a loud bang.

"MY ISLAND!" Franky yelled panicked. Everyone looked with widened eyes, seeing smoke coming from the beach.

"Nojiko!" Nami gasped. She stood up and ran away trying to find her sister. The others also stood up and ran to where the smoke came from. A huge cannonball lied on the beach and another one got shot, heading towards the beach.

"Gomu Gomu no Fusen!" Luffy shot the ball back towards the ship by changing himself into a huge balloon.

"Luffy-sama is so handsome." Hancock said, falling in love with him all over again.

Everyone was now at the beach, looking at the ship. Nami found Nojiko too and they were both happy they weren't harmed.

The captain of the ship finally started to tell his motive for attacking them "Mugiwara! I'm going to take away your title and kill y-"

"SHUT UP!" But Luffy didn't care obviously "YOU'RE DESTROYING MY ISLAND, IDIOT!"

"Too late!" The captain from the ship yelled. Luffy narrowed his eyes, trying to see him. But it didn't work. "My nakama are already swimming towards your Island!"

They all looked dumbfounded at the ship. Was that guy serieus?

"Alrightly..." Nami muttered, grabbing her Clima-tact. Time for some fireworks then... "Thunderbolt Tempo!"

The water conducted the electricity and they heard a lot of people scream out of the water.

"He wasn't bluffing..." Franky said dumbfounded.

"He is an idiot..." Brook now said, also dumbfounded.

"Oi, mister captain!" Vivi yelled "I don't think you can kill the Pirate King!"

"Shut up, I will kill him!" the captain yelled back

"HOW DARE YOU TALK TO A LADY LIKE THAT!"

Everyone sighed with half lidded eyes, seeing Sanji turned into flames. The ladies sighed too and they decided to just go back into the mountain or sunbathe or something... Something better than this.

That captain couldn't defeat theirs, so why should they take the effort to even do anything.

"You can choose! Go away or we destroy your ship!" Luffy yelled loudly. Franky and Zoro grinned, hoping it will be the last option.

"WHAT!" the captain yelled back again.

Nami looked at the ship, and she saw it was quite a big one. Big ships meant big money... Her eyes turned into Belli signs and she grinned. The navigator skipped to Luffy and she went towards his ear, making him confused. "You could also send me to their ship so I can steal a few things..." she whispered with a smirk. Hancock looked with narrowed eyes, not getting what she was whispering.

Luffy grinned. "Alright, never mind! We will attack you!" Luffy yelled to the captain again.

"WHAT! YOU DIDN'T EVEN LET ME PICK AN OPTION YET!"

"Brook, Nami, Zoro, have fun!" the pirate king said with a smirk. Brook immediately ran over the water towards the ship. Luffy shot Nami to the ship while his body worked like a catapult between two palm trees. Nami prepared her Clima-tact during the flight. Sanji helped Zoro to the ship by shooting him into the sky with his leg.

"Well, who is hungry!" Sanji asked with a grin. The rest of the nakama had quite a nice time with drinks and food, with some screaming from the ship on the background.

"IT'S A SKELETON!"

"YOHOHOHO!"

"Oh, sexy lady. Come play with me!"

"THUNDERBOLT TEMPO!"

"IT'S A DEMON WITH THREE SWORDS!"

"ONI GIRI!"

"I have cookies and chocolate." Sanji said walking around with a tray while Usopp and Luffy were making a sand castle with Chopper in it. "Who wants a cocktail?"

"WAAAAAAH!"

It took a few more minutes, but the crew was complete back on the island while the ship was leaving as fast as possible. They finally had admitted their defeat. Zoro grinned and relaxed the the sand, Nami was counting her money with Nojiko and Brook was singing and playing his violin to relax again.

"I'm rich." Nami giggled, seeing the gold and money laying in front of her.

Sabo looked at her with half lidded eyes and he shook his head "Your bounty just got removed. Are you sure you want it back again?"

"As long as I have money, I'm ok with it!"

"I'm starting with lunch. I'll see you guys in the diner room in about 15 minutes."

Luffy immediately stood up and he followed Sanji back home. The others rolled their eyes. He probably heard 'lunch' and he wasn't interested in the rest of what Sanji said anymore...

Robin was helping Usopp and Franky with the sandcastle, and Zoro was half asleep in the sand. Her eyes landed on Nami, who was still counting the money with Nojiko and Vivi. Hancock already left to rub after Luffy's ass.

"Luffy's body reacts to Nami." Robin suddenly said softly. Franky, Chopper, Usopp and Zoro looked at her with surprise. Even Zoro did even though he was almost asleep...

"Huh?" Usopp asked "What do you mean?"

"Luffy's heart beats faster whenever he is around Nami." Robin explained "I was about to tell him what it could be, but we got attacked."

Zoro looked towards Nami, who only now seemed to love her money more. "And are you gonna tell him again, or should we wait for that dimwit to figure it out?"

"I'm more curious if Nami knows what it could be..." Franky said.

Everyone hummed, looking at Nami. Nami felt eyes poke in her back, so she turned around immediately. Robin, Chopper, Usopp and Franky looked away. Zoro closed his eyes.

The navigator pouted, not liking this...

"NAMI."

Everyone, except Franky, jumped up in shock. They looked around and they saw an audio tube in the trees. Nami looked with half lidded eyes and she turned to look at Franky "You even put audio tubes on the island?"

"Of course. I have to be sure Sanji can call us for dinner." he said with a shrug.

"I WANT MY HAT BACK."

Her eye twitched in annoyance. When people turned 18, that should mean people would become mature. WHY COULDN'T LUFFY?! Nami wanted to be here on the beach with her money but now she had to get that freaking hat...

The navigator stomped towards the mountain, cursing under her breath. Why couldn't he leave her alone for once? Why couldn't anyone leave her alone for once?

Nami entered the house and she immediately climbed upstairs. She walked past the kitchen towards the next ladder going to the bedrooms. Reaching to her doorknob, she immediately stopped. She had this weird feeling in her gut. Her instinct, as if something weird was about to happen...

She opened her door and she saw her captain standing and looking at the map. Her eyebrows knitted together in a frown. She bit her underlip as the feeling began to feel worse.

The orange haired beauty went to her bed and she sat on the edge, looking at her staring captain. Had he even noticed her? The strawhat lied on her pillow and he hadn't even grabbed it... About that...

"Your hat is on my pillow. And apparently you just go into my room without asking so I wonder what you're actually doing here."

Luffy looked at her with his owlish eyes and his eyes landed onto his strawhat after. "I... I honestly hadn't seen it there..."

"Idiot." Nami answered directly. Now she looked at the map, ignoring Luffy's pouting mouth.

"Lunch time." Sanji said through the audio tube. Nami stood up and she grabbed his hat. She put it onto his head and she turned around to walk to her door, but Luffy stopped her in her tracks.

"It is you."

Nami stared at the wall in front of her. She turned her head slightly, looking at him from her eyecorner. Nami knew it. "I'm about to plant my fist in your face if you don't stop that." Her fist began to itch. Besides that, did Luffy deliberately lure Nami to her room so he could find out it's really her? That would be too smart for Luffy...

"It's happening again, my heart is doing funny." Nami sighed deeply and she rolled her eyes. She turned her whole body around to look at him. "Do you know what it is?"

"Yes, I know." Nami answered annoyed. "Because I'm not stupid. But again, don't say 'it's me' because it is not my fault you're feeling like this."

"You know what it is!? What is it!? Why does it happen around you?"

Her eye began to twitch slowly. She began to be annoyed. But well, Luffy even ignored lunch for this so he found it apparently important enough to spend attention to... She looked at her ceiling and she bit the inside of her cheek, not sure what to say. She did feel his owlish eyes burn into her brown ones.

"Alright." She sighed "You know what... In the six years I know you, you have never heard me say anything the same as what you are saying now. Right?"

Luffy cocked an eyebrow, but he couldn't remember she had anything wrong with her heart... "Yeah...?"

"But I still know exactly what you mean because I have the same."

"Really!"

"Yes." Nami nodded, looking at him with a frown "But the difference between you and me is I know what it is and when it happened. I also know you are the cause of mine." Luffy wanted to say something but Nami stopped it "I really need your full attention now."

Nami walked towards him and she realized she had to stand on her toes to look him in the eyes, so she didn't.

"I want you to use that gray mass in your head for once, to think really deeply. I want you to think when this all started for you or... If these are your honest feelings. I don't want you to feel this way because those guys with the stupid bets imprinted it into your head." Nami explained "Because I have the slight feeling it's the latter."

And for that one reason, the reason of it being 'fake' was the exact same reason for her to be scared and annoyed.

"So... what is it..." Luffy muttered worried, especially after Nami's pained face

"For me, it's love. I have felt it for already 6 years since you defeated Arlong." Nami explained, seeing his eyes widen. "And you are going to think through what it is for you... Maybe nothing, maybe the same."

Nami turned around again, leaving her room and Luffy alone. He frowned deeply, not knowing when the hell this happened...

He sighed and turned around, looking at the map with a pout. His onyx black eyes traced every island, but he had no clue...

Maybe Nami was right... Maybe they were fake feelings?


I actually hadn't planned drama, even though this is only slight drama, but because CameroRodriguez keeps trying to guess what is gonna happen in the next chapter in this story, I couldn't help but make him happy :p