And Chapter Three is up! Yippee! Okay.. That sounded weird.. xD Anyways.. Sorry I haven't posted the day after I posted the last chapter.. Been busy.. T^T BUT I'M BACK NOW! ^-^ I do not own One Piece. Eiichiro Oda does! Now on with the chapter! :D
Chapter Three
In The Hospital
Luffy's POV
I was still in this darkness for what seemed like forever. Where is everyone? I want out but I couldn't move. I was just floating in endless darkness. I was tired of being alone. Being alone is worse than getting hurt. It's painful. I was so confused, wondering why this was happening to me. I was beginning to lose hope that I will never see the light again. This was the end of me. The very end. I just knew it.
"Guys! Hush! I think I he's waking up.." I knew that voice. It was Nami's. There's no mistaking it.
"N-Nami..?" I called to her. This has to be dream. Was I just hearing things or is it real?
"We're here Luffy.. You can wake up now." The voiced answered back.
"You're losing hope, Luffy." Was that Shanks' voice?
"S-Shanks?"
"Don't ever lose hope. Believe in your nakama just as they believe in you. Once you have that hope, you can bring yourself out of this darkness."
Believe in my nakama just as they believe in me? They were always by me, urging me forward, and when all seemed lost, they were there to pull me up. I can really overcome this. Right when I started hoping again, there was a burst of light and the first thing I saw was Nami's happy smile.
"Luffy!" My eyes went wide as all of a sudden, Nami hugged me. Then I smiled and returned the hug. She blushed then pulled away.
"Welcome back to the world of the living, Luffy," Usopp joked placing my hat on my head.
"Thanks. Shishishishi," I chuckled with a grin. I looked around, seeing my whole crew standing around my bed. Then I saw one person, who I knew extremely well.
"Ace!" He smirked, with a nod.
"Well, if it isn't my little brother. Glad you're awake."
"I didn't expect you to be here."
"After what your nakama told me, yeah, I would be here. Can't a big brother worry about his little brother?"
I grinned in delight. It was great seeing all of them again. Then I decided I would become even stronger, so I can protect them and not worry them anymore. I have to since I'm going to become the Pirate King, right?
Few Weeks Later
Still Luffy's POV
A few weeks had passed and yet the doctor still held me prisoner, not letting me go till he was satisfied. He knew that we were pirates, and he expected me to have visitors that were pirates. Yet, one was not what he expected. I was laying down, staring at the ceiling in complete and utter boredom when the doctor came in with a complete dumbfounded look on his face.
"Luffy~kun. You have a visitor," he announced as a red-haired, one armed man came in. I grinned in delight at seeing this man. I don't know how he knew I was here, but I could care less. I was just to happy to see him.
"SHANKS," I yelled in delight. He just laughed taking a seat next to the bed I was resting in.
"Good to see I didn't arrive at the wrong time. How are you, Luffy?"
"Bored. The doctor won't let me out no matter how much I tell him I'm feeling fine."
"Thought you'd know by now, you don't argue with the doctor?"
"Chopper is different, Shanks!" He just laughed with a grin.
"You're the same as always."
The door opened, revealing Nami coming in. She stopped in shock when she saw Shanks. I couldn't blame her. Shanks is one of the Four Emperors. It was an awkward silence between all three of us. I decided I would break the silence before things get to awkward.
"Hi."
"Luffy.. You didn't tell us you knew one of the Four Emperors.."
"Well, Zoro knows but that's it," I nervously chuckled rubbing the back of my neck.
"Then care to explain, how?" Shanks was just looking back and forth as we speak.
"It's a long story but I'll make it short. When I was growing up, I ran into Shanks and his crew and eventually started following them around. One day a band of Mountain Bandits came and messed with Shanks but he laughed it off and he laughed me off when I got angry at him for just laughing them off. When the Bandits returned the next day and they started bad-mouthing Shanks and his crew again, I got angry again and started yelling at them. They took me hostage and when Shanks arrived after hearing the news, two of his men wiped the Bandit Leader's men out. Then the Leader ran off with me out into sea on a fishing boat. The Leader threw me into the sea, (it was after I ate the Gumu Gumu No Mi), and a Sea King came out of the water and swallowed the Leader whole and when it was about to eat me, Shanks arrived. The Sea King took his arm but Shanks scared it off. The next day, Shanks and his crew were leaving. I promised Shanks I would become the King Of The Pirates, and Shanks gave me this Straw Hat. I promised him that when I become the Pirate King, I would return the Hat."
Nami's eyes were wide with shock. It was quite a story. Who'd expect a little boy to meet one of the Four Emperors? Guess I just got pretty lucky that I did. If I didn't, I'd probably be stuck as a marine right now. The terror of that thought just shook me down to the bones. I don't know how I could even come up with a thought like that!
Few Hours Later In Luffy's Hospital Room
Nami's POV
After Shanks had left and Luffy fell back asleep, I was the only one in here. I was really glad that Luffy had woken up and was his normal self again. He still had a bit of a fever but it rapidly gone down to where it doesn't bother him anymore. I was sitting beside Luffy's bed. He looked so peaceful in his sleep. I smiled, caressing Luffy's hair, and as if he could feel it, he smiled. I blushed but continued caressing his hair. Usopp opened the door, and when he saw me caressing Luffy's hair, he backed out quietly as if not to disturb me, but then Franky and the others came bursting in, knocking Usopp onto the floor and causing me to jump in surprise, removing my hand from Luffy's hair.
"Guys! Quiet down or you'll wake Luffy," I scolded them quietly.
"Sorry," the others apologized and sat down. After a while they fell asleep and Luffy woke up shortly afterward to me caressing his hair again. I blushed when he smiled and took my hand in his.
"Morning, Luffy," I greeted him.
"Morning, Nami," he replied with a smile.
"Feeling better?"
"You betcha. A whole lot better."
The doctor came in and started Luffy's check-up. He announced that Luffy was healthy again and he could leave anytime he wanted. After that, he left. I checked him out and we all headed back to the Thousand Sunny.
Yaaay! Luffy's awake! Now we can rest easily tonight knowing he'll be alright! Or will not...? Don't answer that cause I don't have a clue either.. o.o.. I just make it up as I type it! xD Yeah.. That's how I do it... Make it up as I type... Seriously.. I don't know how I'm that good! I better shut up now.. I don't feel like doing the question thing so... Fine out what happens next in Chapter Four of 'Save The Pirate King!: Legend of the Emerald Flower' I just realized something.. This is turning out to be a LuNa fanfiction I think... O.o Okay.. Shutting up now. Night/Afternoon/Morning guys! BYE!
