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A Welcome Return
Secret notes are always fun…
The next morning, after she had taken a shower, Vivi made her way down to the dining hall. The whole way she could only think about him. When she finally entered, she slowly headed for her chair at the end of the table, glancing at Luffy with a big smile before turning to the others.
"Good morning everyone." She said happily.
"Good morning Vivi." Nami said sleepily as she continued eating her breakfast.
"Good morning vivi-san!!!!" exclaimed Sanji in his love state as he twirled up to her.
Vivi furrowed her brows, "Morning…."
"Would you like to go on a romantic walk this afternoon my beautiful flower?" he asked, still in his love state.
She forced herself to smile and face him, "No thank you, I'm far too busy."
Sanji frowned and sadly made his way to his chair, plopping back down. Luffy glanced up at Vivi and smiled, she noticed and stuck her tongue out at him then grinned. This made Luffy chuckle as he continued to eat.
"What's so funny Luffy?" questioned Ussop.
"Oh…nothing…." He said, smile on his face.
"Whatever…." He said, losing interest as he also continued eating.
"Well…that was a fun banquet last night." Nami said, mischievous grin plastered on her face.
Vivi looked up at her with pursed lips, she knew that Nami knew how she felt about Luffy, and she was just bugging her about it.
"Aa…it sure was…" said Robin who also grew that same grin.
Both of them looked from Luffy to Vivi, noticing that they were both glaring at them with pursed lips. Then Ussop changed the subject, noticing the awkwardness of the situation. Everyone had a long chat about what had happened in the time they were out on the grand line without her. She enjoyed hearing about the adventures of her good friends. But then after a few minutes of silence, Vivi got up.
"I'll be in the assembly room with my father and his advisors for awhile; I'll meet up with you all for lunch." She said as she walked to the opposite side of the room. On her way, she passed by Luffy, gently sliding her hand from shoulder to shoulder, Luffy smiled as she did this. She continued walking out of the room, when Luffy noticed that there was something that fell down his back to the chair. He reached behind him to see what it was and grabbed a small piece of paper. He looked at it for a minute, holding it on his lap so that no one would see it.
It read:
Meet at the main stairs after breakfast.
He smiled again as he crumpled it up and put it into his pocket, Nami, of course noticed his series of smiles.
After breakfast, everyone left the dining hall, Luffy, following instructions, headed off for the main stairs. Once he got there he saw Vivi leaning against a railing. He walked up behind her and poked her sides with his pointer fingers. She jumped at the tickling feeling and turned around with a smile.
"Took you long enough."
"Well, I do like to eat…." He said as he grinned at her. "So what is it?"
"Well….I was wondering if maybe you would like to…." Luffy cut her off.
"Isn't that supposed to be my job??" he questioned teasingly.
She giggled, "I guess…but you don't know anywhere to go to…"
"Ah…that's true…so where do you think would be a good place?"
She smiled, "Hmmm….how about we go and watch a play at the theatre?"
Luffy whined, "A play??"
"Yea, you'll have fun…I promise." She stated as she pulled him down the stairs, to the city streets below. She dragged him, almost literally, to the theatre. Once they entered, they were taken to a balcony that was meant for the royal family's exclusive use, but friends were allowed. So they sat down as the play started.
Much to Luffy's liking, it was more of an action play, with lots of fighting and the such. He was having fun, but not as much as he would like. He pouted; he thought he could be doing hundreds of things more fun with Ussop and Chopper. Then he turned to Vivi to complain, only noticing that she was looking at him with an almost expressionless face, eyes glistening. Luffy seemed to be mesmerized by her sight, and considering she was in the seat beside him, her face wasn't even a foot away from his.
So Luffy slowly moved closer to her, until he closed his eyes and placed his lips onto hers. She also closed her eyes, almost immediately opening her mouth for him; he gently played around with her tongue. He liked kissing her; it made him feel really good. Not only that, but it made him feel that much closer to her. They made out for a while, probably around fifteen to twenty minutes, considering they had already watch most of the hour and a half play. Once he pulled away, he looked at her smiling face, with her eyes still shut. They decided to stay for another play, this one was only an hour, however, they didn't watch one second of it.
During every kiss they shared, it made her feel like she was falling, the feeling was so intense that she thought she couldn't take it much longer. But finally, the play ended and they took a break. She didn't necessarily want it to end, but she was having a very difficult time breathing, and the feeling was just too much. She smiled at him, she liked the feeling, and it was very….pleasurable, but sometimes too much of a good thing is just too much, or not.
"Well, I think we should head back, by the time we get there, lunch would probably be served."
"Aa, let's go." He agreed with a warm smile as he stood up, taking her hand as they walked out.
When they finally got to the beginning of the steps, she stopped him, "So Luffy, did you have fun?" she asked sarcastically.
He smiled and turned his head slightly, "Maybe…." He replied teasingly, as he turned back and placed a gentle, warm kiss on her cheek. She smiled and they headed up the stairs, still holding hands. They walked into the dining hall, quickly letting go so as to no one would notice, and took their seats.
"Oi…Luffy, why did you come in with Vivi-san?" questioned Sanji angrily.
He didn't hesitate for a second, "I was walking around at the front of the palace and she walked by and told me that it's time for lunch, so I walked here with her." He replied as if it were obvious.
Sanji looked at him for a second before shrugging and turned back to his plate. He didn't suspect a thing, no one did, besides Nami and Robin. Coincidently, Igaram had joined them today.
"So Vivi, how was the meeting with your father and his advisors?" asked Nami menacingly.
Vivi looked up at her in disbelief, as if asking her why? Why do this to me? Nami only grinned as Vivi turned to Igaram when he started talking.
"What are you talking about; the king left the country this morning to negotiate a new alliance with Yarduina."
Vivi looked around nervously, and Luffy also looked a bit nervous as he looked at everyone.
"Princess, why would you lie to them like that?" asked Igaram in confusion.
Vivi looked from Luffy to the others as she felt herself getting nervous to the point of throwing up. She looked at Luffy one last time before quickly standing up and running out of the room.
"What was that?" asked Ussop.
"Something's up with her." stated Chopper, getting worried.
Everyone but Luffy started talking about what the problem may have been, Nami was watching Luffy carefully. However, Zoro left to go train, and Sanji went looking for Vivi, but he had no idea where to look, and never ended up finding her. Nami and Robin continued to talk about womanly things which made Ussop and Chopper leave. Igaram had left a while back in order to do some work around the palace. Luffy got up and walked out of the dining hall. He made his way up a few floors before getting to the floor that his guest room was on. He had a good idea of where she might be.
"Hiding are we?" he asked teasingly.
Vivi turned around and looked at who had spoke, smile creeping up on her lips, "No, not really."
Luffy walked up to her on the balcony, "Nami really has it in for you huh?" he asked with a grin, putting his arms around her waist and pulling her back into his front. She giggled and tilted her head up to his.
"Un….why does she have to do that??"
Luffy chuckled, "Who knows…."
She smiled and let her head lean back into his shoulder. They stayed like that for a while, until Vivi turned around and looked him in the eyes. She slowly leaned into him, locking lips. She smiled through the kiss as he started to gently suck on her lower lip, then moved to her upper lip. Then she pulled away and looked at him again.
She pulled him over to the same chair and sat him down, climbing onto him and curling up, like the other night. Luffy wrapped his arms around her and closed his eyes; he didn't mind taking a nap until dinner.
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Vivi woke up and noticed that it had started to get dark; she poked Luffy's stomach to wake him up. After a few more pokes, he finally opened his eyes in surprise.
"Oh…Vivi…" he smiled up at her, "What's up?"
"It's time for dinner, so wait a minute to come down, okay?"
"Yea sure, just make sure they leave some food for me." He chuckled as she walked down the hall.
She giggled to herself as she made her way down to the dining hall. She greeted everyone and took her seat, beginning to eat. Luffy walked in a few minutes later, complaining that no one bothered to get him, trying to hide the fact that he had been with Vivi.
"Oh, Vivi-san…Where were you, I couldn't find you anywhere…and why did you run off like that?" asked Sanji.
"Ugh…I was in my room…I wasn't feeling very good." She replied nervously, but he didn't think anything of it.
"Are you feeling better?" he asked in concern.
She turned to Luffy briefly and smiled, "Un…I'm just fine."
"Well that's wonderful news Vivi-san." Sanji replied in his love state.
Everyone talked for a long while, laughing, sharing stories, memories, jokes. It was a great night, Nami was passed out drunk, so Robin brought her up to the room, and also went to bed. Sanji and Zoro were also pretty smashed, so Chopper gave them some sleeping pills and they were out cold, he brought them to their room and came back to talk with Ussop. They were all sitting at the end of the table near Vivi, who was playing footsies with Luffy and kept giggling every once in a while. When Ussop or Chopper would ask what was so funny she would just shrug.
"Princess, I think you should head to bed, you need to be up early tomorrow." reminded Igaram.
She nodded and gave a little goodbye kick to Luffy as she stood up. "Good night guys." She said as she headed off.
"Well, I guess we should probably go to bed too, huh?" exclaimed Ussop. Chopper and Luffy agreed, and the three walked up the stairs to their room.
Luffy jumped down on his bed, not really tired, and heard something under his covers. He furrowed a brow and lifted the covers to reveal a piece of paper reading: Balcony. And it was as simple as that, he left the room when he was sure Ussop and Chopper were sleeping.
"You called." He said as he put his chin on her shoulder.
She chuckled, "Yea…follow me." She said, pulling him down the hallway.
"Where are you taking me?" he asked, in an over-exaggerated tone.
She giggled and turned to him, "Your sleeping in my room tonight." She said with authority. Luffy didn't question her and only smiled as he continued to follow her. She opened her doors and let him in, before locking them and telling him he could use the bathroom if he needed. When he was finished, Vivi also used the bathroom; Luffy got under her covers and put his hat on a nightstand. When she came out, he blushed a deep red, making her smile; she walked up to the bed in a very tight black nightgown. She slid under the covers and snuggled up to Luffy, he made a throaty noise at this but put an arm around her. She blushed and leaned up to kiss him before saying goodnight and dozing off, still snug against his body.
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Luffy woke up in the middle of the night, he didn't know why, because he usually slept great, not waking up at all until morning. He looked around and remembered that he was in Vivi's room, then he realized something, Vivi wasn't there. He looked around a bit, but couldn't find her; he got up and walked to the bathroom, not there. He noted that the doors were still locked, so she couldn't have gone that way, then, as he turned around, he saw the window wide open. He rushed over to it only to see Vivi being carried away by a group of men. He jumped down to the lower area of the palace, then he jumped the rest of the way down to the ground.
"Oi!! Stop!" he yelled as he chased them down. As he got closer to them, he saw that Vivi was tied up and gagged, and he also saw the tears running down her cheeks.
"VIVI!!!" he screamed as he tried desperately to catch up to them. This gained the attention of a good portion of the people living in, and directly around, the palace. As the men stopped, they threw Vivi to the ground and faced Luffy, who stopped about twenty meters away. He just stood there and looked at them for a minute or two, and by this time, a few palace guards were running up to him, along with the rest of his crew.
"Luffy…what's with all the yelling?" questioned Nami, aggravated that she had been woken up. That's when everyone who had just arrived noticed the men…and Vivi on the ground behind them.
"Vivi!" yelled the crew, "Oi, you bastards, just what do you think you're doing with my Vivi-san??" questioned Sanji as he began to storm up to them, only to be stopped by Luffy.
Sanji looked at his captain and noted the expression on his face, he then proceeded to back off without saying a word, truth be told, he was a bit scared for the men.
Luffy then began to walk slowly up to the first man, who also began walking up to him. When they were about ten feet away from each other, Luffy dashed forward and punched the guy right in the gut, causing him to fall to the ground, and curl up clutching his stomach. Then another one of the guys pulled out a gun and shot at him, only to realize its ineffectiveness, but it didn't seem to faze them. Luffy knocked him out with one swift blow to the head, leaving only two more to take care of. The others decided to fight in conjunction, one pulling out a pair of blades, the other, just a plain old wooden staff. The one with the swords charged ahead of the staff, who was right behind him, Luffy was cut on his right arm as he was dodging, but wasn't quick enough to get fully out of the way.
These two seemed to be much stronger than the others; however, Luffy easily grabbed the one with the staff, and slammed him into the other, rendering them unconscious. With the men out of the way, Luffy ran up to Vivi and untied her, then took off her gag. She immediately threw herself into his arms, and began sobbing. Luffy put his arms around her, and pulled her into a tight embrace. She cried into his chest for only a few minutes before she got her composure, stood up, and looked him in the eyes.
"Are you okay?" he asked in a soothing tone.
She nodded, "Thank you." She whispered, a slight smile visible on her face.
Luffy only smiled in return and walked her back to the palace. The guards took care of the men, and the crew also returned to the palace, although, they had tried to "extract" some information out of the men before they headed back, unsuccessfully however.
When they got to the palace, Vivi got a glass of water for her throat, which was swollen due to all of her crying. Luffy then walked her up to her room and laid her down on her bed, then he sat down beside her.
"What happened?" he asked, looking down to the floor.
Vivi sighed and sat up, "I don't really know…all I remember is being grabbed, pulled out of bed, gagged, tied up, then they carried me out of the palace…" she said as she began to feel herself tear up. She leaned back into his chest, and he put his arms around her and held her there for a few minutes. "But…I feel like I saw someone farther out in the darkness…but if it was him, then we are all in a lot of trouble…"
"Who?" asked Luffy in curiosity.
"Well, I'm not sure, but I thought I saw a man who has been an enemy to my father ever since I can remember. But, only a few months after you had defeated Crocodile, he was taken by the marines."
"What did they do to him?"
"No one knows, and they won't answer any questions we have…"
"Let's hope that never happens again." Said Luffy as he laid himself down, still holding Vivi. He felt her nod. She fell asleep shortly thereafter, her head still on Luffy's chest. He thought about what had happened, and what could have happened if he hadn't woken up when he did. However, thinking about that only made him more frustrated, so he shook it out of his mind and dozed off with Vivi in his arms.
Yea, yea, I know, it gets sloppier with each new chapter, but what can i say....
