Ch. 2 Missing captain

"AAH!" Nami's scream had awoken the swordsman from his nap. He growled in annoyance, and walked to Nami and Luffy's room. "Why are you so loud?"

Zoro was pushed over by Sanji, who came rushing in as well. Ussop and a Chopper followed closely after. "What's wrong, Nami-swan?"

"Where is Luffy?" Chopper asked, looking around.

"S-she left." Nami said, trying to find her words. "WHA-!" The group yelled. Nami continued to cry. Sanji lighted up a cigarette, and took Nami without a word outside, leaving the crew confused.

"Calm down first, then tell us." Sanji said, leaving her alone for a minute.

"Wait! I'll tell you guys now. If we wait longer, we'll miss the change of meeting her again!"

Sanji nodded, and called the rest of the crew together.

When they were all together, Nami explained what was in the letter.

"Luffy heard what we said in the morning. But, I think she misunderstood us. There isn't much more to say. The only thing we know about her whereabouts is that she's gone to a person known as Salamander."

"Salamander? Never heard of him." Zoro said.

"Me neither. Maybe it's someone from her past? Like Ace?" Nami suggested.

"Maybe we can ask Ace. It'll be easier tracking him down." Sanji said. Nami nodded, and Zoro, Ussop and Chopper agreed as well.

"At least you're good for something, ero-cook."

At the Fairy Tail Guild

Everybody was busy drinking or fighting, while Natsumi, Luffy, Lucia and Gray were busy talking. Suddenly, someone shouted "Titantia is back!"

Natsumi smirked evilly. "Nee-san, you hide. I want to surprise Titania." Luffy smiled, and hided under the table. Not longer after Luffy hided, the woman known as Titania came in the guild hall.

"Hey Erza! I need to ask you something." Erza looked at Natsumi. "Ask." She said bluntly.

"What do you think of snakes?" Erza's eyes widened, and she stuttered "Y-you didn't-!"

Luffy wrapped her arms around the red haired warrior. "ERZA! I've missed you!"

"That voice... Natsumi, she's back?" Erza felt tears in the corners of her eyes, and smiled. "Nice to see-err-hear you to, Luffy-chan."

Luffy released her grip on Titania, and smiled. "Erza, you've haven't changed a bit!" Luffy exclaimed. Erza smiled softly. "Well, you did change. You've become more feminine. Just like your sister. Even she denies it." Luffy grinned evilly, whispering in Erza's ear "Yeah, to be honest I'm kinda surprised she isn't surrounded by admirers." Erza giggled in response, before whispering back "She has a pack of admirers, but they back of because of her teammates. She's just to dense to notice."

Natsumi felt kinda left out, so she decided to ask what her sister and Erza were talking about. "Nothing." Was their response. Natsumi pouted. "Geez, little sister doesn't tell me anything!" Luffy pinched her sister in her cheek. "Ya know," she said, "You can be cute to, onee-chan." (1)

Natsumi grinned, and tackled her sister. "I'm going to teach you a lesson! Never mess with your older sister!"

"Stop! Onee-san!" Natsumi grinned, and let the black haired female go. "Let's spar! We haven't spar since we were kids!" Luffy grinned, and agreed.

"You can spar outside, destructive siblings!"

"Destructive siblings? Is that their nickname or something?" The celestial mage asked his friend. Erza nodded. "When they were younger, Mira and I used to call them that. And even then they almost destroyed the guild. So... I'm afraid that they might blow op Magnolia together!"

"So how were they as kids?" Lucia asked.

"Well, when they first appeared at the guild, Natsumi immediately got in a fight with Mira. Naturally, she got beaten. Luffy was different. She also got into a fight, but not with the guild members. Luffy fought a lot with Natsumi. Natsumi always won, and afterwards apologized. I was surprised, seeing the tough girl who barged in the guild out of nowhere being so kind and caring for her sister." Erza smiled warmly at the memory. Lucia chuckled.

"Why did Luffy left?" He asked.

Erza's smile disappeared. "She never told anyone beside Master and Natsumi. But Natsumi was really worried after she left. I guess her rivalry with Gray and Happy's birth helped her to get over it. But, I'm happy to see her like this. I've never seen her happier."

Lucia looked at Natsumi, and noticed Erza was right. Natsumi looked really happy.

-Back with the Straw Hats

Nami had Luffy's hat tied up on her back. She was looking at the maps. "Hmm. We first saw Ace here, and he said he was going there. It has been a few weeks... Wasn't he searching for a pirate? Then, he'll probably be... There!" Nami circled a place on the map. "Guys! I think I know where Ace is!"

Ussop walked to Nami. "That's great! So, where is he?"

"Most likely, he is in country Fiore. I'm pretty sure it's on a coast city. I suspect he has gone to North, cause based on his original directions, he'll be around this area." Ussop nodded. "So, are we going to set sail to Fiore?" Nami nodded. "Alright! Let's go!" Ussop yelled, excited.

And, so, the crew set sail, to an unknown country, searching for somebody they just met to find an unknown man who their captain escaped to.

This is going to be great.

AN: SORRY IT TOOK ME FOREVER T-T someone, punch me! Oh, never mind. Here it is! Is it good, bad? Tell me! By the way: Surviving Slavery reader here? Yes? Okay, here's the thing... Next chapter will be up today, or in three days. Is that okay? Please don't kill me, I have a spider in my room, who is already plotting on that... (I called him Spinner xD)

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