So finally, after about half a year I managed to upload the new chapter, or rather the first part of it. Due to the length of the complete chapter I have indeed decided to split it. I'm so sorry about the late update.
I especially want to thank Eileithyia-ya who had agreed to proofread the text. She's absolutely gorgeous. She's also the author of several wonderful and addictive LawxNami fanfictions. You should really have a look at them if you haven't done it yet.
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Chapter 3 : Self-preservation – Part 1
The snowflakes fell from the clear blue sky like small tufts of cotton wool. Soft, smooth, light. Over time, the falling white became smaller and smaller until it disappeared almost entirely. As well as Punk Hazard that could now only be seen on the horizon as a light stripe, narrowing, the faster the Thousand Sunny picked up speed.
"What's the word, Nee-chan? Already prepared a course?"Asked Franky, who had made himself comfortable on the helm's bench. His left arm was lying on the backrest, the right clasped the helm to keep the ship safely in the flow and to change direction on Nami's instructions if it were necessary.
The eyes of her nakama were collectively directed to the young woman, who looked a bit grumpy viewing the log-pose on her left wrist. Two of the three needles turned repeatedly around its center until they stopped at various points for a few seconds, only to immediately resume their circulation. Only the rightmost needle remained fairly constant and though it trembled astern and portside, the red colored tip pointed at the direction of the island they had left a few minutes ago. Apparently the meteorological and unnatural conditions of Punk Hazard still seemed have a strong affect on the sensitive log-pose, even though they already left the island quite a few miles behind them and the island had no magnetic field of its own. The two constantly rotating needles slowed down with time, and Nami would soon be able to calculate a course using their individual positions, once they had stopped rotating. But this was the New World. If one of those two needles didn't stabilize to some degree, any course specification would be a risk she did not want to take in their present situation. "For once let the current carry us to the open sea. We're still in the winter zone. The further from Punk Hazard we get, the easier it is to calculate a reasonable course. It made no sense before."
"But it has stopped snowing." Said Brook tilting his head slightly to the left side. "It doesn't feel much like winter here. Yohohoho."
"Idiot, do you want to doubt Nami-san's statement?" A foot landed a very precise kick and hit the skeleton of the head, so that a little bump formed on the side.
"It's because we're approaching the periphery of the climate zone. The temperatures are gradually increasing. Therefore the rain and the water in the clouds can no longer freeze." The orange-haired said quietly, knowing full well that such a statement would not be understood by one of the guys. Besides, thanks to Sanji, Brook already had a bump, so did not need to cap it off. Furthermore, her good mood contributed to her momentarily mild attitude. She could not stop smiling. "I guess in a couple of minutes, we cross the climate's border. So it's about time to put on something else, otherwise everyone of us will be stuck in his personal sauna."
"Yohohoho, Nami-san, you're so smart."
"I know." With a smile on her full lips she turned around to go down the stairs to the lower deck, as well as a few of the other Straw Hat Pirates.
"I hope it won't be too hot or else I'll melt away."
"Oi, compose yourself like a man, Chopper."
"That's easy for you to say, Zoro! You don't have a fur."
The navigator ignored the little teasing of her friends and crossed the lawn deck to get up into the woman's cabins. She wanted to exchange her winter clothes for something more summery. She clearly felt the dark man's slightly menacing look rest on her. He leaned casually against one of the walls.
From the corner of her eyes she could not see the upper half of his face. The white brim of his hat concealed and overshadowed his eyes and the majority of his nose. Despite that, she knew very well that his gray irises followed her with every move. His lips were briefly decorated with a diabolic grin that ruined Nami's insanely good mood, and sent a chill down her spine. But as soon as it appeared, it also vanished. Maybe she had only imagined it. After all, she did not have her eyes fixed directly on him. It did not want to appear as if she even wasted one thought on that bastard.
Some would consider her crazy. Kicking Trafalgar Law in the groin? Then you had better have made your last will. Though, it was not the first crazy thing she had pulled through. Secondly, she had not kicked him with full strength. At that moment she maybe had not been completely herself, but she definitely did not have a death wish either. Apparently he was doing quite well, because if she had truly kicked him, he might still be lay on the ground. And thirdly, it just had felt so incredibly good to have this power, this control above a man like him. It had been so intoxicating.
She was anything but naive. She knew that you were not called to be a Shichibukai, because you were nice and helpful, but because you were so dangerous that the world government would rather tolerate most of these men's crimes than to have to fight against them. Those who belonged to these seven chosen people were hard, merciless and strong.
Normally, Nami was one of the first who sought cover as soon as it came to a confrontation with such an opponent. She was not weak, but she could assess her skills well enough to know when she had a chance and when not. And she should clearly not pick a fight alone with a warlord.
But this was something else. It was not a fight, not how she and her nakama had already had against other pirates of his caliber. No, this was something personal, just between her and him.
She also did not know why she had a tendency to quarrel and provoke Trafalgar. The most obvious reason was, of course, that he was a pirate and she still was unable to stand most pirates. In addition, there were the previous experiences with the other Shichibukai. No matter if it was Sir Crocodile or Gecko Moria, someone always had to suffer because of their actions. Why should it be any different with this man?
Of course she would not work against him. After all they had built an alliance with the Heart Pirates. And honestly she also felt much safer in the fight against an emperor with this arrangement. The more powerful allies, the higher their chances of survival, right? But apart from that she would stay away from this man. He would only cause her needless stress. Was it not enough that she already had seven other men in her life that did exactly that, just in many different ways, almost every day? So it was for her own good. Although, this whole plan was not at all for her own good. Why should fate be merciful with her and hold this arrogant bastard at bay? Her situation was pitiful.
Nami had known that this day would come. The day on which her captain decided to beat one of the four emperors in a fight. But why so early? They were still at the beginning of the New World after all. But that's what Luffy is like. It reminded her of the time when her crew had just arrived at the Grand Line. They had reached the first island and bang, right after they had taken action against one of the big fishes. She only prayed for it to turn out as well as it had in the past.
Meanwhile, the navigator had taken off her winter clothes. She stood in front of the large double bed that she shared with Robin and slipped a pair of blue and white striped hot pants over her thighs. On the bed lay her top, which she had previously dug out of the closet. She needed something that would not let the pink color of her bra show through. She slightly leaned forward, stretched out her left arm and was ready to pick up the top, when she was attacked from behind. Before she could even utter a single sound, a large hand was put upon her lips from the right while from the left an arm took hold of her upper body and came to lie on her right breast. The attacker managed to straighten the young woman up and press her against his body by the strength of his arms.
Nami quickly raised her right hand to remove the fingers from her mouth, and tried to kick his legs at the same time, to hurt the man, and to be able to squirm out of his grasp. However, this did not seem particularly successful. Slowly she realized how she started to lightly hyperventilate. She definitely needed more air.
Her left hand gripped the arm that was like an iron shackle around her upper body. She wanted to scratch him with her nails, so he would release her surprised by the sudden pain. But her fingers did not feel skin, only a soft material such as of a sweater or a jacket.
"Sssshhh." She heard a deep, dark voice whisper in her left ear. She knew that voice. This damn sexy voice. It just figures that Trafalgar Law would not forget the little incident on the tanker.
Because the orange-haired woman knew that she was not exactly in mortal danger now, she loosened her tense body posture slightly and focused primarily on deep breathing and calming down. She closed her eyes and took strong breaths through the nose. Now her brain also registered his scent which always engulfed her so wonderfully in his presence and let her think of not so innocent things.
Apparently she was not the only one with these thoughts, because the hand on her right breast grabbed them shamelessly. It shocked Nami and she opened her brown-red eyes wide. All right, so much for almost relaxing. By rotational movements of the torso she immediately tried to gain a little more distance between her back and his chest so that she could duck down and get away from him.
"Did you really think you'd get off scot-free?" Law whispered quietly to her as he began to knead her breast. The more she squirmed, the harder he grabbed her soft flesh. His right hand still rested on her mouth and muffled her moans now.
"I had already told you." His lips brushed gently from her ear over her neck down to her shoulder. "I'm not just any pirate." His mouth stopped beside her bra strap. "But one of the worst!" With this statement, he bit into her shoulder.
Nami let out a scream, but instead of echoing off the walls of the cabin, it lost itself in Law's palm. Somehow she could not tell if it felt good or painfully at the moment. But it was intense, wild. She had never felt anything like that.
The Surgeon of Death removed his teeth from her flesh, but did not let the beautiful Straw Hat pirate go and licked soothingly over the now reddening spot with his tongue. His hand which had worked her breast all the time became gentler, too. He traced the edge of the pink bra with his tattooed index finger very delicately several times. While she had previously groaned out of desperation, she did it now out of pure arousal, though her breast felt swollen and a slight aching pain was noticeable in her shoulder. Nami felt his mouth on her lightly tanned skin again. She braced herself for another bite, but Law surprised her by pulling down the bra straps with his teeth and at the same time tugged the cups forcefully down with his left hand to expose her breasts completely.
This was her chance. He had to loosen his iron grip on her upper body, so that he could grasp the bra properly. The moment she perceived the slightly cool air on her sensitive exposed skin, she wanted to fast forward, but once again the pirate captain seemed to be able to anticipate every one of her moves. His hand over her mouth increased the pressure on her jaw and pulled her head back to him. Meanwhile he put his left arm back over her now bare chest; the right breast was again covered with his fingers and the left with the clothed forearm. Nami hissed due to the contact. Also Law seemed as if he could not escape from the new sensations, because she clearly heard him growl, even as he tried to suppress it. But he quickly pulled himself together as he teased the young woman in a mischievous tone: "Well, where do you want to go?"
She could only desperately moan in response. Everything else would have been a waste of effort, because she seriously doubted that he would ever let her say a word. Instead, he began to draw even tighter circles around her nipple. The man took all the time in the world with easily guiding his fingers over the curves. His right cheek rested on her orange hair. She knew that his eyes were directly turned at her breasts. She, herself, could hardly take her eyes off this seductive scene.
That was pure torture. She felt a sweet tingle in her hardened nipple. He should finally hurry up and redeem her. She wanted to know what it felt like to be touched there by him.
The bastard seemed exactly to know her needs, but he apparently did not want to satisfy them because she only heard a dark laugh. The kick probably did not hurt as much as she had previously thought. Why else would he torture her with this?
Nami dug her nails into his sleeve as hard as possible. This way, she hoped that she could get through the fabric of the sweater with her nails and scratch the skin of his forearm to show him that she could not stand it any longer. But Law still ignored her pleas, and calmly drew his circles. Every time she thought he would finally have mercy on her and could already feel his amazingly hot finger almost at her pearl, he started all over again. At this point the navigator had no doubt that the rumors she had heard two years ago about him, were true. Trafalgar Law was a sadist!
The whole time she felt his salacious grin. She could imagine exactly how it graced his lips as he bowed his head a little bit to bring his mouth closer to her left earlobe.
Without warning he bit into it and pinched her throbbing nipple precisely in the same moment. If he had not held his hand over her mouth, the whole ship would probably be able to hear her moans. Could you come only from being touched on the nipple? Accompanied by a sigh, she closed her eyes in ecstasy, let her head fall back and laid it on Law's right shoulder. He took advantage of the opportunity of her exposed throat and placed wet kisses on Nami's neck while he continued massaging her right breast and pinching her nipple.
But before she could continue and enjoy this sweet torture, his fingers stopped and his lips left from her neck. For a brief moment, she only felt his chest at her back, because she was released from his arms. She had just enough time to take a deep breath as she felt them again. But this time his right arm embraced her torso, right under her heavy breasts, which meant that they were slightly pushed up and pressed together. His left hand grabbed the front waistband of her hot pants, pulled them down together with the pink panties and promptly wandered between her clenched thighs to her midst. When she felt his fingers on her most intimate place, she could only gasp. Each faculty of speech was lost to the woman. Her head slightly fell forward along with a few strands of her long bright hair.
"Nami." Law gasped in his deep and lightly hoarse voice.
"Nami." Again and again she could hear him say her name softly.
"Nami." He was getting louder.
"Nami." And his voice higher.
"Nami." He almost sounded like a woman.
"Nami." It seemed so familiar. His voice sounds just like...
"Nami!"
The beauty woke up suddenly. She stood still in front of the bed, her delicate hands held the pink top front of her belly. Robin. That was Robin's voice. But how ..?
She looked down, surprised at herself. She was dressed. Well, at least the things in which she was clothed in before were in all the places, where they should be. And no Shichibukai far and wide. She grabbed her left shoulder, just above the collarbone. The bit was supposed to be there. But she felt only soft skin under her fingers. No unevenness, no swelling, no moisture from his tongue. Oh my God, had she all imagined it?
"Nami, you're alright?" Only now the orange-haired noticed the other woman in the room. Nico Robin was standing in the doorway; her winter coat already removed, folded and carried over the right arm.
"Um ..." was all she managed to say. Nami was still too occupied with what was happening here, or rather was not happening.
"When I came in, I've heard you moaning. You also haven't responded to my call." remarked the black-haired woman with a worried look.
Had she really moaned? In the reminder of the possible reason she turned red. In this condition she could compete against every ripe tomato.
Robin did not miss her blush, of course, after all it was hard to overlook. It covered not only her face, but also spread over her cleavage. "Nami, are you sure that everything's okay with you?" she asked, now more vigorously, while she went to her friend and tossed the light beige winter coat carelessly on one of the sofas.
"Yes, yes!" Nami tried to assure as soon as possible. She hastily pulled the top over her head and smoothed it over her upper body. "I'm just a little tired. Also, I was just thinking that we might be hunted and who knows how fast the enemies have caught up with us. Luffy has indeed put us in big trouble again."
The archaeologist did not seem to be satisfied with the declaration, because she stood directly in front of the navigator now and crossed her arms over her chest. "And why are you all red?"
"I ..." What should she say? That she just had some kind of erotic fantasy with Trafalgar Law and her in the lead roles? She would rather drown herself then. No, Robin was indeed her best friend, but she could not tell her. So it was now all about improvisation. "I .. I'm scared."
The tension in Robin's body faded, her arms loosened slightly and her face took on a mild expression. "Of what?"
With a frustrated sigh Nami sat down on the bed behind her. "We want to overthrow one of the Yonko. I mean, this is crazy. We have only just entered the New World and so far it was like a little hell. It's only the beginning. Is it like this everywhere? Will we now only see suffering and destruction on each island?" The more she declared herself, the more she realized that she spoke the truth. She was really scared. What was the matter with her? "Luffy let himself be talked into forming an alliance with Trafalgar Law. He didn't even question his intentions. That's so typical!" Robin sat down beside her on the bed. "What if it's too early for us to pick up a fight with someone like that? What if one of us dies here? I know that I can't keep up with you. I ..." She did not have the chance to continue with her thoughts when a slap hit her in the face. Nami looked at her friend, baffled.
"And? Hormonal, post-pubertal phase survived?" Asked the cool beauty with a smile on her lips.
"Um .. Yeah?!" She just did not dare to say otherwise. Especially since a painful tingling sensation went through her cheek.
"Good. Now listen carefully. You are anything but weak. I really don't know who's sitting here in front of me, but the Nami I know won't get discouraged by some gloomy prospects. And who says at all that it'll be so? Maybe we just had bad luck. That would be nothing new for us, right?" She stroked soothingly through the messy orange curls of her counterpart and tried to smooth them out. The experience with the children probably got you very worn-out. These things happen in the world in which we live in. I know that and you know that, too. But look at it this way. If we hadn't come across Punk Hazard, we hadn't freed the kids and that would have been most likely their death sentence. Now pull yourself together. The Sunny needs a navigator and not just any but the best in the world!"
She had the feeling that Robin just always found the right words. "You're right." With renewed élan she pushed herself up from the bed. "Finally, I can't leave the boys alone for too long. The world would perish." Her eyes literally burned with enthusiasm.
The black-haired woman laughed. "For sure."
Nami stood at the wheel, enjoying the warm breeze that blew over the sea. Her feelings had halfway regained balance. She did not know what had gotten into her. Inwardly, she was still shocked by her own imagination. All of it had felt so genuine. As if Law had really been in the room with her, had touched her breasts and held her captive in his arms. She felt her cheeks took on a rosy color again at the memory. It was good that no one saw her face at the moment.
Robin was probably right; this fantasy had her hormones totally messed up. So much that she had even questioned herself. The last time she had felt such feelings was nearly three years ago. When she had rammed the dagger in her left upper arm and wanted to cut out Arlong's mark.
This was all his entire fault. Since he had kissed her, her world only revolved around him. That had to come to an end. She did not have naughty fantasies about a pirate and she would certainly not get involved with one. Really, she hated men like him in general. She could not violate her own principle, could she?
Okay, distraction. She needed a distraction.
Nami stepped to the railing and looked down on the lower deck, which was covered with grass. Kinemon and Momonosuke knelt on the floor and unhurriedly enjoyed a cup of tea that Brook had served them. Maybe she should also have a cup to calm down her broken nerves a bit. If Brook knew a thing or two in his life, then it was about the art of making tea next to fencing and perversity.
Next to the skeleton Zoro sat on the bench and leaned against the main mast. Curious, he asked: "By the way, why are you two on this ship?"
"Oh yeah, I haven't thought about that, but the kids had gone with the Navy." Usopp came down the figurehead's stairs and stood beside Nami.
"We're in the midst of an important trip. So we didn't want to get involved with the Navy and waste our time. You can drop us off on some island with a harbor. Until then, please let us stay on board." Explained the samurai from Wanokuni. Momo assisted his father with an extra "Please!". Both bowed before the crew.
"Okay, no problem!" Exclaimed Luffy, who clung to the top of one of the strands of Sunny's mane.
"You can pay us later." Added the vivacious orange-haired woman. Who would have expected anything else from her? Moreover, money could make her forget almost everything; also a certain Shichibukai in particular.
"Are you gonna charge us?!" Kin'emon needed no answer to his shocked question, because the smile and sparkle in her eyes spoke volumes.
"Nami, where are we going next?"
Slightly surprised the addressed woman turned around to her captain, before looking on the log-pose on her left wrist in concentration. "Hold on."
But before she could attend to the movements of the three needles any further, a dark voice grabbed her attention. "The next destination is already set." Her eyes wandered back to the lower deck, where Trafalgar Law now strode towards the Strawhats and samurai. "Dressrosa."
"Dressrosa?!" Luffy said surprised.
"Yeah, there's something we have to do there." Meanwhile Nami and Usopp were gone down the stairs and had joined the rest of the group in order to better follow the explanations of their new alliance partner.
"D..Dressrosa?" Kin'emon asked again, as if he wanted to make sure he had not misheard.
Luffy noticed his hesitant question. "What? Do you know that place?"
"Tha.. That's exactly where we.. I mean, I want to go! You need to go there, too?!"
"Uh-huh, I think so!" Confirmed the man with the straw hat.
The Surgeon of Death seemed to be lightly confused by the statement he had heard. "You have no idea what's going on, du you?"
"Nope." The answer was immediately given by Luffy, who also seemed to not be concerned in the least because he just grinned to himself. Even if Law was standing with his back to her, Nami could clearly see how he slightly lowered his head, sloughed his shoulders and thus had resigned to the ignorance and naivety of her captain. She could not blame him; after all, she had already given up beating some sense into Luffy years ago. Therefore, she had no other choice in this situation but to accept it and sigh desperately.
At that precise moment she noticed it. Something was wrong. The wind was minimal stronger, the sound of the waves swelled. She quickly ran to the railing to confirm her suspicion with a look into the water. "The current is shifting?!" The waves lashed harder against the sides, brought the stern of the ship out of its predetermined course at first to subsequently hit the bow at full strength. This was something they had often experienced at the Grand Line, but never had the inclination of the sea changed. It was as if they were sailing down a mountain. It was such a peculiar swell that the orange-haired woman had never seen. "What's going on here? A slope?" The speed increased rapidly. If this was going on, it could be very dangerous. "Look out for rock reefs!" She immediately ordered towards the bow, where Franky was at the wheel and Luffy, as usual, clung to the mane of the Sunny.
Usopp was very troubled, so as almost every time when something unexpected happened. "What's going on around here?"
"It's a sea slope. It's not uncommon here." Law said calmly.
"It is uncommon." The sniper interjected before the dark doctor could amplify his statement.
However, he ignored the superfluous objection, completely unimpressed. "We don't have to go against the current." He turned to Nami. "The needle in the middle on your log-pose must be pointing toward Dressrosa." She immediately studied the three needles on her left wrist with sharp eyes. "But don't try to go straight. Take a detour."
"Why?"
"Because it'll work out better for us."
His attitude did not last long without comment. "He's being such a know-it-all smart-ass." It seemed Zoro not to bother, that he got the foregoing. But as always, the black-haired was not one for replying to in his opinion unnecessary comments. Nami did not even know if he had realized it at all right, because she could not detect a single emotion across his face.
"Yes. Come to think of it, you were talking on the Den Den Mushi earlier. Who were you talking to?" Robin asked curiously.
Law seemed to feel uncomfortable as he had to answer, because he scrunched up his shoulders like he was caught in the act. He probably had not expected that someone had overheard some of the conversation. "Doflamingo."
"Doflamingo?! The Warlord?!" Usopp almost had a spaz in fear. "I've heard he's the most evil one!"
Law turned away with his face. "The plan is already in action."
"What plan?" Zoro asked.
As soon as he heard the word plan, the Straw Hat captain was again on fire. "Yeah, tell us about the plan!" He seemed as if he could not wait any longer. "Get together, everyone!"
"Hey, Luffy, would you kindly look forward. We first need to survive this current here, otherwise there's namely no one who can perform this strange plan!"
"Naaa, that's nothing here. It's like a roller coaster, Nami. That's funny. Shishihihi."
"I swear to you, you only get lettuce leaves to eat today if you don't immediately look forward now!" The seriousness in her brown-red eyes made him wince. He knew exactly what this expression meant. She was absolutely seriously about the foregoing as he already had experienced in the past. She had once made this threat true and it had been his own personal hell. He had not managed to grab a piece of meat somewhere from his nakama, because Sanji had cooked something vegetarian on Nami's request. How could anybody only eat something like this throughout the day and no piece of wonderful meat? He could not ensure this torture again. "All right!" Luffy hastened to assure her, and turned in a flash to look at the sea in front of him.
Really, this idiot. But the navigator knew exactly how she could let her captain dance to her tune. Why could life not always be so easy? Because right now it was just wretched.
The Thousand Sunny was so violently shaken by the strong waves that everyone present had to cling to something to not be transported through the entire deck. Nami's right hand almost painfully grabbed the railing, trying to keep a secure state. But they continuously increased in speed, so the pressure on her petite body was so great that she could not hold out longer. She watched as one finger after another came off of the wooden rail and inwardly counted the seconds down until she was at the laws of nature's mercy. If she was lucky, she would only end up in the wall behind her and would not be blown away from the ship. In anticipation of the throbbing feeling, which would go through her back when she would hit the hard stuff, she closed her eyes. She could hear how Sanji call her name slightly panicked before all her senses lost their balance for a brief moment.
The first thing Nami felt was hardness, just as she had foreseen it. But something was different. There was no throbbing, no pulling, no pain. She only felt the hard surface in her back but which was at the same time somehow soft. Also, something warm was directly under her right breast and put pressure on her torso.
With his right hand Trafalgar Law had wedged his nodachi tight with the railing posts while his left arm and upper body stabilized the young woman so that she could find a safe hold. But Nami's legs gave way again and again, because the thoughts in her mind drifted solely around his fingers, which were only millimeters below the point where she had imagined them not too long ago. His thumb even grazed the underside of her right breast with every breath, which did not help to relieve the memory of her vulgar figment and the feeling of weakness in her legs. She was back in the woman's cabin, saw the bed before her eyes, felt his breath brush against the auricle. As a result her nipples pressed hard against the lace of the bra and she could hear him whispering her name again. The echo of his hoarse voice was getting louder.
Wait a minute, an echo could not get louder, right? The navigator was finally transferred back to reality when she was hit by a gush of cold seawater right into the face. Coughing, she studied her surroundings and the situation in which she found herself before a new exclamation of her name drew Nami's attention to the man whose chest still stuck to her back. "What?"
"You must shift your weight to your legs!" The black-haired man stressed. Only then did she notice how he tried to act contrary to her weight with his body. Apparently she had unconsciously let herself fall against him, as the memories had overwhelmed her. Therefore her back probably stuck to his chest. Oh great.
In the meantime Franky tried his utmost to dodge the rocks, but they were on the increase. In addition, the current was so strong that it took all the cyborg's power to counter-steer. Despite all efforts, however, he failed to escape all the rocks and the collision with the low stone wall in front of them was now inevitable.
"All of you, hold on to something!" Luffy shouted above the panic cries of some of his nakama before he threw himself in front of the figurehead, puffed his body up and just in time made it to prevent the collision. Due to the air-filled rubber belly the Sunny slightly reversed, but was again carried forward by the waves and gave the captain of the Straw Hats repeatedly further concentrated, and tried to hold the air in for as long as possible, his face already turned red with sheer exertion. He could not stand it much longer.
Suddenly, a loud bang was heard behind them. Surprised, all of them looked at the direction from which it came and saw in the distance how one of the already passed rock formations transformed in a rain of stones, volcanic ash and small lava balls.
"What's that?" shouted Chopper over the entire deck completely horrified by what he just had seen. Completely perplexed by the events he lost his grip and was only held by the countless arms Robin had made grow on the grass to catch the little reindeer in the air. "Somehow, my head is completely spinning."
"That must have been an underwater volcano. We've got to get out of here quickly." said the meteorologist. She turned her head forward again and looked at the steering wheel. "Franky! Change into reverse gear!" she shouted over to her nakama. At the moment the Thousand Sunny slammed against their captain again, whose belly girth had already lost to a dangerous extent. This time the impact was more violent because now the pressure of the volcanic eruption that came from behind had an effect on the ship. The passengers were slightly hurled forward which forced Nami to cling to Law's still determinedly holding arm below her breasts to prevent the fall with that. "Ouick!"
"I'm already being as quick as I can! Take it easy." His hand was already on the lever with which he wanted to activate the Chicken Voyage function. "Luffy, you'll need to get out of there. Now!"
"Ooookay." The rubber man just barely made it to utter the word before he extended his arms and took Brook's outstretched bony hand behind the mane. Once the Sunny was again blocked by him and slightly pushed back, he dismissed the trapped air. At last he could breathe again. He retracted his arms, but this time he moved his body towards the hands so that he could safely seek support on the front deck. Not a second later, Franky had already pulled the lever, the sun-flower-like mane of the figurehead began to wildly rotate and therefore slowly increased the distance between the rock wall and the Straw Hats and their companions. The hope grew that they could get out of this situation unscathed.
A renewed eruption drew Nami's attention back to the open sea. She was still leaning against the pirate captain and despite her high heels she had to raise herself on tiptoes so she could look over his right shoulder. Why did this man have to be so tall? God, if Trafalgar did not stop to permanently pull her towards him soon, she would also feel the size of another body part.
But one look at the spectacle that took place behind the stern, banished any thoughts of any size ratios out of her mind.
Apparently, the first eruption had activated a chain reaction, because such small underwater volcanoes were never found isolated on the Grand Line, only in groups. They definitely had to get out of here; otherwise they would get serious problems. The fierce slope and the few clashes with the rocks would not make much of a difference for the Sunny, because it was built from the strongest wood in the world. But if a volcano would explode directly under them, substantial damage to the hull would be expected. "Try to catch any of the side currents." she called out to Franky.
Meanwhile, there was enough space to steer the ship under control again which is why the cyborg brought the lion's mane to a stop and immediately turned the steering wheel to guide the ship to the left away from the little stone wall.
Law took advantage of the momentum of the maneuver to lift the woman in his left arm to the railing. "Grab it."
Nami immediately followed his command, clasped the outer edge of the smooth wood with her hands and focused her weight on her arms, because both, the navigator and the man behind her, had given up keeping the balance while standing and got on their knees. As soon as her grip had strengthened, she felt Law removing his arm from her upper body but not without one final provoking stroke over the underside of her breasts. She was extremely curious to know if the pervert had done this intentionally or not. If so, she did not want to know what he was thinking at all when he would not be in such a precarious situation.
The raging wind lashed against her head and sent her orange curls flying in her face. Nami pulled herself up on the railing to catch a closer look at the waves. For someone who had no basic idea of oceanography and meteorology, the water beneath them appeared as a single chaotic collection of various movements. But she saw the meaning behind it, the recurring theme, the unbroken cycle linking everything together. The breakers got lower, the sea surf lesser. The slope started to straighten.
She heard how Luffy shouted from the bow: "In front of us are no more rocks!"
"That's a good sign. In case you don't know, but that means it will be over soon." said Law, who was still standing closely behind her.
"I know." She could not avoid the slightly bitchy undertone and the sharp look over her right shoulder as she literally hissed the two words in his face. She knew exactly what he wanted to achieve. Apparently he did not really mind. He only grinned smugly and salaciously, as if he knew the reason for her irritation. First he groped her, intentionally or unintentionally, it did not matter. But then he had to make a stupid statement and therefore questioned her with it. She had been through this before today. She was a more than excellent navigator, dammit. But men like Trafalgar Law probably did not take women seriously. For the satisfaction of sexual desires they were good enough, but otherwise no use for anything. This attitude would perfectly suit him. Chauvinistic bastard.
Not five minutes later, the sea was calm and harmonious. The fierce wind had become a balmy breeze which grabbed the sails of the Thousand Sunny. Only the gray clouds of smoke on the horizon, where the underwater volcanoes had shot their ashes into the sky, witnessed to what has just been experienced.
I hope that you all enjoyed reading this and feel free to review, please.
It was the first time I've written such a hot scene and I still don't know what to think of it. What are your thoughts about that?
Again, I'm so sorry that it took so long. But it was really much going on in my life: broken laptop, storm damage and then exams. But you don't have to wait that long again for the next update, so don't worry.
Thanks to a friend who has almost forced me to do so; I own a Tumblr account now where I recently started to take request for LawxNami. For more information, click on my profile. ;)
hanasho: Thank you so much for your lovely words. I try to write the characters as appropriate as possible. And Law really deserved the kick. Served him right if he thought he could corner Nami. And I'm definitely going to continue this story. =)
Souleater26: Oh my God, thank you so much. Every time I read your comment, I totally blush. ^/^ Here are so many other insanely great stories online. Therefore I'm absolutely delighted with the compliment. Lovely greetings to France.
Kyo-Chans: Oookay, I couldn't quite incorporate your desire for a s&m scene in this chapter, but I hope you liked it even without one. But this idea.. Oh great, now I have this Law-Nami-S&M scenes in my mind and can't forget them. xD I really need to put that on the list. ;)
aqua-empress: Ich danke dir für all die Arbeit, die du dir mit dem letzten Kapitel und auch einem Teil des jetzigen gemacht hast. Es war alles perfekt und ich weiß auch nicht, was ich ohne dich gemacht hätte. :-* Ich hoffe, dir hat dieses Kapitel gefallen, auch wenn du den ersten Teil schon kanntest.
crackfic: I hope I can compensate the lacking of the fandom a bit with my story. =) It really wasn't my intention to tease you so much. Wait. Perhaps it was? I don't know. ;) I hope that the new chapter was good work, too.
10th Squad 3rd Seat: Oh yeah, he really asked for it. We'll see if there are some more challenges for him.
SilanceReader: I think now it's my turn to say "Finally an update." I'm so sorry. And you have no idea how my heart is going to jump when I see that you are going to update your fabulous story. =) I hope this interaction was also hot, even if it wasn't in reality. Hey, but Law dominated her all the way in her fantasy. Therefore I haven't forgotten you. ;) And yes, I want to see how Law behaves in the bedroom, too. xD So thank you so much for your support.
reinakaelel: Thanks for the lovely words. Yes, she really gave him a hard time. But I think he definitely wants to mess with her, especially after the tanker incident. So he'll probably give her a hard time, too. ;)
mememewmew: It was definitely a nice one. ;) But Law won't give up just because of such a small incident. He'll drive her crazy and make her livid with rage, for sure!
Uriko Ayzen: I hope I could satisfy your need for some heated scenes. And it won't be the last! So much I can promise. =)
animetigergurl: This pairing is really amazing. Law and Nami are so perfect und together they're even more perfect. ;) I also have many ideas for more stories about the two. Btw, you should also keep writing because you're one shot collection is soo lovely. =)
MikanGurl: Thanks for your comment. I hope I could fulfill your expectations with the new chapter.
: I don't live them. I loooovvvee them. ;) There so awesome and fit perfectly together.
MishaHime: Yeah, Nami's attitude was really typical for her. I think that's one reason why Law wants her. xD I'll try to put my back into writing more. =)
MiMi: I hope this chapter was worth the wait. I'll try to upload to next quicker.
Navohlida: Here's the update. I hope I'll see no T_T from you again. I really not want you to suffer.
See you next time hopefully. Greetings from Germany, TrafLaw. =)