Author's Note: Hehe, I keep getting a lot of reviews about the horse thing! XD Well, honestly, I found it a little off too … which is why I had Luffy yell at her about the thing … V_V But hey, that's Al's thing! XD If I see anymore weirdness, no offense Al, I will try and fix it, but the horse thing wasn't something I could remove … It was already too big a part into the RP and story … V_V I actually kinda found the whole, boobs and tight dress thing last chapter weird, but I decided to just let it be … Anyways, enjoy!
The Blood of My Enemy
Chapter III
Sanji poured a cold bucket of water over the lycan to wake him, however, this time he didn't get up so quickly. "Wakey-wakey, beast. Are you hungry enough yet?"
Zoro narrowed his eyes at the blonde vampire, feeling a deep growl vibrate his throat. As if sensing the other man's eyes on him, and even hearing the slight growl, Sanji looked up to the, now, other lycan, "Or maybe the new beast would want to help train my ward."
A single finger became visible through the grate, "Fuck off ..." He growled low and deep.
Sanji chuckled, looking back down at Luffy, who was trying to climb to his feet, and he glared at the two vampires invading his space. He hadn't seen either for two days, and now here they were again. Nami frowned softly up at the new lycan before looking down at the more pitiable of the two, "This is your own fault, wretch."
He bore his teeth to her, giving a low growl, but then spit at her feet, "Is it?"
Sanji quickly stepped up, hitting him across the face, and he slammed back into the wall. Clenching his teeth angrily, he suddenly sprinted forward with surprising speed and slashing out his claws across Sanji's armored chest. Grunting, Sanji jumped back, looking down at the damage to his armor before looking back up at Luffy again with his fangs bared slightly, "Animal ..."
Nami started to step forward, "Are you ready to come after me now?"
With tired eyes, Luffy glared at her, but then turned his back on her. Slumping against the wall, he then let himself slide down it.
"Not so fast, beast ..." Sanji said, coming back over to unchain the chains from his collar and wrists, and then he yanked him up. He gave a growl, but Sanji shoved him out of the door, and into the large inner courtyard. "Let's try again. My angel, you may have to make him angry ... Hit him a few times." Sanji said after giving him one more final push towards the middle.
"Of course," she said, eyeing the loose creature before she swooped in to smack the back of his head, and yanked on his ear hard as if he were some child, "Come now. Fight!"
He smacked her hand away and growled at her with bared canines, but didn't move to attack her. "I will not ..."
Scowling, she extended her claws before slashing them across his face. He gave a soft yelp, keeping his head turned and reached up to touch his face where the blood was already seeping through, but he just turned a deep scowl on her, not budging at all.
Frowning, she backed away a bit before glancing over at Sanji, "My love ...?"
Sanji's eyes narrowed a bit in weariness, "You're a real stubborn son of a bitch ... aren't you?"
Luffy rolled his eyes to him before smirking and chuckling, "I won't mind tearing you apart ..."
Finding himself smirking in return, Sanji then gave a small chuckle, "Likewise …" and then he turned to the guards, "Bring out the other one ..." He said, and within a matter of minutes, they brought Zoro out, sporting his new spiked collar as well. "You're not a part of his pack. How would you fair against the lady?"
Zoro looked at Sanji boredly before lazily shifting his eyes to Nami, "If Luffy doesn't want to do it, then I won't do it either."
Blinking in surprise, Luffy looked over at Zoro, but then just smiled with some relief. However, Sanji bore his fangs in a bit of a scowl, "Is that so?"
"It is ..."
"Mm, then perhaps you would not be so disciplined if refused your meals." Sanji replied, glaring at him.
"I wouldn't hold your breath ... Oh! Wait ..." Zoro said, looking falsely thoughtful, which this brought a snicker out of Luffy.
"Animals ..." Sanji seethed, "Take him away ... He gets no food." He said towards Zoro before he turned to Luffy, punting the back of his legs to make him drop to his knees, trying to anger him, "We will try this again." Then he turned to Nami, "My angel ..."
She opened and closed her mouth, glancing down at the male creature before glancing up at Sanji, "I hate attacking when I don't know if he'll defend himself, love." Lifting his gaze slightly, Luffy narrowed his eyes at her slightly with softly dipped brows.
Sanji closed his eyes before opening them to smile warmly at her, "I understand-" He looked like he was going to say more, but then suddenly a guard approached him and whispered into his ear. Nodding to the guard, he then turned to Nami with a slight frown, "I've been summoned. It should only take a moment ... Will you wait here for me, my angel?"
Nami smiled, and nodded, "Yes, of course."
Turning to the guards, Sanji gave them a hard look, "You protect her with your lives."
"Yes, of course, lord." One of the men said, watching Luffy closely. However, he didn't seem inclined to move, just staring at them with a slight glare.
"Good." Sanji said, turning and leaving with the guard who had given him the message.
However, moments after Sanji had gone, Arlong slipped in behind them, "Aah, you men, I've heard about what a good job you've been doing lately. I've come to give you a break."
Luffy's chin lifted slightly into the air, his nose inhaling his scent before a low growl rumbled in his throat. Both men turned to each other with frowns, having promised Sanji they would guard her, but Arlong was a councilman and not to be disobeyed, "Yes, Master Arlong ..." One said before both bowed and left, offering Nami one last glance.
Paling considerably, Nami's eyes had quickly shifted to the creature. She wondered if she could hide her almost scantily clothed body behind him - the tight breeches, chemise and bodice were hardly any protection from the older vampire.
Grinning broadly, Arlong came in behind her, wrapping his arms around her almost gently, "A good evening to you, my dear."
"Good ... Good evening, sir."
Lips twitching into a deeper growl, but still low, one of Luffy's canines became bared as he gave a slight snarl to the new vampire. He remembered this one having called him a brat. However, he didn't move, but did smell and sense the little dead girl's fear of the other vampire. He seemed pretty comfortable with the woman, considering she had called the other blonde vampire her love.
"Aaah, what a delightful outfit," Arlong said into her ear, clutching at a full breast to start pinching and twisting her nipple. Gasping sharply, she stiffened in his arms, about to try pulling away until his other hand slapped down to cup her womanhood to rub it, "Makes things easier."
"Nngh!
Baring his canines more fully, Luffy lifted his chin, slightly to the side with a big smirk, "I hate to tell you this ... but I don't think the little dead girl likes that ..."
Arlong grinned down at him, fingering her through her breeches, "Young little girls don't know what they want, boy." She squeaked, biting through her lip with a sob as his hands quickened, and she tried to shake her head, absolutely mortified.
Luffy's smirk gradually disappeared as he stood slowly, a low growl becoming louder and louder in his throat, beginning to tremble his tonsils, "No ... I'm pretty sure she doesn't like it ... and I'm no boy ..." His voice dripped of venom as the growled deepened, his canines slowly descending fully, "I'm gonna suggest you stop ..."
Whimpering, she tried jerking out of Arlong's arms, but he pulled her back, "To what? Show me a lesson? She's gonna be begging for more soon." He said, sniffing along her neck.
Nami yelped as his hand slipped into her breeches to touch her bare womanhood, "Hngh!"
That was the last straw, growling loudly, Luffy lunged forward, going behind the old vampire before ripping him away from the girl and then shoving him towards the middle of the courtyard, "I said stop!" Nami fell to her knees, starting to crawl behind the beast as she finally broke into tears.
Chuckling darkly, Arlong slowly rose to his feet, glaring down at him with a nasty grin, "You think you can stop me, runt?"
"I think I just did ..." Luffy smirked, knowing he was probably about to get his ass kicked since he was so weak from hunger, but at least this way, the vampire's attention was on him now. He briefly glanced to the vampire girl before looking back up at Arlong.
Shaking, she hugged herself, trying to push all memories of his touch out of her head, "Mm ...!" She whimpered, covering her head with her arms.
"Time to chain the dog back up then, dear, so I can get back to work on you."
"No, no, no ..."
Luffy's eyes blackened, knowing he was gonna fight tooth and nail, not being able to stand it, even if he didn't like the little vampire girl, "I don't think so ..." He released a loud growl. Baring his canines fully, he lunged forward, taking a bite out of Arlong's neck, knowing it wouldn't do much, but he had to at least try.
Growling, Arlong ripped him off, tossing him into the stone wall, "Enough of this!"
Yelping as he hit the wall, he quickly fell to the ground before looking up to growl at Arlong again, his snout a little more prominent and his eyes pitch black, "That's what I was saying ..." He growled before surging forward back at Arlong. Arlong's sharp claws shot out, and he threw his arm forward, catching Luffy's shoulder.
Yelping in pain, but kept coming forward, Luffy lashed out his own claws, catching Arlong's cheek, who growled, sinking his nails deeper into Luffy's shoulder. "Aah!" Luffy screamed from the pain as Arlong balled his other hand into a fist and hit Luffy hard across the face. Arlong's nails were pulled out as the lycan flew back into a pillar, landing in a heap on the ground.
Nami began to breathe heavily, just staring at the two fighting with wide eyes. Was the lycan actually trying to protect her? Wasn't he the enemy? Luffy released a deep growl as he tried to get back up to his feet, but whimpered when his shoulder gave out on him, causing him to hit the ground again. His wounds weren't healing quickly enough. It'd been far too long since he last ate.
Chuckling deeply with his victory, Arlong slowly made his way towards Nami, who whimpered, trying to crawl away, "Please don't …!"
"I don't have time for this, little virgin vampire … Come to me …"
"No!"
"Aah!" Luffy cried, having leapt onto Arlong's back, sinking his canines into the vampire's shoulder and neck again and wrapping his arms around it to keep them there. Gasping loudly with a slight sob, Nami quickly turned with wide eyes at the lycan still fighting against Arlong despite his injuries and fatigue.
"You stupid animal!" Arlong yelled, grabbing a hold of Luffy from over his shoulder and pulling him forward to throw him back against the wall hard. Yelping once again from the pain, Luffy slid to the ground, breathing heavily as he leaned up on his elbows. Scowling down at Luffy, Arlong then quickly turned to Nami, who cried out with terror, trying to get up to run, but he was there, grabbing a hold of her hair.
"Aah!" She cried, reaching back to try and free herself.
However, Luffy had crawled across the ground, grabbing a hold of Arlong's ankle, "I ain't done yet, vampire …!" He seethed before sinking his canines into his ankle.
"Gah! Fucking beast!" Arlong yelled, kicking Luffy in the face, causing him to roll back into the courtyard. Tears came into Nami's eyes as she watched the beast and still trying to get Arlong to release her. Suddenly, she was thrown to the ground as Arlong began to stomp towards Luffy in his anger.
Scowling back up at him deeply, Luffy then forced himself to his feet before leaping up towards him. However, suddenly a silver arrow embedded itself into his side, causing him to fly off in that direction with a loud yelp. He rolled a bit before stopping, trying to stand, but he kept collapsing back to the ground, slight whines coming from the weak and now injured lycan.
"You dirty beast! How dare you attack the councilman!" Sanji cried, having been the one holding the crossbow, and he kept it aimed at Luffy to fire again.
"No!" Nami leapt over to cover his body, looking back over her shoulder at Sanji, "Please, don't!" She cried with a high pitched gasp, needing air from the sobs that escaped her from her relief.
"You see this, Sanji? I was just coming to see about the beast. The guards were all gone, and the beast was in your fiancée's shirt like some wild pup. You can see how she defends him." Arlong said, pointing down at the two. Nami looked up from pulling out the arrow wedged in the lycan, staring at him with wide, tear filled eyes.
Luffy leaned up enough to spit at Arlong's feet, some of Arlong's and his own blood mixed in with it. "You ... disgusting, vampire ..." He growled, panting heavily, and he even shoved Nami away from him, pulling the arrow out himself, "I would not stoop so low as to consort with the likes of any of you ... and it's not my hands that need be smelt ... You're hand was so far up her ... that it was disgusting ..."
Nami scrambled back and away from him, shaking harder as she panted, trying to calm her tears. Sanji's eyes narrowed, shifting them to Arlong, and he couldn't keep the red glow from illuminating his eyes. So, he quickly bowed to him, "I will take care of the lycan myself, my master."
Smiling, Arlong bowed his head to him in turn, "How can anyone trust a beast like that?" He turned to leave then, grinning broader to himself.
Sanji's fangs slowly descended before turning to Luffy, who was scowling back at him. Rising up the crossbow, he again aimed it at him, "Get up ..."
Not feeling inclined to being shot again, Luffy did as he was told, but his legs were shaky from his injuries and fatigue. Walking over, Sanji grabbed a hold of him and shoved him towards his cell. Once inside, he reshackled and chained him up before turning to leave, "What? No punishment, vampire? I thought you told the old fart you'd take care of me ...?" He had a lazy smirk on his face, but he was leaning heavily against the wall.
Sanji turned to glare at him, but then just left without a word, and Luffy lost his smirk, sliding down the wall quickly as he collapsed from the exertion. Walking back over to Nami quickly, he then knelt down before her, "Are you all right, my love? He didn't hurt you?"
Panting softly, she looked up at Sanji before rising to go inside the cell, sniffling as she wiped her eyes, and tore her shirt sleeve off to press to his deeper injury on his side, even wiping away the blood from his cheek. "Thank you ... thank you ...!"
Sanji blinked after her before standing and following, frowning down at her once inside the cell. Brows furrowing deeply, Luffy just frowned down at her, but then he reached out to grab her wrist, "I don't need ... your thanks, dead girl ..." His voice sounded weak and tired, but still with a bit of bite.
Narrowing his eyes at the beast, Sanji then walked in to gently grab Nami, "Come, my love, the beast does not accept gratitude."
Sniffling, she slowly released the cloth to press into Sanji chest, and hiccupped, "I need to bathe ... I don't feel so well ..."
"Of course, my love, come." He said, leading her out, Luffy watching them all the while as Sanji shut and locked the cell door before lying down, still panting tiredly.
"What did Arlong do ...?" Sanji finally managed to whisper, his grip on her shoulders tightening a little from his anger.
She jerked in shock, gasping before she looked up at him, "I ... I don't want to talk about it ... right now ..."
He closed his eyes slowly, clenching them shut before kissing the top of her head tenderly, "Of course ..." He whispered softly.
Once they'd reached her rooms, he stepped inside to make sure no one was there before escorting her in, "I will be out here waiting for you when you're done."
Shuddering without answering, she went straight to her bathroom to strip quickly, preparing her tub with hot water before she finally climbed in, scrubbing hard. Plopping down into a chair, Sanji gripped the arm tightly, the chair creaking in protest. What was worse was that he couldn't do a damned thing to a councilman. He could only hope he could continue to protect her from him.
Nami only came out when the water had turned cold, and she came out wearing her biggest robe, covering herself entirely. She paused completely in front of him, shaking slightly. Looking up at her and her condition, Sanji's eyes saddened. He really didn't know what she wanted, if she wanted him to leave or stay, and whether or not she would accept his comfort, "Nami ...?"
"I ..." she bit her lip, almost gazing straight through him, "I don't feel so well ... I thought ... maybe I should sleep."
He lowered his head with a nod before standing to leave, but stopped next to her, "Then I bid you good day, my love," and then he left, closing the door behind him softly.
xxxx
Nami slipped out of her room that day, bedecked in a high necked, plain yellow silk gown. She kept her eyes open, looking for light or anyone else as she headed down to the dungeon. Within his cell, Luffy had resorted to his smaller wolf form, curled into a ball as he tried to conserve what little energy he had. He'd been able to slip out of his wrist shackles this way, but not out of the chained collar that was a little tighter around his neck, but not too uncomfortable.
His wounds were taking longer to heal, thanks to lack of nutrition, and his entire body ached. He had used a great deal of energy that he didn't have in that fight, and so, was trying to get some of it back. But then at the sound and smell of someone approaching, his ears immediately perked up. When Nami came to his cell and peered inside, she blinked, staring at him in some confusion before she unlocked the door and cautiously edged closer to him, a basket in hand.
Slowly raising his head as his ears folded back, he bore his teeth into a snarl, a low growl rumbling from his throat. Then he attempted to stand, but collapsed back down with a whimper, releasing a slight whine in frustration. Biting her lip, she knelt in front of him, starting to open the basket, and the scent of freshly killed meat entered the room.
His ears perked again, and he lifted his head to the smells, but then he snorted with a quick growl and turned his head away, laying it down once again.
"I know you're hungry ... please ... Please, let me thank you. I can never even dream of fighting you again ... please ..." She pulled it out to show him a platter of freshly killed and plucked chicken. "I ... I guess it's not much though ..."
He shifted his eyes to hers with another snort, but then his stomach growled loudly, and he released another whine, his ears folding back as he eyed the chicken from where his head lie on the floor. After awhile, he raised his head again and shakily stood on all fours before walking over to the platter on faulty legs. He sniffed over the meat, turning his head away for a moment before finally turning back, taking the chicken quickly and backing away, dragging it with him. He lay back down and began to eat it, but not once did he remove his eyes from hers.
Glancing up at the other lycan, she then reached in for another platter, slowly coming toward him. Zoro blinked down at her, before shifting his eyes to the raw meat. She paused slightly, "Um ... I guess you might not be used to raw meat ... I - I could see if I can put it in the oven for you."
Zoro looked over at Luffy, whose ears were folded back as he ate, still watching Nami, and then he looked back at her, "No ... it's fine. If he can do it, then so can I ..." He said, reaching down to take the offered meat, "Thanks ..."
Smiling, she helped push the meat through to him before slowly going back to the doorway to sit and keep watch. Luffy kept his eyes on her where he lay, eating, and he even devoured the bones before lifting his head to lick over his chops. Then he sat up a bit, suddenly turning back into a man ... a naked man, frowning at her still as he remained sitting the way he had as a wolf, on his hip with his palms to the ground.
Her eyes widened, staring a bit longer before finally tearing her eyes from him, and standing as if to leave, "Excuse me!"
Standing up, still a bit wobbly, he walked over to where he'd folded his clothes and pulled on his pants. "Thanks for the meat ... vampire ... and for bringing some for Zoro as well ..."
"No," she said, still with her back to him, "thank you, really. I couldn't even move ... I couldn't even tell Sanji ..." Nami covered her eyes, squeezing them shut, "What am I going to tell him ...?"
Luffy looked over at her, his chest still bare and frowned, "I don't know, dead girl, but it's no business of mine."
She glanced over at him before she smiled lightly, "I just wanted to thank you ... I don't think I'm going to come down to badger you anymore ..."
He kept his eyes on her for awhile, his body still turned away before blinking slowly and facing forward again, "I don't care if you do or don't. It doesn't really matter, now does it? Someone will still come down to badger me anyway ..."
"Well ... Well, now it's just one less ... and maybe Sanji ... I don't feel right about it-what we ... have been doing."
His brows creased a bit before he turned to her, "What are you talking about?"
"Not feeding you ... making you turn that man," she glanced up at Zoro before smiling down at Luffy to see his abilities had healed the cuts on his cheek already at least, but the rest were still visible, but then she lost the smile again, "It just ... bothers me."
Luffy's eyes narrowed slowly, and a slight purr of a growl rumbled into his throat before he looked away from her again, "Could 've fooled me ..."
She winced slightly, and backed out, "Well ... thank you again ..."
Turning his head to watch her leave, he then went back to sit down onto the floor, leaning against the wall. Zoro licked over his lips, having just finished his meal before looking back down at Luffy, "You surprise me yet again, Luffy ... I don't like either kind-well ... I'm one of those kind now, but I don't feel any differently-well other than my body-but setting that all aside," he said making the motion as if doing so, "you're nothing like I'd imagine a lycan to be. I guess it isn't hard, because I've not lost my mind or anything ... but I'm just used to those beast who hunted the villagers."
"I understand what you mean ... I hate the vampires for what they've done ... and I just saw it as a reason to sink my teeth into one."
"S'at so ...?" Zoro asked quickly, using a sharp and thin piece of bone to pick at his canines.
"Mm ..."
"I heard you ... you know ... You sounded pretty pissed about that vampire touching her ... I think there's just more to you and that's all there is to it ... but that's all right. You ain't gotta tell me nuthin' ..."
Nami suddenly ran back into the room, ducking behind Luffy to clutch tightly at his back, and hyperventilating, "He's coming-he's coming-he's coming ...!"
Luffy blinked, his hair standing on end in surprise by her bolting back into the room, and had even bore his teeth, but then at her words, he quickly looked back over to the door inhaling for a scent. His canines suddenly shot out along with his snout a bit, and his eyes blackened as the darkest night, partially transforming, but the collar prevented him from shifting fully. He crawled onto his hands, a low growl starting from the pit of his stomach and coming all the way out.
Fumbling slightly, she held out the keys she had taken from the rack when she had come back inside, and slowly rose to his side to feel through his fur, that had suddenly started to sprout a bit over his back, for the collar, "No, please, no ..."
"Aah, Nami, I thought I saw you. Such modest clothes you wear." Luffy stiffened completely, still growling loudly to the man in the door way. He didn't know what the girl was doing, but he kept still seeing as she was fiddling with his collar. "Hmm?" Arlong smirked, "You're letting the puppy go? I was just thinking about letting him loose on you. Wouldn't you like a wild animal on you?"
He smelled nice. It was all she could suddenly think, and she let that be all that she could think as she kept trying keys in the collar to find the right one. 'He smells nice. He smells really good.'
Luffy's canines became more prominent and sharp as he glared at the man, "All this wild animal wants to do ... is rip you apart ... corpse ...!" Luffy seethed, and a second growl could be heard from the cell above.
Arlong glanced up at Zoro in the grate above, who was boring his canines at him before looking back down at Luffy with a grin, "Shahaha! Maybe after I treat you to a good vampire virgin. They heal after every time, you know. It's hard to really get rid of their maidenhood when it keeps healing over. Imagine how tight ... every time ..."
Nami smiled then as one fit, and she turned it, letting him free, "Got it!"
Ripping the collar from his throat, scratching his skin a bit, Luffy didn't waste any time changing and leaping towards the older vampire with a loud growl. Arlong hit the ground before slinging him against the floor, "Hgggh!"
Luffy gave a quick yelp, but snapped his jaws up at the older vampire, digging his claws into his chest. Groaning in pain, Arlong dug his claws into Luffy's back to try pulling him off, "Rrgh!"
Yelping loudly to the claws digging into his bare back, he sunk his deeper into Arlong's chest with a loud, deep bark and growl, snapping his jaws just a hair's width from his jugular vein. Kicking Luffy off from him, Arlong then sat up with a hiss at Luffy, who had landed hard onto his back.
Nami scrambled to her feet, pulling out her dagger latched to her thigh before she jumped up to sink it into Arlong's chest, "Nnh!"
Grinning, he said, "Missed."
Luffy got up and reached out, pushing Nami away a bit harshly, but not enough to hurt her. This was his fight, and he finally got a bite into Arlong's shoulder from the bit of distraction. Shuddering, she clutched to the cages, staring at the two. Arlong groaned before yanking out the dagger from his chest, which had been quite close to his heart to stick it into the beast's side instead, "Get off of me!"
Releasing another loud yelp and roar, Luffy collapsed from the stab. Silver, unfortunately, made him weak, and no weaker since he was already so. Reaching beside him, he ripped out the dagger, tossing it away. Right after, he slashed his claws across Arlong's face before sinking his teeth into his neck, getting him this time.
"My lord!" Some guards cried, aiming crossbows at Luffy and firing. Luffy yelped again from the arrows sinking into the skin of his back, rolling off of Arlong and onto his stomach. Having that much silver in him caused him to revert back to a man. Panting heavily, he remained where he lie, not able to move with that much in him. Not to mention, he was still weak from lack of water and nutrition.
"No!" She leapt up to try pulling out the arrows, starting to shake as she didn't know if she could trust the others.
"Traitor!" Arlong slowly stood then, pointing at her, "Just how I found you before! Coming in during the day to disobey her sire and the councilmen! Shoot her!"
At that, Luffy mustered up the last strength he had to sit up, and pull her behind him, growling at the marksmen. They lifted their crossbows, firing anyway, and he cried out with a bit of a yelp, taking the arrows into his gut and chest. He slumped forward a bit, but kept her behind him as he whined a bit from the pain and fatigue.
She jerked her head up, hearing the shields begin to open, "Dusk ...?" Nami pulled him back, dragging him to the other door of the dungeon, "Come ... on! Get up!" He did what she told him, but barely as he got to his feet and followed her.
She pulled him into the courtyard just as the shields were lifting, and Arlong growled, "Someone get those idiots to stop!"
Nami gasped when she heard him, and she pulled Luffy up onto her shoulders to leap onto the courtyard wall where the shield was still up, and slipped out over it only to scream in pain. The sun was still barely setting, and her skin started to burn in agony as she thudded to her knees. "Aaah!" Growling to himself, he climbed over her to use his body as a shield against the sun. Shaking, she clutched to him slightly before she started yanking out the new arrows in his chest and gut, half of her face enflamed in pain, "Have ... to get away ...!"
At the sounds of guards running down the halls, Sanji frowned before running after them to find out what the ruckus was all about. Luffy growled each time she removed an arrow, sinking a bit more over her as his strength began to diminish. When the last one was out, she slapped his cheek slightly as she rose, the sun gone completely then as her face healed back, "Come on. Move! You have to move!"
He was panting heavily and shakily as he opened his eyes to give her a half ass glare, "Tired ... dead girl ..." He said, but then he finally stood up, still in his naked splendor. He stumbled a bit unsteady from the height before looking down. A few guards had already begun to gather and were aiming cross bows at them. Reaching down, he yanked her up before leaping from where they were to a different location.
Running out, Sanji looked towards the guards aiming their crossbows, "What's going on!?" He bellowed before following their gaze, just in time to see the lycan leap from the wall with Nami. Eyes widening, his lips parted in a gape before his brows furrowed in concern, "Nami!"
Arlong scowled behind him, "I told you the truth, and you don't believe me? I knew that woman was no good. I had to keep my eyes on her. I knew that as soon as some other pretty man came in, she would change her tune. I'd hoped it would never have happened after your ... engagement. But now she's run away with the disgusting lycan."
Nami got to her feet finally, supporting him against her before she leapt so that he wouldn't have to rest, and landed on one of the outer courtyard shields. "Don't you heal quickly too?"
"Not when I'm half starved, dead girl ..." He growled low in his throat.
Ignoring Arlong all together, Sanji broke into a run towards them, keeping his eyes up towards them, "Nami!" He called, finally reaching where they were.
Gasping, she looked down to see him only to tear her eyes away, her heart aching abruptly. She rose to hold Luffy closer and took off running as soon as she hit the ground, "I'll carry you then! Hold on!"
"Like hell!" He yelled with a growl, but he was too weak to stop her.
"Nami!" Sanji cried again, giving chase and almost faltering in his step, but then he did fall to his knees with his head lowered, "Why ...?"
"Don't let them get away!" A few guards cried, beginning to fire at them, but Sanji's fangs descended, and he swooped towards them, throwing out a leg to kick them.
"Don't harm her!"
Groaning, she quickened her steps when she heard him, only wanting to stay, "Thank you ..."
Luffy looked over his shoulder, watching the blonde man before his eyes shifted to the guards he didn't get, who were already on their heels, "Damn it ..." He muttered, feeling useless. He could also already see a few horsemen at the gates about to exit to pursue them further as soon as they left the castle grounds, his teeth clicking as he ground them.
Nami saw them, and she readied her dagger, wishing that she had her sword. "If this gets ugly, I hope you can fight!"
"Don't you worry about that ... Just try to get somewhere they can't find us for awhile …" He said under his breath before tilting his chin into the air, releasing a sudden and very loud howl. Zoro perked to the sound of the howl, and blinked.
At hearing the howl, Sanji quickly turned back to them clenching his teeth down tightly, his fangs sinking into his lips, "Nami ..." He whispered, before he was struck from behind by one of the guards.
Doing as she was told, she jumped up, heading into a tower before setting him down and fighting off the two vampires in the tower, causing them to fall below, but not before stealing a crossbow from one of them and his arrows. Then she knelt down, looking out as the guards all began to swarm the castle, and she rose up the bow to fire at any who tried to jump up there. Panting heavily and feeling angry about his uselessness, he turned his head to look over at her with a slight frown.
Not but a few minutes later, a few more howls sounded in the forest, and a few more minutes past before a swarm of lycan excited the forest, rushing across the field to the castle. She smiled tightly, raising her hand to toss the crossbow, she then went to him, grabbed him, and quickly jumped down onto the wall. Running across it, she then removed her dagger, letting it slip from her fingers at one of the horsemen, striking one him in the head and hoping that either he would fall or be human and die.
"Gah!" The man cried, being caught off guard and fell from his horse.
She leapt, climbing onto the horse before urging it through the open gates, laying the lycan in front of her, "Go!"
As they ran across the field, Luffy looked behind them to the many vampires that gave chase before looking over towards his family charging forward, but then his eyes widened, "Shit ...!" He exclaimed, letting himself slide off the horse, causing the horse to rear in surprise. Then he leapt up, just in time to slam into one of the lycans, mid-air, who had been aiming for Nami.
Shrieking with the horse, she clung to his mane tightly before she could get him to calm, and gaped at the attacking werewolves before she shouted, "An enemy pack!?"
The lycan he'd tackled suddenly reverted into a man with a scowl on his freckled face, "What the hell, Luffy!?"
"Not this one, you idiot! The one's chasing us!"
"They all look alike and deserve to be ripped apart!" The naked, freckled man Luffy was lying on, yelled back.
"Not the ones that actually save your life!"
"And what the hell's that all about getting caught!?"
Nami slapped her forehead, slightly to cover her eyes. There were dangly bits everywhere! But then she glanced back before she directed her horse away from the pack to face a direction away from both their pursuers and the pack, and she said, "He's weak! He needs to eat and rest! Please! You shouldn't stay here and fight with an injured man with you!"
A few of the pack had already tackled the oncoming vampires, and the freckled man looked down at Luffy, who did indeed look tired, "Come on, lil' brother. Let's get out of here!" He said, turning to pick him up onto his back. Then he took off running with him back to the forest, and Luffy turned to look back at her, wondering what she was going to do, but then he looked towards the castle, releasing another howl. The man carrying him turned to frown at him, wondering who the hell he was talking to.
Zoro perked up more at the second howl before smirking with a scoff, "Well ... I'll be here waiting until then ..." He whispered to himself before closing his eyes for a nap.
She glanced back at the lycan before tearing her eyes away and urging her horse to gallop from the brawl and the castle, clenching her fangs together. She didn't know whether she could ever go back, and the lycans surely hated her anyway - she couldn't just follow after them like some lost ... puppy.
Luffy glanced back towards her and sucked his canines. Pushing away from his brother, he fell to the ground with a high pitched yelp and grunt, crying, "Oye, wait!" before changing into a small wolf and scrambling to his feet to chase after her.
"What the-Luffy!?" The other lycan cried before changing into the same form and chasing after him.
Nami blinked, halting her horse to look back at them before she frowned, "You shouldn't be up and about like that!"
He changed back suddenly, standing upright with some trouble and even stumbling a bit, "Where are you going?" The other lycan also changed back, just watching from some distance with a frown.
"I ..." She glanced over to the fight, flushing slightly as she didn't think that she would ever get used to the sight of a naked man, and then she said, "I don't know. Just away from here."
"And to where, vampire? You've no idea how to get along alone, do you?" Luffy asked, frowning up at her deeply.
She clutched at her reins, finally looking down into his eyes, "I was human not too long ago ... I can manage by myself until ..." Nami faltered there, lowering her eyes to her lap.
"Until you need to feed ..." Even though those words came out of his mouth, he really had no idea how to help her either, but seeing as she'd brought him back to his family and saved his life, he'd at least try.
"I - I can feed myself! I'm not a baby! I just ... there's always dawn and ... one day Arlong might catch up with me ... I'll just be alone."
Luffy suddenly released a growl, his eyes darkening, "Not unless I get to him first ..." He really hated that vampire in particular for lying about him and calling him a brat.
She blinked, staring down at his face before she smiled slightly, "You'll be safe here now, so I'll just go. You don't have to do anything."
He snorted loudly looking away from her, "You fed me ... and then freed me ... I like to pay my debts ... You can stay with us ... for a bit ..."
Nami bit her lip, looking over at the battle before gently facing the horse toward them, "Just for a bit ..."
Luffy blinked up at her with an unreadable face before nodding and turning to a displeased frown, "Father's gonna have your ass for this, Luffy ..."
"S'fine ... I don't care ..."
"And don't get me started on the old man ..."
"I said it's fine! Let's get out of here ..." Luffy said, turning to motion for Nami to follow as he slipped into the woods.
Shaking his head, the other lycan turned towards the battlefield before releasing a loud howl, cupping a hand to each side of his face, and the lycans immediately turned to retreat into the forest. Then he turned to follow after Luffy. She shivered softly before kicking her heels into the horse to follow after the lycan. Luffy was it? Turning back into wolves, both broke into a run through the forest, the other lycans dropping behind them.
To Be Continued …
Author's Note: Bahaha! I dunno why … but I loved the first fight scene between Luffy and Arlong … I actually had to extend that scene myself, because it wasn't long at all from the RP. I hope you guys liked it … Go luffy!-by the way … Luffy will be Luffy … Anyways, you guys like? I did … but you probably don't care to hear that … -sniff- Anyways, thanks for reading.
Generic Reviewer No. 5: First of all, your reviews always make me laugh! XD If it's anyone's review that I really look forward to, it's yours! X9 I'm sure I said that before … but anyways, and not that I don't enjoy everyone else's! 8O Because I do … believe me. X) You guys' reviews always make me really happy. Anyways, setting that aside … -Does the motion of doing so- and back to the question at hand. Only details like the colors and clothes and the council are taken from the movie, really … Also, the castle setting and the guards using crossbows with silver arrows as well as the shields to block the sun were from the movie. Let's see … what else …? Mah, I can't remember. The story though, other than the fact that the lycans and vampires are at war with each other, has nothing really to do with the movie. Well, also except for the love between a lycan and a vampire … but yeah, that's it … Anyways, just answerin' your question! -^^- Oh, and I agree … Luffy as a werewolf/lycan really is awesome personified … Just awesome …
Sombody: Aww, come on, it's not that bad! XD I kinda like a little SaNa mixed in … It adds to the drama … Although, I don't like Luffy paired with anyone else … but … mainly because no one so far is good enough … Sanji, on the other hand, I absolutely love … so it's different. Boa's not so bad … and I think her crush on Luffy is absolutely adorable … I just don't like that she's about as old as Robin … XP However, I don't like her mean-ness … XP Anyways, just had to say that … X)
