Author's Note: Here's my fourth chapter. I hope you all enjoy this one. I think it's an interesting one. XD It's also a long one. Since this one comes straight from my mind, sometimes it may or may not come out faster. The time varies on when I release them. That's why this chapter came out so fast. I don't really have a deadline that I have set up for it like I did with Phoenix. XP Anyways, I hope you all enjoy it! Please review! Flames and criticism are welcome! Enjoy! XD

Midnight Lullaby

Chapter 4: Dreams of Reality

In the morning Nami woke up in a good mood. During the night when Luffy had woken her up with his whining and nuzzling, she hadn't lost her temper. She had only gotten up and taken him to the kitchen to feed him. She was starting to get used to taking care of him and all the little things he did. She was really beginning to realize that he was indeed…just a baby.

She stretched her arms up and hummed in her stretching. She felt a lot better after her little 'talk' with Luffy last night. She giggled to herself. She turned and looked down at him. He was softly cooing to himself as he eyed the blanket he had a hold of. He was leaning up on his elbows. He looked at it cross eyed as he brought it close to his face. Then he clumsily tried to put it in his mouth. Nami smiled warmly down at him. Then she turned and got up to change her clothes.

No longer caring about Luffy seeing her, after all she took a bath with him the day before, she changed her clothes. Once she was done, she grabbed Luffy's hat from the vanity and placed it on her head. She hadn't worn it the day before because she had been afraid it might have gotten damaged.

She went over to Luffy and lifted him up. She turned him over and cradled him in her arms. "I should probably have Chopper take a look at your back after breakfast. I'm sure he will want to anyway." she said down to him as she walked out of the room. He smiled and cooed up at her.

She made her way into the dining area. "Good morning, Nami-swaan!" called Sanji from the kitchen in his love-love state.

"Good morning, Sanji-kun!" she replied with a smile.

"Ah! You're feeling better today, Nami-san!" exclaimed Sanji with a smile.

Zoro raised a brow and looked toward the others. He gave an 'I told you so' expression.

"Un, Luffy and I had a little 'talk' last night!" she replied with a big smile.

"Eh…?" questioned Usopp as he raised a brow. Everyone looked at her in confusion.

"A…talk, Nami-san?" asked Sanji in confusion.

Nami laughed softly. "It's nothing. Never mind." she replied as she smiled down at Luffy.

He looked up at her and giggled. Nami sat down at the table and brought the already ready bib up to his chin. Sanji walked up to her and handed her a bottle and set the bowl down next to her. Luffy drank the whole bottle. Then he began to whine in his usually way, after she removed it from his mouth. Nami sat Luffy up on her lap. "Hush, hush, I know…" said Nami softly with a smile as she brought a spoonful of mashed food to his mouth. "Mmmaaah…" she hummed as she brought it to his mouth. Luffy greedily ate it. Nami scooped up some more food. "Mmmaaah…" she said softly again as she gave him another spoonful of food. Luffy got excited at her sound affects and brought his hands together in excitement as he kicked his legs and giggled. Nami laughed softly. She brought the bib up to his mouth and cleaned off the food that had spilled out of his mouth from his giggle.

"Nami…what are you doing?" asked Usopp with a raised brow.

"What are you talking about?" she asked not taking her eyes off of Luffy.

"With the sound affects…" added Zoro.

"The what…What are you talking about?" she asked not really paying them any mind. "Mmmaaah…" she said softly again. Luffy giggled. Nami laughed softly at him.

"You're doing it again…" said Usopp quietly.

"Doing what again?" she asked still not paying attention.

"The sound affects!!" he and Zoro yelled in annoyance.

"What sound affects…? I'm not making any sound affects…" she replied as she continued to feed Luffy.

"You're making weird sound affects…" everyone said quietly to her.

"Ara…?" she questioned as she finally looked up at them with a clueless wide eyed expression.

"Forget it…" replied Usopp.

Nami just smiled as she looked down at Luffy. "Mmmaaah…" she said softly again as she brought another spoonful to Luffy's mouth. Luffy bounced up and down in his excitement and mirth. Sweat beads dropped down the sides of everyone's faces.

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After breakfast, Nami and Chopper went back to his infirmary for Luffy's check-up. Luffy was only wearing a small red baby t-shirt and his diaper. Chopper raised the T-shirt up to get a look at Luffy's back. Luffy was leaning up on his elbows. He had his fist in his mouth and was cooing softly through it. Chopper looked over his bruise. "It seems to already be healing…Luffy always was an incredibly fast healer. He doesn't seem to be in much pain either." he explained. Luffy let out a small cry in complaint as Chopper softly pressed down on the bruise. "However, it still hurts him." he continued with a bit of a smile.

Chopper rubbed more ointment onto Luffy's back and then re-bandaged it. "Let me see your hands." he said once he was done with Luffy. Nami gave him her hands. He removed the bandages and examined her hands. "You really did a lot of damage to your knuckles, Nami…" said Chopper softly as he looked them over.

"Un…sorry, I was really angry…" she replied with a nervous laugh.

"Aa…I would have been furious too…I only wish I could have done the same…I envy you…" he replied quietly.

"Eh?" questioned Nami in surprise.

"I remember when we first found Usopp back on Water 7…How badly he had been beaten…I remember all of our fury…I will especially remember Luffy's…He had been beyond furious…So I kind of understand how angry you must have been…I would have been too…That bastard…he…he almost killed Luffy…and you…" he said quietly. "When I see this…I can't help but feel kind of glad you let that guy have it…I only wish I could have done the same…" he continued quietly.

Nami looked down at Chopper with slightly furrowed brows and parted lips. Then she smiled. "It did feel good to release my anger on him, however, remember, the guy who did that to Usopp is just right outside." she said with a bit of a laugh.

Chopper looked up at her in surprise as if remembering that fact. "Oh yeah!" he exclaimed as he started laughing. "They were all actually really good people, weren't they?" asked Chopper.

"Un…they were. They really helped us out a lot when we needed them. They made up for what they had done. However, they never tried to kill Usopp…That man had tried to kills us…regardless of the fact that I was a woman…and Luffy…was a baby…" she said as she lowered her head and furrowed her brows.

"Aa…do you think they were with those pirates that did this to Luffy?" asked Chopper.

"It's a good possibility…They did have an eternal pose of the island they are on…" replied Nami as her brows furrowed deeper.

"If that's the case…I may still get my revenge yet…" replied Chopper in an angry tone. "I wonder if they will try and warn their Nakama…?" he continued.

"I don't know, however, we should be prepared just in case…" she replied.

"Aa!" replied Chopper with a determined expression. "There! All done!" he exclaimed as he laughed a little.

"Arigato, Chopper!" she exclaimed as she pat the little reindeer's head.

"Baka! I don't need your thanks, BAKA!" he exclaimed in a happy tone as he brought his hands together and rocked back and forth with a huge grin.

Nami grinned down at him before turning and lifting up Luffy. "Oooouuu…" he cooed on the way up with his fist still in his mouth and stared down at the floor wide eyed. Nami laughed slightly at him. Chopper smiled at them both happily. Nami brought Luffy's backside to her waist as she let him slightly hang over her arm. She walked out of the infirmary with a smile on her face. Luffy continued to coo as he stared down at the ground with his fist still in his mouth. Nami walked down the stairs and to her usual chair.

She laid Luffy down on his stomach on the blanket laid out in front of her chair. She sat down and watched him for awhile with a smile on her face. He leaned up on his elbows and stared down at the blanket. He cooed softly down at it. She watched as his eyes became wider and then they would go back to normal size. Then he began to gather it up clumsily with his hands. Drool seeped from his mouth as he contined to jibber jabber away to himself. Nami's smile widened and became warmer.

He gathered up some of the blanket and then tried to put it in his mouth. Then he bobbed up and down on his elbows in excitement as he giggled to himself. Nami let out a small laugh at him. Luffy slightly jumped startled and clumsily looked up at Nami, wobbling slightly as he did. It seems he had forgotten she was there. He smiled a gummy grin at her and began to coo loudly in his excitement as he brought his arms up and the blanket with him. Nami laughed softly again at him. She felt a weird feeling in her stomach as she watched him. He began to rock back and forth on his elbows and his knees in excitement. Then he looked back down as his mouth took on the shape of an 'O'. "Oooouuu…" he cooed as he stared cross eyed at the deck. He had brought up the blanket and had revealed the green grass underneath. He clumsily reached out a hand and grabbed the grass.

He tore some out and began to clumsily bring it to his mouth. "Ah, ah…" said Nami softly with a warm smile on her face as she leaned forward and gently removed the grass from his hand. He looked up at her with his mouth still in the shape of an 'O'. Then his little lips stuck out in a pout. Then he softly began to cry at her taking away his new discovery. Nami laughed softly again as she smiled warmly at him. She leaned back in her chair and turned to the table. She grabbed a pacifier that was on the table and leaned back forward. She placed the pacifier into his mouth and leaned back. He hummed a little still complaining with tears in his eyes and then he began to suck on the pacifier.

He seemed satisfied with this. His face relaxed as he softly began to hum to himself and bob up and down again as he sucked on the pacifier. Nami smiled again. Then she turned and picked up her book to read it.

Usopp had watched the whole scene with a raised brow. "This is just weird…It almost hurts to watch…" he said in a hushed voice.

"Aa…it's beginning to freak me out too…" replied Zoro, who was also watching the whole time.

"Nami-san is really taking to this pretty well…I didn't actually expect this…I thought she would be a frustrated mess by now, to be honest…" remarked Sanji.

"Aa…me too…" replied Usopp. "It's kinda weird the way she smiles at him…" he continued.

"Aa…" agreed Zoro.

"I'm kinda jealous…" added Sanji with a frown.

Both Usopp and Zoro looked over at him with raised brows. "Jealous…?" they asked at the same time.

"Aa…Her smile is so warm…It's almost as if…" he didn't finish his sentence.

"Almost as if...? Chotto matte!! You don't mean…?" Usopp didn't finish his question. All three of them looked back at Nami. She had lowered her book and was once again smiling down at Luffy. Luffy was looking up at her as he was raised up on his elbows as high as he could go. They watched as she squealed with delight at his giggle, and then leaned forward and scooped him up. She raised him high into the air above her head and laughed. They could hear Luffy's gleeful giggles in excitement as she did this. They all stared with bulging eyes and mouths wide open.

Luffy had smiled such a cute smile at her with his pacifier slightly hanging out of his mouth. He had scrunched up his nose and eyes and just let out the cutest sound with his smile. She couldn't contain it anymore. He was just so cute!! She lifted him high above her head as she laughed. He also laughed with her. Then she brought him down and blew into his stomach. Luffy squealed with delight as he laughed at the tickling sensation. Then she lifted him up again and repeated the action multiple times.

"What the hell?!" exclaimed Zoro with bulging eyes and mouth wide opened. "What the hell is she doing?!" he exclaimed.

Usopp's and Sanji's eyes were also bulged out and mouths wide open. "She's playing with him!! She is taking this way too seriously…I mean she's not serious…I mean…" stuttered Usopp.

"Oi, Nami-san!! What are you doing?!!" yelled Sanji.

Nami stopped what she was doing and looked over at them. "Hmm?" she questioned as she stared at them with her cluelessly wide eyed expression.

"What the hell are you doing?!" yelled Zoro.

"Eh?...I'm just playing with him…He's so cute!!" she exclaimed with a girly smile as she looked down at Luffy. He was grinning up at her.

"What the hell?!" exclaimed Zoro.

Nami looked over at them and pursed her lips and furrowed her brows. "What the hell is the big deal anyways?!" she yelled at them.

"What do you mean, what's the big deal?! I mean…its Luffy!!" yelled Zoro.

"So?!" she yelled back. "He's just a baby and he likes to play!" she exclaimed. Luffy was staring at her with an expressionless face. She looked back down at him. He immediately grinned. Nami smiled. "You just like all the attention don't you?!" she said as she brought him up again and blew on his stomach. Luffy laughed gleefully.

"You do realize that that's just disturbing, right?!" exclaimed Zoro.

Nami pursed her lips at him again. "Why?" she asked.

"It just is!! It's Luffy!!" he yelled.

"So what if it is?!" she yelled back.

"Okay, so are you trying to say that if any one of us had been turned into a baby…you would do the same thing?" asked Usopp with a slick smirk.

"Ah!..." exclaimed Nami with huge eyes. Usopp's smirk widened. She looked from Zoro to Usopp and then to Sanji. She honestly didn't know if she would or not…"I…I don't know…" she replied quietly. "I guess when either of you gets turned into babies…we'll find out, now won't we?" she asked in her own question with a slight smirk.

They all made throaty noises. Then Sanji's eyes turned into hearts "Mellorine!! To be able to sleep in the same bed as Nami-swan and to bathe with Nami-swan and to be able to nuzzle Nami-swan's…" Sanji's adulation was cut short by a book flying into his face.

Zoro and Usopp made nervous noises as they looked over at Sanji. Then they both turned to Nami. She had an angry face with shark teeth. "That's enough already!!!" she yelled angrily. "Okay, so I've made up my mind. No probably not. I probably wouldn't do the same thing for all of you." she said quietly with a stitch pulsating over here eye as she had her eyes closed and teeth clenched.

Luffy clapped his hands clumsily together as he laughed in amusement. "Why you little…" seethed Sanji angrily at Luffy's laughter as he sat up.

"Leave Luffy alone!! He doesn't know any better!!" she yelled.

"Oi, oi, are you trying to say you favor Luffy over us?" asked Usopp with a raised brow not giving up on the matter.

Nami looked over at him in surprise. "No, of course not!" she exclaimed. "Matakun…Why are you asking me this anyways?" she asked in annoyance.

"Well, Sanji brings up a good point…About yesterday…what was with you bathing with Luffy?" asked Usopp.

"Nani…?" she asked in a whisper with wide eyes.

"Yesterday…you took Luffy into the bathhouse with you…You said you were going to take a bath…Did you take one with Luffy?" he asked with narrowed small eyes.

"I…I…" she stuttered as a blush crept up her cheeks. Suddenly, Luffy began to cry. She looked down at him. Then her hand flew to her nose. "Ah, he needs a diaper change!" she exclaimed and got up to leave.

Usopp narrowed his eyes at her retreating back. "She didn't answer…" he said in a low voice.

"Aa…" replied Zoro and Sanji.

"Arigato Luffy! You're a life saver! That was some nice timing…" she exclaimed as she smiled down at a pouting Luffy. 'Matakun…why would he ask me something like that?! That was so uncomfortable!' she thought to herself.

She walked into the bathhouse and began to change Luffy's diaper. She was no longer shy or embarrassed about changing him. She started to think about Usopp's questions. 'Why would he care anyway…?' she thought to herself. If any of the others in the crew had been turned into the baby and not Luffy…they would be dead if she had taken charge of them…She would have been distraught…this was true…However……if she had almost gotten them killed…would she have taken it so hard…? Would she have bathed with them? Nami shuddered. The answer was…probably not…She looked down at Luffy as he stared up at her, face expressionless. 'So then why had I…?' Maybe it was because she trusted him. Then again, what did trust have to do with it?...Maybe everything….

She furrowed her brows. She had been extremely upset yesterday. 'I hadn't been in my right frame of mind…that's all…' Even so…she still doubted she would have bathed with any of them…She furrowed her brows deeper. It was true she cared about Luffy a great deal. The whole crew did. He was a very important person to all of them. He meant a great deal to all of them. 'Luffy is just an exception is all…Yeah, he's just an exception…' she decided to herself. She finished changing Luffy and then turned to wash the dirty diaper.

Luffy watched her from where he was as she washed the diaper in the wash bucket. She rung it out and then went to wash her hands. Luffy started to cry since she left him in the bathhouse alone. "Shhh…I'm right here Luffy." she called to him from the sink. He continued to cry. Nami smiled to herself and then dried her hands. She walked back into the bathhouse. Luffy looked over at her with his hands in his mouth as he continued to hum his cry. Nami knelt down and picked him up. "Okay, okay hush now. I'm here. I won't leave you alone……I promise, Luffy. I will never leave you alone." she said in a soft and soothing voice.

Luffy stopped crying and then he hiccupped. Nami knelt down with Luffy in her arms and picked up the now clean diaper. She made her way outside and then hung the diaper out to dry with one hand. Luffy cooed and jibber jabbered away. She turned toward the front of the ship. She wasn't sure she was ready to go back over there. She didn't want to face the barrage of questions. Nami sighed. She looked over toward her small grove of mikans. She walked over to them and sat cross legged down on the deck in the middle of them. She sat Luffy on her legs and leaned him up against her.

She brought up her hands next to him. He clumsily reached his little hands out and grabbed both of her index fingers with each of his little hands. He cooed softly to himself as he clumsily tried to bring one of her fingers into his mouth. Nami softly laughed at this. Then she spread out her arms with his in front of him. "Ah!" she said with a laugh as she brought their hands back together. Then she repeated the action. He made little gurgled coos in his excitement as he scrunched up his face. Then he leaned his head back and looked up into her face. Nami smiled down at him. He giggled up at her. She crossed both their arms across his chest and leaned her forehead down onto his in a slight embrace.

He stared into her eyes as his mouth took on his cute 'O' shape. "Oooouuu…" he cooed up at her. She smiled down at him. She had been upset at first…okay, let's be realistic, she had been angry when the crew had forced Luffy's guardianship on her. However, now…she was glad they did. Luffy actually made her happy. She had actually never spent this much time with Luffy before. It was different though, since he was a baby and all. However, Luffy was still Luffy, and this Luffy was a delight to be with. She smiled wider down at him as he scrunched up his face and giggled at her. That same feeling came back to her stomach. She furrowed her brows slightly in confusion.

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"Has anyone else noticed Nami hasn't come back yet?" asked Usopp.

"Aa…you probably scared her off…" replied Zoro.

"I was just curious!!" exclaimed Usopp in his defense.

"Aa…I have to admit, I was a little curious about her answers too…" said Zoro with his eyes closed. Usopp looked over at him in surprise. "I don't think it's that she favors Luffy over us or anything…I think it's just that Luffy means a lot to her, even if she might not admit it or show it…" he continued.

"Wha…What do you mean?" asked Usopp uncertain.

"I'm talking about what he did for her back at her village. We were all there so I don't have to explain it to you. Luffy did a lot for her. So I'm not surprised that she has a place in her heart for him and not us." he explained.

"Chotto matte, what are you getting at?" asked Sanji annoyed. "Why wouldn't Nami-san have a place in her heart for us?" he asked.

"Matte, okay, maybe she does…some where in her heart, has a place for us…that is. However, Luffy…Look, I just mean he's important to her. That's why she was so upset about what happened both those times. She's not used to having to be the one to protect. It's usually the other way around. Both times, she almost lost him. I can understand why she would take it so hard, especially yesterday. Her taking a bath with him?...Well…I just think at the time, she wasn't quite in the right state of mind…She was really upset. She was probably afraid to have him out of her sight…or something." he continued to explain.

"How the hell did you get so smart all of a sudden?" asked Usopp with a raised brow.

"Urusai!!" yelled Zoro angrily. Then he closed his eyes. "I think we should just leave her alone from now on…We're the ones that forced Luffy onto her. We should let her take care of him however she feels comfortable." he continued.

"What do you mean?" asked Usopp.

"Well since we didn't want to do it…who are we to tell her how to…?" he said.

"Aa….but…weren't you the one who said it was disturbing?" asked Usopp with narrowed eyes.

"Urusai…it is disturbing, but not our place or right to say so…" he replied.

"Aa…Marimo's right…again…I think it's safe to say that Luffy is important to all of us…to an extent…" admitted Sanji.

"Aa…Luffy's important…" agreed Usopp. "Alright…I won't bother her with questions anymore…" he continued.

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After awhile, Nami had finally made herself go back out on deck. She was now sitting in her chair as Luffy talked to himself on the blanket in front of her. She had decided to sun bathe. She was leaning back in her chair with a swim suit. At hearing her idea, Robin had also decided to do the same. She was also leaning back with a swim suit, sun glasses and a hat as she read a book. Nami was glad that Usopp had not continued with his questions. He was sitting on deck mixing some stuff together and making his boshi ammo for his sling shot. Zoro had been asleep and Sanji had gone back into the kitchen. She leaned forward to check on Luffy. He was paying and sucking on the many toys she had given him to play with. He was softly talking to himself. She smiled and leaned back down.

"So, Nami…"

Nami's eyes flew open in alarm. "How long will it take for us to get to this island?" asked Usopp without taking his eyes off of what he was doing.

Nami took a deep breath in relief. "Uh…the guy told me in about four days. However, with the power Franky has put into this ship, I think it will be cut in half and only take us two days." she replied.

Usopp nodded to himself as he continued his work. "Why do you ask?" she asked.

"Just curious." he replied. "So Luffy will only be like that for two more days…" he said quietly.

"Un…" replied Nami softly. She was really going to miss him being like that…She never would have thought she would like taking care of a baby…but she really was enjoying it…'You know…now I think I wouldn't mind being a mother one day…' she thought to herself. Then she frowned…'Although…I'm a pirate…' she thought. Then she sighed.

"It's pretty quiet without Luffy around…I kinda miss him…" admitted Usopp quietly.

"Un…I guess I kinda do too…" she replied.

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After a few hours Sanji had called for lunch. Everyone had gone to the dining area and had eaten. It wasn't nearly as boisterous without Luffy being there to steal their food. "You know, it's kinda nice not having to guard my food from Luffy or having it stolen…I can actually eat until I'm really full…" remarked Zoro.

"Aa…" agreed the guys quietly.

"But then again…it's not as fun either…" remarked Usopp. He looked over at Luffy who was calmly drinking his milk.

"Aa…I guess that's true…" agreed Zoro.

After lunch everyone went back on deck. Nami sat in her chair with Luffy and began to rock him to sleep for a nap. He finally fell asleep. She watched him as he slept again. After awhile, his brows began to furrow. Nami furrowed her brows at him. Then his little arms began to twitch up slightly. "Hmm?" she questioned. 'Is he dreaming?' she thought to herself. She watched as his eyes were moving around sporadically under his lids. Then his head began to move back and forth sporadically. "Oi…I think Luffy is having a bad dream…" she said aloud.

Everyone turned to her with furrowed brows and then walked over to her. They all watched as Luffy twitched around with furrowed brows. "It seems like a pretty bad dream too…Should we wake him?" asked Usopp.

"I…I don't know…" replied Nami.

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Luffy opened his eyes and blinked to clear his vision. He lifted his head and looked ahead of him. Then his eyes widened. In front of him was Nami, and she was being held by two men. "Nami!" he yelled out. He tried to move, but he couldn't. "Oi, what are you doing?! Let her go!! Nami!!!" he yelled again. He could feel his anger rising. Then he noticed the woman in front of her. She was holding a baby. Nami looked frantic. "Please! You don't understand! Give him back!" He heard Nami yell.

'Was she talking about that baby? Whose baby is that? Is it…is it that woman's? Why would Nami want that woman's baby?' he thought to himself.

"Oh, I understand! Your lover Captain will probably beat you for losing his child, but that doesn't concern me! If you ask me, you'll get what's coming to you!" He heard the woman yell.

'Nani?! Lover…Captain?...Is that baby… mine?! I…I don't understand…' he thought as he continued to watch. It seemed he had no choice. The baby in the woman's arms continued to cry. Luffy felt his eyebrows furrow. 'Did that woman take that baby away from Nami?!' he thought. He could feel himself growing angry.

"No, please!! You don't understand…" Nami had started to say.

The woman interrupted her. "Enough!! You say one more word and Jeero here will have to hurt you!" she yelled. The woman turned and began to walk away.

"Matte!!!" yelled Luffy. He tried his hardest to move, but he couldn't. 'I can't let her take that baby!!" he thought to himself.

"NOO! Luffy!!!" yelled Nami.

'Na…nani?' he thought to himself in confusion. Suddenly, one of the men holding Nami brought back his hand and back handed Nami across the face. "NAMI!!" yelled Luffy in alarm. Then he felt the anger well up inside him. "You…bastard!!!" he yelled. Nami didn't seem to notice the man had just struck her. She continued to struggle against them. She looked like she was panicking. Then suddenly, she kicked on of them in the groin and head butt the other in the gut. Luffy made a throaty noise as she took off running after the woman. "That's right Nami. Don't give up!!!" he yelled.

'I don't understand though…Why can't I move? Why can't she hear me…?' he thought to himself. Suddenly, he was next to Nami again, she was being held down a second time. The same woman was standing in front of her, still holding the crying baby.

'How did I…Am I dreaming?' thought Luffy confused.

"You're really persistent! I thought you hated this baby! You should be grateful! You won't have to worry about him anymore! Or are you still worried what your Captain will do to you?! I already told you, I don't care about that! I will never let you hurt this child every again!" yelled the woman.

'Hurt the baby?! Nami would never hurt a baby!' thought Luffy as his brows furrowed deeper.

"You don't understand! He's important to me! It's not what you think!" yelled Nami.

"Urusai!! What have I told you about talking?! You pirate scum!!" yelled the woman and as she did the same man yet again back handed Nami, causing her to bleed from her mouth.

"NAMI!!! YOU BASTARD!!!" yelled Luffy. Luffy began to struggle, to move…but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move. "Nami!!" he yelled again in his hopelessness. Then Luffy cried out in his frustration. At the same time, the baby also cried out in a piercing cry. Then both he and the baby stopped. Luffy looked at the baby with wide eyes in surprise. 'Did he just…?' he thought to himself.

"Let me go!! Luffy!!" yelled Nami. Then the woman turned to run again. 'Did she just say…?' he thought in confusion.

He watched as Nami began to become frantic in panic. She began to bite and claw her captors. "Nami…" whispered Luffy. His face took on a pained expression. "I'm so sorry…I'm not there for you…" he whispered again in his hopelessness. He couldn't do anything but watch…He couldn't help her.

Suddenly, he watched as Zoro stepped out of an alley way. "Zoro!!" he yelled with a grin of relief. Then he watched as Sanji also stepped out to help Nami. "Sanji!!" he exclaimed as his grin got wider. Then his brows furrowed. 'But I don't understand…Where am I?' he thought to himself.

"Sanji, Zoro!!" exclaimed Nami.

"I'm afraid we can't allow you to take that baby." said Zoro quietly.

"You pirate scum! I won't let you have this baby! You would just abuse it!" yelled the woman.

"Oi, I suggest you let go of Nami-san. I don't want to have to hurt you…" said Sanji as he stared down at the men. Luffy watched as the men stared up at Sanji in fear. Then they released Nami, and she immediately ran up to the woman.

"Please…give him back to me…" pleaded Nami quietly.

"Nami…" said Luffy quietly. 'She must really care about that baby…' he thought to himself.

"No! You said horrible things about this baby! Look what you've done to his face!! I will never allow you to hurt this baby again!!" yelled the woman.

'His face?' thought Luffy in confusion. 'What was wrong with that baby's face?!' he continued to think.

"Please…I promise you…I never hurt him…I'm sorry…You're right. I said horrible things…but there are things you don't understand about that baby. I say things like that about him all the time…but…he's important to me…" A sweat bead dropped down the side of Luffy's face. 'She says horrible things about that baby…all the time…?' he thought with an exasperated face.

"He's my Nakama…just like these two." 'Nakama?' questioned Luffy in confusion.

"Please…I told you, you don't understand what's going on…Please give him back to me." said Nami pleadingly as she held her arms out for Luffy. The baby began to cry again and surprisingly, he reached his little arms out toward her. Luffy stared wide eyed at what he was seeing. 'That baby…he's reaching out for Nami.' he thought. He was also a little confused about what Nami just said. 'Maybe…maybe that really is her…baby…but why would she consider a baby her Nakama…and not her…child…?' he thought in confusion.

"How did he get this scar?!" asked the woman.

"Matte…scar?!" asked Luffy aloud. 'What did she mean…scar?' he thought.

"I honestly don't know how he got that scar…He never told us…and we never asked." replied Nami honestly.

"Nani?! How can a baby tell you how he got this scar?! What the hell are you talking about?!" yelled the woman in disbelief at Nami's words.

'What the…?' Luffy thought as he furrowed his brows deep. 'Chotto matte…is that baby…me?!' he thought as he continued to watch.

"What I was saying about you not understanding the situation is…that baby is our Captain. We've been searching for the pirates who did this to him." said Nami.

"What's going on?! I don't understand!! Is that really me?! Am I dreaming?!" he asked aloud again. 'I feel like…I've been asleep for a long time…I only remember waking up that one time, and seeing Nami…' Suddenly, he was in another place…'A bar?' he thought as he looked around. Nami and Robin were there. Nami had a hold of a guy across the bar.

"We need to know where these pirates are and we need to know now. I know you know something, and you are going to tell us what that is. I'm warning you now, if you don't tell us what we want to know, things are going to get ugly." he heard Nami say in a low threatening voice.

"Look lady, I already done told ya, I have no idea what you're talking about. I don't know about any pirates with that Jolly Roger! We've never come across any!! I suggest you leave before things do get ugly!" yelled the man.

"If you haven't noticed, we have the upper hand here! Literally! Now, you will tell me what we want to know, NOW!!" demanded Nami.

"I'm not telling you a thing…" the man said in a snide remark as he brought up a gun.

"NO!!! NAMI!!" yelled Luffy in a panic. The gun went off. "NAAAMI!!!" yelled Luffy. He watched in horror as his Navigator flew backwards and landed on her back.

"NAMI, LUFFY!!" yelled Robin.

"NAMI!!" Luffy screamed again. 'NO NO NO!!!' he yelled in his mind. He tried to struggle again on whatever was holding him in place.

He watched as Nami groaned and sat up. 'The baby!! The baby!!' thought Luffy as he stared in horror. Then Nami's eyes flew open. "LUFFY!!!" he heard her yell. Luffy looked at her in surprise. Then he realized Robin had said the same thing. 'Then…that baby…is it really…me?' he thought. 'If that's the case then…' he thought as he furrowed his brows.

He watched as Nami pulled the baby out of the carrier. Then the baby started to cry. He seemed pretty angry to Luffy. He took a deep breath in relief. He saw as Nami did the same. Then she checked the baby. Then he made a surprised noise. Nami looked furious. "Oi, Nami…it's okay! I'm okay!" he exclaimed out loud.

"Robin…" He heard her call out in a very low and very dangerous voice. Luffy's eyes widened further.

"Ha…hai?" he heard Robin respond.

"Take Luffy…" said Nami in the same low voice.

He watched as Robin did what she was told. Then he watched Nami approach the bartender with her Clima Tact in hand. "Matte, Nami!!" yelled Luffy. He watched as she looked up at the bartender and then the fear come across the bartender's face. "NAMI!! YAMERO!!!" yelled Luffy. He watched in horror as she jumped over the bar and began to beat the man. "NAMI!!!" he yelled again. She couldn't hear him. He saw as the blood slattered against the shelves of liquor above them. "Nami…" he whispered. All he could hear was the man's screams and Nami's angry grunts. He watched in horror as she then began to beat the man with her fists. "Yamero…yamero…" he whispered. "Yamero! Yamero!!!" he yelled as he looked down.

Then he was in the bathhouse. He looked up in surprise. Nami was in the tub…She was crying. "Nami…" he whispered. Then he heard a second cry. His eyes widened in surprise. It was the baby..."Nani…?" he whispered.

"I'm so sorry…I'm so sorry…" she repeatedly whispered. "I promise you…Luffy…I won't ever be careless with you again…I promise…I will protect you…" she whispered through her tears. Luffy made a throaty noise in surprise. He watched as Nami continued to cry.

His face took on a sad expression. "Nami! It's okay…Nami!!! Don't cry!! Nami don't cry!!! It's okay!!!" he contiuned to yell. She couldn't hear him. "NAMI!!!" he cried out her name again, but in vain. He lowered his head. "Yamero!! Yamero!! I've seen enough!! Please!! Yamero!!" Then everything went black.

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Luffy began to whine a little in his sleep. "Ah! He's whining…" said Nami a little alarmed. Then he began to slightly cry. "Okay, I think I'm going to try and wake him now…It seems really bad." she said a little worried. Suddenly, Luffy's cries became worse. He almost seemed like he were in pain. He wasn't quite crying, but more like crying out. "Oi, Luffy! Wake up!" said Nami loudly. Then all of a sudden, Luffy let out a piercing cry. Everyone covered their ears.

"What the hell?!" yelled Zoro as he covered his ears.

Nami looked down at him wide eyed. He looked angry. "Luffy!!" she cried out. She began to shake him a little. "Luffy!! Wake up, Luffy!!" she cried out. She was getting worried. 'What's wrong with him?!' she thought in her mind. "Luffy!!" she cried out one more time. Finally, the loud cry stopped. Luffy continued to twitch sporadically. "Why isn't he waking up?!" yelled Nami in alarm.

"I'm not sure…Oi, Luffy, wake up!!" yelled Zoro

"Luffy!!" yelled the crew. They all wore worried expressions.

Luffy continued to whine and cry out in his sleep. "I don't understand. Luffy!!" yelled Nami. She was becoming really worried. She lifted him up and brought him up against her. "Come on Luffy, wake up!!" she yelled. She leaned him back down onto her arm. "Luffy…please wake up…" she whispered.

Suddenly, he began to open his eyes. He blinked a few times, and then began to cry. "Luffy…" she said quietly in relief as she smiled down at him. Then she lifted him up and cradled him closer to her as she began to rock him. "Shh…it's okay, Luffy. It's okay…" she said soothingly.

"What the hell was that?!!" yelled Zoro.

"I have no idea…" replied Nami.

"He looked really angry about somethin'…I wonder what the hell he was dreamin' about?! Do babies usually have dreams like that?!" exclaimed Franky.

"No…I'm sure they don't…However, Luffy isn't just an ordinary baby…He could have been dreaming about anything that has happened to him…To a baby…it might have been terrifying…or…" she stopped her sentence.

"Or?" asked Usopp.

"I don't know…he did seem really angry…didn't he?" she said quietly.

"Aa…he did…" replied Sanji.

"Maybe he's aware of certain stuff in his dreams?" suggested Franky. Everyone looked up at him with furrowed brows. "What it was just a suggestion…" he said to their stares.

"You mean like he's aware of things when he's asleep? That doesn't make any sense…How can he be aware of anything…when he's asleep…" remarked Nami. Franky just shrugged. "Like I said…he probably just had a dream of his past and he being a baby and in a baby's state of mind, it might have been too much for him." she explained.

"But he looked really angry…" said Usopp.

"Well wouldn't you be?! Matte…never mind…you would probably just be scared…" said Nami in exasperation.

"Oi…" said Usopp quietly with narrowed eyes.

Nami leaned Luffy back to look at him. He was hiccupping and pouting at her. She smiled down at him. "It's okay now. It's over." she said softly and soothingly. Luffy hiccupped and then smiled up at her. "That's right. That's better." she said.

To Be Continued…

No need for a corner! XD

Author's Note: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Interesting, no?! XD I had a lot of time to type that one out, so I doubt the next chapter will come out as fast. XP So don't go getting' your hopes up! XP Anyways, please review! I like those! XP