Sweet Mother of Christ.
This took forever! It's just over 6k words so that should be fine, right? Honestly, I was going to completely skip this and go to the next key but I realized that Nami and Lucy needed some bonding time (then I threw in Loke because I just figured Nami would love to pair them up and tease Lucy over all the hot men she surrounds herself with).
Originally when I wrote this, it was only gonna be half because Nami was gonna go back into the Thousand Sunny and Loke was gonna fight by himself like in the manga/anime but I guess Nami's character wouldn't stand for that.
If this is OOC please forgive me! And the spelling errors! I'm so sorry for those! I tried to keep Nami in character!
Anime/Manga reference notes are at the bottom according to numbers.
FAIRY TAIL AND ONE PIECE IS NOT MINE
She's not exactly desperate but she really would love to win. Really love to win.
Except, she probably won't, it's a sad but true fact.
She's been a huge fan of Fairy Tail since she was a little girl, and she's been subscribing to Wizard Magazine so she knows her odds aren't that great, as a matter of fact they're probably zero. She has nothing to her name (as far as the most of the population knows) and she's not as attractive nor well known compared to the competition
So she climbed into under the covers of her bed and kicked off her clothes. She already signed up so she might as well try to win, but she can't even decide what to wear or what use as an act. Besides no one could beat Erza, Erza is deadly and beautiful. Lucy's not going to lie, she's always kinda looked up to Erza and she's more than willingly to admit defeat. Lucy was confident that she could at least rival (maybe beat)Kana but Mira was a completely different story.
"Up and at 'em kid," Lucy let out a startled squeak and quickly covered her exposed body with her comforter. Nami the Cat Burglar sat comfortably by her desk and flipped her hair to reveal her long pale neck.
"We have so much work to do right now. I won't charge you so long as I get 80% of the share." Nami gave Lucy a devilish smile and rubbed her thumb against her middle and pointing finger as the universal sign for money.
"E-eighty?!" Lucy gaped at the burglar.
"I could make it 90%" Nami mentioned nonchantantly.
"Sixty" Lucy challenged and Nami gave her another smirk.
"Ninety,"
"Sixty-five!"
"One-"
"Seventy-five! Take it or leave it!" Nami gave her a bright smile which sent shivers down Lucy's spine.
"Alright!" Nami jumped off her seat and clapped her hands together(part of Lucy thinks that Nami wasn't trying hard for the money but another part is too grateful to care), "Let's get started."
Lucy did not like her smile.
=ONEPIECE FAIRYTAIL=
"So, how is possible that you can just," Lucy gestured to Nami "appear. I can barely feel my magic being used."
Nami motioned for Lucy to turn and the celestial mage complied with a small twirl. Nami groaned.
"No, no, no, no! Don't you have better clothes? Finer clothes? You used be so high, where are the clothes (and the money)?" Nami flung herself at the closet and began pulling out clothes and huffing angrily.
"How do you know that?!" Lucy cried out while taking off the shirt the Cat Burglar put on her. She's been trying so hard to hide it from everyone even before the Dark Guild attack, and now she's been desperate to hide it from the townspeople.
"I have my ways. Oh, that's it!" With a snap of her fingers Nami vanished.
"Wait! You didn't even answer my question!" Lucy attempted to reach out but grabbed nothing but thin air. The celestial mage gave out a strangled yell before slumping and picking up all the thrown clothes.
Maybe she should go as a cheerleader? They're sexy and she could use her Spirits to help her; of course she's gonna need a short skirt, she needs to appeal to the male audience, and she'll use Loke for the female audience. He already dated half the women, maybe she'll win through his fanclub. Or she'll get killed by angry ex-girlfriends.
Lucy gave another sigh.
She really wants to win.
"Here! Put it on, come on! Hop to it! I'll charge you extra later." Nami appeared behind the mage and shoved a pile of clothes into Lucy's arm.
"Wha-?" Nami threw another piece of cloth and Lucy gently set the clothes down on a chair before picking one cloth up and eyed it warily.
"I can't wear this!" Lucy exclaimed and wrapped her arms across her chest in an unconscious attempt to hide the skin the outfit would expose.
"Lucy," Nami sighed and gave her and gave her a look; Lucy felt like the cat burglar had just called her an idiot, "See this?" Nami reached out and gripped her hips. Lucy let out a squeal. Nami let one hand trail down her thigh and legs while the other trailed up to her chest.
"This is perfect," Nami said slowly, "so we use it to our advantage." With one swift movement the cat burglar striped the mage of her shirt. Lucy let out a strangled scream that no doubt alerted the neighbors and unfortunately no one would investigate because it was quite common to her Lucy scream in such a way.
"Now hurry up and change, money waits for no one!"
"I don't think that's how the saying goes" Lucy commented weakly.
Lucy felt strangely self-conscious about herself, with every step she took her bracelets jingled against each other and her necklace bounced off her chest. Two ankle bracelets wrapped around her ankles uncomfortably and she fiddled with the thin see-through silk that wrapped itself around her arms. The light blue outfit was decorated with golden colored beads that jingled softly with each step, golden thread weaved through out her outfit into a complicated yet beautiful pattern .
"Lucy," Erza breathed out, she still wore her armor but held herself with overwhelming confidence. Lucy couldn't help but envy Titania a bit.
"Erza," Lucy greeted a bit shyly, she rubbed her bare arms in an attempt to hide the skin. Normally she might have been comfortable with revealing skin and using her body to get the upper hand but standing beside the most beautiful women in Fairy Tail just made her feel slightly self-conscious. A hand gripped her shoulder and Lucy immediately tensed up.
"Hello!" Nami's false cheer sent a shiver down Lucy's spine, coupled with Nami's painful grip on her shoulder, Lucy wasn't entire sure if it was smart entering a contest with the most beautiful women in Fairy Tail. If she lost, no doubt the cat burglar would charge her god-knows how much for everything!
"Oh, hello." Erza nodded at Nami, "You must be Nami, Lucy told us about you."
"Oh? What did she say?" Nami's grip tightened and Lucy gave a pleading look to Erza, fortunately, Erza seemed to understand.
"You're strong?" Erza answered uneasily before quickly changing the conversation, "Are you going together?"
"You noticed?" Nami stepped away from Lucy and gave a twirl to show her matching outfit. Erza gave them a shy smile.
"You two look cute."
"Cute? Really?" Nami frowned before sighing.
"We were aiming for sexy but I guess cute would do."
"Natsu and Gray were looking for you earlier, I told them you weren't available until after the pageant." Erza addressed Lucy before holding a curtain open so the Fairy Tail member could see her friends. Sure enough, the ice mage and dragon slayer sat up front. Natsu was shoveling food down his throat while Gray and Happy chatted. Nami took a peak outside.
"Those are your friends?" Nami asked.
"Yeah, the pink one is Natsu and the stripper is Gray." Sure enough Gray had already begun stripping his shirt.
"Not bad." Nami commented. Just then the crowd cheered loudly, startling the blond mage. The competition had begun.
"Come on," Nami tugged Lucy away from the curtain and towards the back ignoring Cana, Lluvia, and Mirajane as they rushed forward, eagerly waiting for their number to be called up, "You don't need any distractions."
Lucy nervously fingered her keys before unhooking Lyra's key. Nami stopped behind Visca who was cleaning her pistol.
"We're gonna win this no matter what." Nami swore and Lucy nodded. She was going to pay her rent on time this month! They stayed silent for a moment, only the sound of the announcer and the crowd broke through.
"Hey, Nami? How did you come here?" Lucy asked quietly, Erza's name was called out and the blond resisted the urge to run out to see her friend. Nami shrugged.
"It wasn't so hard. There was a door on the deck and I just pushed."
"A door on the deck?"
"It was always there, I guess, since you last summon me."
"You live in a ship?" Lucy asked incredulously, the Spirit World seemed to void the last she saw it, she couldn't exactly picture a ship in the middle of the stars. Actually now that she thought about it, it must look amazing.
"What's it like?" Lucy asked quietly. Nami leaned on a beam and smiled. Lucy was taken back by the sincerity of the burglar's smile, it certainly wasn't like the greedy or menacing smile she's given her.
"It's big," Nami lifted her arms to indicate its size, a childish gesture that made Lucy smile, "and huge. We had I made from scratch and it cost us a lot." There was neither heat nor malice in her words, only fondness.
"We had to reinforce the crow's nest because Zoro didn't know how to set down his stupid weights properly, and Usopp kept blowing up everything below deck and sometimes Sanji and Zoro got into fights that destroyed everything. Robin had the library extended once and Franky built Luffy a seat on the figurehead so he would stop falling and dragging everyone with him. My tangerine trees are growing nicely so we had to build a fence to keep Luffy and Usopp out and there's a swing on the deck for Chopper and Robin." Nami continued, her hands weaving through motions to somehow convey every little frustration she met with but there was still a fondness in her voice that made Lucy smile brightly.
"Where are they now?" Lucy interrupted the cat burglar and ignored the announcer who called for Visca. Nami crossed her hands over her chest and shrugged nonchalantly.
"Anywhere I guess. I can hear them on the Thousand Sunny, but I think the doors are locked. They won't open no matter how hard we pull or push." It was obvious that Nami meant her and Usopp. The announcer called their number and Nami quickly slipped on a smile.
"It's our turn! Let's go!" Nami tugged Lucy along, pulling her towards the curtain and into the waiting crowd but Lucy pulled Nami back.
"I'll get them back," Lucy gripped Nami's hand tightly and stared right into Nami's eyes, "I promise I'll get them back."
Nami stared back, seemingly in shock before giving Lucy a grateful smile.
"Thank you."
"-Lucy Hear-"
With an undignified squawk, Lucy pulled Nami and they both tumbled on stage.
"Don't say my name!" The crowd went silent with confusion; Nami quickly attempted to save face and dragged Lucy forward, deliberately swaying her hips in a memorizing manner and sending the crowd a sly smile. Lucy responded with a slight stumble and a shy smile.
"I'll be dancing with my Spirits." Lucy pointed towards their intertwined hands and with another hand she held Lyra's Key. Lucy gathered her magic and felt for Lyra's door, she just had to push and-
"Contestant number eight," a clear voice rang out and snapped Lucy's connection to the Door.
"Wait your turn," Nami sneered, "unless you want to pay up front."
The woman just ignored Nami and pushed Lucy out of the way, waving her fan slightly to cool herself off. Lucy stumbled back and Nami steadied her while giving the mysterious woman a glare.
"If you're talking about fairy, then there's me. If you're talking about beautify, then there's me. You shouldn't look any further than me!" With a twirl the woman laughed and posed for the crowd.
"Let's just end this boring beauty contest and name me, Evergreen the winner!" She let out another laugh.
"Who do you think you are! If anyone is the winner, it's me!" Nami huffed angrily, stepping away from Lucy to confront Evergreen head on.
"Hey! Quit playing around, this concerns my living!" Lucy shouted at both women who apparently entered into a stare off, "Nami, we had a deal! And you should wait your turn!" Lucy pointed at the brunette; the woman looked away briefly and fingered her glasses.
"Lucy! Don't look into her eyes!" Someone shouted from the crowd, Nami turned to give the speaker a confused look but Evergreen had already lifted her glasses, giving a glare to the blonde.
"What did you say little girl?"
Lucy's gasp didn't even leave her lips as her body quickly turned to stone.
"Lucy!" Nami rushed to her Summoner's side, gripping the blonde's stoned hand before turning around and lashing out, pulling out her staff from god-knows where and aiming for Evergreen's head. She never noticed when the crowd scattered in a moment of panic and the announcer attempting to lead them away orderly. Evergreen merely jumped again and with a snap of magic she burned the curtain and revealed to the crowd the stoned figures of the contestants.
"We should move this festival along quickly, we wouldn't want to miss the main event, now would we?"
"You fool! Turn them back!" The guild leader's scream overshadowed every other concerned yell. Nami lashed out again, moving her staff in a sweeping movement intending on knocking out the brunette.
"Turn Lucy back!" Before the staff could make contact, Nami stiffened and quickly rolled out of the way. A bolt of thunder struck down a few seconds afterwards, exactly where she had been.
"Oi, Fairy Tail brats! The real festival begins NOW!"A tall blond man stepped forward, static ran down his body but he didn't seem to mind he merely gave the remaining crowd a twisted smile. Nami took a few steps away, the air was electrified, and thunder seemed ready to strike at any time, it put Nami on edge.
"Luxus!" The guild master yelled his tone borderline scolding and furious.
"Fried and Bixlow!" Lucy's teammates rushed towards the stage, ready to fight for their teammates' safety.
"Why don't we play a game old geezer?" Luxus' voice boomed across the area, Gray and Natsu froze in their positions.
"Now isn't the time for games Luxus, we have to prepare for Fantasia. Turn them back now!" The old man's voice boomed and almost rivaled the blond man's voice.
"Fantasia isn't until late at night; if we hurry people might get to see it." He lifted his arm, the hair on Nami's neck raised quickly and she let out a scream.
"LUCY!"
Lightning struck down.
"STOP IT!"
And it barely missed by inches, Nami gripped her staff tightly, biting her lips and trying to stop her body from shaking. Luxus stepped forward and held Lucy's figure closely, almost cradling it.
"I'll take these girls as hostages, but I'll kill them one by one if you break the rules." Luxus' grip tightened on Lucy's neck and he shot Nami a warning look.
"Stop these games Luxus! You're taking them too far!" The guild master's face twisted to express his fury. Veins popping out dangerously and his lips twisted to a scowl. Magic danced in the air, ready to be used at a moment's notice. Nami eased herself into a stance, ready to engage in combat if the need arises.
"I'm serious old man" Luxus' words rang out loud and clear; everyone fell silent in an attempt to register Luxus' words.
"It's just a game," the man with long green hair spoke out loud breaking the tensed silence.
"To find out who is the strongest in Fairy Tail" The man with a black outfit with white stripes let out a laugh. He stuck his tongue out with showed his guild marking and although he had a mask everyone could see the large smile on his covered face.
"The rules are simple, the last survivor wins!" Luxus extended his arms and let out a terrible laugh.
"Fairy Tail fight starts now!"
The moment the sentence ended a table flew into the air, the pink haired dragonslayer gave Luxus a large smile ignoring the looks everyone gave him that ranged from confusion to fear.
"Isn't this great! This is too easy to understand! I'm pumped!"
"Natsu!" his companion growled. Nami straighten and turned to look at the dragonslayer, shocked by the familiarity of the pose and energy before smiling.
"Your attitude pisses me off," Luxus growled and let go of Lucy, the statue swung back and forth before dipping dangerously forward.
"Lucy!" Nami dived forward and managed to grab the statue before it hit the ground. Gray let out a loud sigh of relief before someone shouted at Natsu; the dragonslayer and the thunderer exchanged a few words as Natsu rushed forward but the words were lost to Nami when the hair on her neck rose again(1). She swung her staff the moment a bolt of lightning struck down. Everyone let out a startled yell that quickly changed to relief when the dragonslayer tumbled off the stage; the smell of ozone filled the air and mingled with the smell of brunt flesh. Luxus' confusion was quickly swiped off his face and replaced by a sneer.
"You barely survived." The flying cat slumped in relief.
"If you want them to return to normal then you'll have to defeat the four of us. You have three hours or they'll all turn into sand." Evergreen gave them all a sly smile and ignored everyone's cry. She spread her arms wide and continued, "The battlefield is the entire town of Magnolia and the battle started when you find us."
"DON'T MESS AROUND" The guild master cried out but Luxus merely laughed.
"I say calm down and enjoy the show." Then the group disappeared with a big flash causing everyone to cry out and cover their eyes. There was silence for a moment before all hell broke loose; people began shouting and threatening and the guild members quickly rushed out of the area with every intent on saving the girls. Nami moved Lucy's figure closer to the Summoner's red haired friend and stepped away. She could feel her own power slipping away but she had time to hunt and beat down these idiots. When Nami turned to look at the door she saw the elderly guild leader hitting an invisible wall and Lucy's friend trying to drag him out. Then strange lettering appeared out of thin air and for a moment Nami cursed herself; she never even bothered trying to learn Lucy's writing.
"What the hell is this unreasonable rule?!" The dark haired mage cried out. Nami jumped off stage to take a closer look at the invisible wall while ignoring everyone shouts and cry, although Lucy's pink haired friend nearly threw her out of the way but was quickly acquainted with the invisible wall. Nami just ignored the fallen dragonslayer and put a hand on where the wall was supposed to be and instantly felt it. The words rearranged themselves;
STATUES OR PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 80 MAY NOT PASS
"Rude," Nami whispered and punched the wall, hoping that that green haired freak or the brunette would feel it. More strange letters began to appear, which obviously distressed everyone still in the area. The only letters Nami recognized was the numbers that began to decrease.
"Luxus," the old man breathed out, his face switching from shock, grief and finally settling on fury. "So this is what he meant by the Fairy Tail games."
"I…wanna..JOIN!" Natsu began to push on the wall, "What's with this stupid wall?!"
"What good will joining in do you stupid fool!" the guild leader scolded the younger mage who responded excitedly.
"This is like a tournament to find who's the strongest!"
"This is no tournament," Nami interrupted, the number decreased by two more. "Comrades forcing to eliminate comrades, what is his end game?" she questioned. The elder man fell silent.
"Well, it's just fighting right? We do that all the time…How come you're still here?" Natsu cocked his head sideways. Nami rested her hand on the wall and pushed again, the words transformed once again.
"What do you think, moron?" the burglar huffed.
"…you must be old…"
SMACK
"Never ask a girl for her age." Nami continued to inspect the wall, ignoring Nastu's pained groans. "But with all seriousness, nobody is thinking straight out there, they're putting the lives of themselves and their comrades on line without a single thought for anyone's safety."
"She's right, at this rate, everyone who was petrified will end as dust and they'll never come back…" the master's word was meant with a tensed silence. Nami herself could already feel her power waning, she's been in this world since yesterday evening and popping back and forth all day to help Lucy with the contest. Natsu gave the old man a bright smile.
"Ah come one, Luxus wouldn't do that, he can be an ass but he's still a member of our guild, isn't he?"
Nami glanced at the dragonslayer, she smiled softly before turning to face the wall again; Natsu rushed the wall again and again in a futile attempt to get through. His companion cat flying in-between both spaces easily.
"What I don't understand is why Natsu can't get through." Nami voiced aloud, the flying cat landed just outside the wall.
"Aye, maybe Natsu's secretly 80."
"I highly doubt that" the burglar responded. The number decreased once again the number 43 flashed brightly, the old man looked up in shock. The numbers flashed again; 42.
"Nghhh, Gray's out there fighting Bixlow, I wanna join in…" the numbers decreased again; 41. "They've taken out Reedus! Damn, Fried is pretty tough."
"How could you be saying stuff like that at a time like this Natsu!" The cat scolded.
"He's obviously bluffing!"
Almost of if by magic (what is she thinking, it's because of magic!) that Luxus appeared. Nami kept a watch on the numbers, which continued to decrease along with her own power. Luxus kept insulting and threatening but this was a speech Nami had heard many times and wasn't exactly keen on listening to it again. She walked away, moving towards the stage and into the back, she had seen a back door earlier when she and Lucy were talking, maybe it wasn't block.
Unfortunately it was indeed blocked.
She couldn't exactly jump up the wall or even climb up or down, her dress wasn't suited that task and she'll probably slip and fall. She couldn't leave Lucy alone either and with no way out there wouldn't be a reason to call out Usopp.
"NOT YOU TOO!" Someone screamed from the front, startled, Lucy ran back to see what was going on only to find another guild member slammed against the 'wall'. The number decreased and flashed 3.
"Only three people left?" The guild master asked and looked around. Natsu turned and passed by Nami.
"Where are you going?" She asked and Natsu gave her a look like she was an idiot.
"I'm gonna go wake up Erza."
"How do you expect to do that?" Nami put her hands on her hip and raised an eyebrow at him.
"If I burn it it'll come off, right?"
"YOU IDIOT!" Reacting on pure instinct, Nami slapped the pink haired boy, "YOU'LL KILL HER!"
"Owwww, we won't know unless we try!" the boy scrambled off to do just that and with a screech Nami followed.
"STOP IT!"
Natsu blew a breath of fire and Nami tackled the boy; they landed with a loud thud but the wooden floor shook from their impact, causing the statue of the red head to fall.
"Oh my god!" Nami cried out and then let out a scream which was echoed by everyone else. "YOU CRACKED HER!"
"IT WASN'T MY FAULT!OH CRAP, WE NEED GLUE! HAPPY! GET THE GLUE!"
"YOU IDIOT! LIKE THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY HELP IT! WE NEED TO SMELT IT WITH MY IRON AND YOUR FIRE!" The new comer screeched while dodging the flying cat.
"ERZA DON'T DIE!" Nami cried. Natsu began begging for forgiveness when with a resounding crack the statue began to break.
And revealed a living, breathing Erza.
There was a stunned silence before Erza's eyes landed on the dragonslayer and she growled.
"I feel hot, is this your doing Natsu." Before Natsu could respond Erza sent him flying with a punch. Everyone rejoiced at the redhead's return and the number increased.
"Five?" the cat questioned.
"It would seem like that man decided to join."
"That's nice and dandy but can you defeat Evergreen?" Nami ignored everyone's exclamation and concentrated on the red head.
"Yes," she answered seriously.
"Then hurry up." Erza flashed the burglar a smile and nodded. She took off without any problems and ignored Natsu and the dark haired man's pitied looks as they attempted to break through the barrier again. Minutes ticked by slowly, Nami just took a seat at a table and eyed the lettering. Nastu and the man (Gajeel, Happy introduced) argued back and forth for the duration of the time.
The lettering rearranged and the number increased to 11. Instantly, the sound of cracking overshadowed everything and with a pop the stone broke apart and the girls began to stagger around.
"W-what's going on?" Lucy's voice broke through the silence, instantly the other girls began to question the situation and with a cry Natsu and Happy launched themselves at the blonde. Natsu then began to explain what had happen the past two hours complete little sounds effects and punches. The girls gathered around the boy to hear him out while Nami slithered behind the Summoner, putting her hand on her shoulder startling the blonde. Lucy turned to look at her before flashing the burglar a reassuring smile and Nami returned the smile. Soon enough Natsu began picking fights with the girls, they've taken to ignoring him and instead focused on the guild leader for more instructions, Lucy however, became the center of his attention and began to chase the blond around. Nami hit the boy on the head.
The lettering on the barrier disappeared and small screens of a jolly roger with a bolt of lightning across its eye socket appeared
"It looks like we lost one of our rules," Luxus' voice rang out "So I'm going to instate a new one. To keep this game going I've decided to activate the Hall of Thunder."
"The Hall of Thunder?!" The guild master gasped out.
"Only an hour and ten minutes remaining." The thunderer taunted. "Will you defeat us or will you play nice and retire, Master?" The last part was sneered and directed at the guild master who let out a scream as Luxus' laughed faded away.
"WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU THINK LUXUS?! DRAGGING IN INNOCENT CIVILIANS INTO THIS!?" Instantly the old man gripped his chest and fell to his knees. Everyone let out a surprised cry, one of the girls quickly left running up to the stairs to get his medicine. Nami herself moved to his side; she might not be doctor but she picked up a few things from their doctor(2).
"Give him some space!" Nami rolled the old man to his back and tilted his head back.
"What is the Hall of Thunder, old man?!" Natsu shouted.
"Natsu, shut up!" Nami scolded; she flipped her hair and leaned in, putting her ear on his chest. His breathing came in haggardly and his chest moved slowly. "Come on, breathe old man." Nami whispered when she sat up and tilted his head further back.
"This is bad! Everyone, look outside!" The silver haired girl ran down the stairs with a paper bag clutched tightly to her chest. Everyone instantly ran outside while Nami leaned in to listen to the old man's breathing. The girl took a seat beside him and fished out some pilled from the bag.
"Master," she whispered and slipped the pills in his mouth. It took some effort from the elder man but he managed to swallow the pills. Nami quietly counted his heartbeats as his breath began to settle; when the Master finally settled own and his breathing evened out, the girl, Mirajane took the man upstairs. Natsu carried a burned looking Visca upstairs with him to get help; Nami looked over the electrocuted girl, carefully cleaning her burns and putting ointment on them before wrapping them up.
"You seem quite skilled," Mirajane spoke up but she never took her eyes off the guild master.
"I've picked up a few things," the memories of Skypedia and Enel were still fresh in her mind even after so many years. They lapse into a comfortable silence which was interrupted by Lucy who shyly entered the room with Happy attached to her shoulder.
"We're leaving," she announced; apparently Lucy had taken the chance to change into something more comfortable which so happened to be a cheerleader's outfit Mirajane kept from a photo-shoot; Nami nodded and stood up from her seat, ignoring the waves of fatigue. "I'll send you back and when we get into a fight I'll bring you out."
"Alright, let's do this." Nami's Door opened; the sound of waves rang clearly and the smell of salt filled the air. Unknowingly, the number on the wall decreased to 10.
=ONEPIECE FAIRYTAIL=
"My keys!" Lucy cried while ducking when another puppet launched itself at her. One of the puppets flew higher than the rest and taunted her by jangling her golden keys. Her hand immediately unhooked the sea-green keys from her hip; she had decided to keep them separate since it seemed like these keys and the golden keys were two separate entities. She held on to the keys tightly even when a puppet slammed itself on her bicep.
"Lucy, summon Nami!" Happy cried out while trying to avoid three puppets. Bixlow let out a laugh.
"No!" Nami jumped out of the way from one of the puppets but cried out when a puppet from behind hit her shoulder. She remembered seeing Nami sitting beside Visca looking so tired and worn out, probably from staying by her side all day. Spirits weren't made to last very long in this world and Nami was already so tired, Lucy couldn't ask any more from her. Usopp himself probably wouldn't be much help in a fight like this; with so many mid and short range enemies.
Lucy fell to her knees after an assault; Happy's warning shout alerted her of the puppeteer's spell but Lucy only clung to the Sea-Stone keys tightly.
ONEPIECE FAIRYTAIL=
"You didn't summon me," Nami scolded while cradling Lucy. A blond haired man stood beside her, his fists lifted and feet parted into a battle stance. They stood a few feet away from a smoking crater.
"It seems as if I'm not the only one who can pass through the gate." The man loosened his stance and flashed a smile at the blonde mage. "I suppose this is proof that the barrier between human and spirit crumbles to nothing before the power of love."
Nami gagged, "Get a room you too," She threw Lucy into the arms of the man who readily caught her, Lucy blushed a bright red, "Remember my charge Luuucy~" Nami stepped forward while twirling her staff, the cat burglar had taken the chance to change her outfit to her regular outfit.
"Let's get this show on the road," Nami eased into her stance, grinning widely at Bixlow, the man –Loke- took his position beside Nami.
"Another beauty? Unfortunately your beauty can't surpass Lucy," Loke flashed a smile to Lucy.
"Oh, really?" Nami raised an eyebrow at the statement before shrugging it off; she really wasn't too keen on stealing people's boyfriends. Bixlow sent out another wave of puppets and with a series of waves and sweeps of her staff, Nami managed to divert and destroy a few. Happy had taken refuge on Nami's back, Nami herself didn't mind, the cat was rather adorable (if a bit strange)
"Lucy, stay behind me!" Loke cried out but Lucy managed to stand on her feet and unhook her whip.
"Don't be silly! A Stellar Spirit isn't a shield! I fight together with my spirits! That's my style!" Lucy and Loke shared a smile and Nami giggled with Happy.
"What a cute couple." They said causing Lucy to blush a scarlet red.
"W-WE ARE NOT!"
"Watch out!" Loke pushed Lucy out of the way in time to avoid another spell from a puppet.
"I'll take care of the puppets; you guys get rid of creeper!" Nami twirled her staff again. Instantly a roar echoed through and bolts of lightning struck down, destroying multiple puppets and closely striking Loke(3). "Thunderbolt Tempo!"
"Watch it!" Lucy cried out. Nami gave the Summoner a large grin.
Nami waved away the Summoner's anger and concentrated on the onslaught of puppets, batting them away with her staff and dodging them. Loke himself started destroying any puppet that ventured near the Summoner. With all the puppets either occupied or destroyed, Lucy aimed straight for Bixlow, Happy helping her jump to reach but missed when the puppeteer jumped out of the way and began to tease her.
"I'm starting to think you might have some competition." Nami called out, and with a thrust of her staff and a gust of wind destroyed a few puppets. Loke growled and punched a puppet a little too hard.
"Keep going Lucy! Bixlow isn't that strong!"
Almost immediately after that the blonde mage managed to whip Bixlow, slightly knocking his mask out of place," Dammit it all! I guess there's no other choice!" Bixlow angrily removed his mask, "Figure Eyes!"
"Look away!" Happy hurriedly covered his eyes, Nami and Lucy looked away quickly, and neither keen on repeating the stone incident.
"The Raijinshuu have secondary abilities in their eyes!" Loke explained, unfortunately with their eyesight gone they were left vulnerable, Loke took a hit in the stomach from a puppet and Nami let out a cry when one hit her from the side. "If you look into his eyes he can turn you into a doll and control your soul!" Loke wheezed out.
Lucy let out a cry when a puppet sent her flying; Loke took a defensive stance, "Lucy!"
Nami twirled her staff, she somehow managed to hit a few puppets but she fell to her knees when one hit her on her upper-back. Using Thunder Tempo was dangerous enough without eyesight and anything else she'll need to know where her target is and she can't even see without being turned into a doll!
"Lucy! You need to get back!" Nami decided to swing it and began to swing her staff, building the clouds necessary and trying to defend herself.
"Use Horolugium! I'll fall back for a moment and you can use Horologium to harden your defenses!" Loke had somehow managed to position himself in front of Lucy, taking most of the attacks.
"That's easy enough for you to say but he took all my keys and I can't see where I'm going!" Nami cried out again when another puppet hit her on the side. "A-and anyways, I'm trusting you guys to do something about him!" There was a moment of silence before Nami sharply swung her staff to bat away a puppet.
"You asked for it," Nami managed to back away towards the sound of Loke's and Lucy's voice, "I'm ready if you are."
"Ok," Loke agreed, "When I give the signal open your eyes and go for him."
"But, if I open my eyes-"
"I thought you trusted us," Nami could practically hear the little lovey dubby moment.
"Somehow, I feel left out," She muttered.
"Aye!" Happy agreed but they were dutifully ignored.
"Finish them!" Bixlow ordered his puppets with a laugh.
"Zenith of Regulus, Lion Brilliance!"
"THUNDER TEMPO!" Lightning rang out and the smell of brunt wood gave Lucy her opening, along with the blinding flash of Loke's attack.
"Now!" Loke signaled and Lucy rushed forward, her whip wrapped around Bixlow's throat and with a tug the puppeteer fell out of balance.
"Nami! Loke!" Lucy tugged harder.
"No..way..you can..d-defeat me!" Bixlow managed to sound out. Loke rushed from the right and Nami rushed from the left.
"I'm not the same as I used to be!" Loke cried out, raising his hand into a fist and concentrated his magic. "Since meeting Lucy I've recovered my original powers as a Stellar Spirit! No! Meeting Lucy itself made me strong!"
"I'm not weak!" Nami lifted her staff feeling slightly offended by being underestimated, "I promised I wouldn't rely on them anymore! I'm not weak anymore!" The remaining thunderclouds gathered and bolt struck down and danced at the tip of her staff.
"I'm not like those Ridiculous Dolls you control! Love gives a Stellar Spirit power!"
"Thunder Lance!" Nami thrust the staff forward the moment Loke punched. Bixlow let out a strangle scream and flew backwards. The faint smell of burned flesh mingled with the smell of ozone, the only sign of life Bixlow gave was a low pained groan. Nami let out a breath she was holding in while Happy danced and cheered.
"Thank you," Lucy smiled at them both.
"Check this out, Lucy." Loke stepped forward and in front of Nami, Nami rolled her eyes but said nothing more. Loke lifted his arm and with a burst of magic spelled 'I LOVE LUCY' with his colorful light.
"You're sooo cute together~!" Nami and Happy laughed.
"S-Stop saying that!" Lucy stuttered.
"Awww, you look so adorable!" Nami teased; Loke turned his light show off and quickly wrapped his arms Lucy.
"I've missed you, Lucy!" Loke cried out. Nami laughed harder when Lucy turned a brighter red.
"I guess I'm done for today, remember our deal Lucy!" With a wave good-bye Nami disappeared ignoring Lucy's indignant squawk.
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"You're back!" The sharpshoot greeted.
"I'm beat," the navigator sighed and slumped against the closed golden Gates.
"It's no wonder! It takes two of us to open these stupid Gates!" The sharpshooter kicked the Gates lightly and then sighed "I hope we find Zoro and Luffy soon."
He was met with no response.
"H-hey? Nami?" the sharpshooter knelt down to take a closer look at the navigator and then frowned. "You could have at least gone to bed." He muttered and then gently rearranged the navigator so she laid sleeping comfortably on the soft grass.
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"Eh? A tie?!" Lucy looked down at the bag of money in her hand. Mirajane smiled gently.
"We were all a little curious about your act but since you couldn't finish it we just decided on what you had. You two looked very sexy as a belly dancers, Lucy."
Lucy blushed slightly, "Th-thanks."
"It's only half but it should be fine, right?"
"Y-yeah! Thanks Mirajane! It should be enough for both of us."
"Both?" Mirajane cocked her head to side and blinked. Lucy just smiled brightly.
1.)This shouldn't need an explanation, Nami has natural weather-reading skills so I assumed that being near Luxus always puts her on edge since he manipulates thunder and thus changes the atmosphere on some level, so Nami could probably tell when he was going to strike and probably guess where.
2.)Before Chopper came along, Luffy and Zoro commented once that Nami was their doctor and cook in one, if a bit expensive. It's also mentioned when Nami got sick that she's the one with most medical knowledge before Chopper and Robin became part of the crew. I'm pretty sure both Robin and Nami might have picked up a few things from Chopper on the way, especially Robin.
3.)Nami cannot accurately control Thunder Tempo, because the clouds are too large and wide spread she can't control the bolts. The smaller it is the more accurate it is but she still doesn't have full control of the thunder
(Also, I'm trying to make this as gen as possible so the only mention of pairings will probably be Loke/Lucy 'cause Loke is rather lovey-dubby with Lucy and hinted Natsu/Lucy that is basically friendship depending on what goggles your wearing)