Charmed

by Confession68

AU: Luffy the mage was hired to save them, but when he destroyed her village during the battle, Nami refused to pay him. Guild policies are harsh, and now she's forced to work to pay off her debt. However, will it come back around on him? LuNa ! COMPLETE

4. Chapter 4: She Barters

Authors' Note:

Con: Okay so ... I think I'm pretty uber ...

Dart: Oya?

Con: *GRINS* YES! XD Or maybe it was just dumb luck ... T_T

Dart: I see...what are you talking about?

Con: I'm talking about Don Flamingo. I totally gave him the ability to control people in here, and yet, I had completely forgotten that his actual Devil Fruit power was like a puppet master ... ~.~

Dart: Oh yeah...and here I thought you'd remembered it. :D

Con: It was dumb luck, wasn't it? T_T

Dart: Yes...quite a lot in fact.

Con: You're mean ... T_T

Dart: Umm...Enjoy the new chapter everyone! Burrito's are tasty.

Con: T_T

Charmed

Chapter 4: She Barters

Nami was beyond moody when a few days passed and there was still no sign of Luffy. Had something happened to him then? Was she really going to be sold in this auction? With her arms crossed under her chest where she sat, she bobbed her crossed leg up and down in her annoyance. After a moment, some men came to collect them to take them to the auction site, a few women bursting into tears and sobs. Frowning deeper in her annoyance, she stood up and just walked out without being dragged.

Some kind of portal was opened ahead, and the women were being forced through it. Nami's heart leapt into her chest a bit, feeling a little insecure about this. Would Luffy really find her? Well ... he was pretty stubborn ... Or maybe he didn't think it was worth it to try and find her ...

However, this only made her angry, and thus she frowned deeply, 'That little perverted ass had better come looking for me!'

"Aah, beautiful girl ... You're spirit never ceases to amaze me ... I'm almost tempted to keep you myself, but the price you would fetch is much more tempting ..." The blonde man said, smirking at her as she passed.

"Then I can only say I'm a little disappointed that I'm not more tempting than money ..." She retorted sarcastically while narrowing her eyes at him, "Though I see your dilemma ..."

The man burst into laughter, "You really are tempting!" He said before she was pushed through the portal to the other side.

Pulling the hood on over his face, Luffy cautiously looked around at all the people, who were at attendance at the auction. It had taken a lot of questioning, but he'd finally managed to find rumors of an auction going on in the magical underworld. Further searching led him to finding out the location. He could only hope that Nami was there. That she wasn't out of his reach yet. Woman after woman was brought on stage, and he was growing more and more anxious.

Nami was saved for last, it would seem, "And now ... for my most prized woman!" The blonde man announced as Nami was ushered onto the stage. Luffy perked up. There she was! He resisted the urge to rush up and save her. He had to wait for the proper moment. But, he could save her now. He smirked and looked around for proper escape points once he did get her.

The blonde, sunglasses wearing man smirked as he cupped Nami's chin, which she pursed her face and yanked her head away from his, which caused a bit of an uproar from the crowd, "As you can see, this woman has quite a bit of spirit. Not a single tear in her eyes! And she also has beauty." He said, motioning his arm to the crowd, which cheered with interest, "As you would expect, her starting bid is much higher than the other women who came through here. We will start the bid at twenty-five thousand gold pieces." Nami blinked up at him. That was a very high price. Her cheeks flushed a bit, not being able to stop the pleasure she felt for being worth that much as a starting bit.

"Thirty thousand gold!"

"Thirty-two thousand!"

The numbers kept rolling and eventually it began to slow down, and Nami frowned. However, Luffy watched the biddings with disgust, "You must be joking!?" Nami suddenly exclaimed, in disgust herself, "Is that all I'm really worth!? Fifty-six thousand gold pieces!? Come on! You can do better than that!"

"E-h!?" Luffy straightened himself up. What was wrong with her?

A few people glanced over to the hooded man, though they couldn't see his face. Nami noticed as well, feeling her heart leap into her chest, though she would never admit that she was actually happy knowing he had actually come for her, "As you can see, a very spirited woman!" The blonde man said with a big grin that she was succeeding at selling herself and happy that the crowd was responding positively, and thus more prices were thrown their way, "And who's to say, if she's this spunky now, imagine even more so in bed." He said, giving a wink to the crowd, which cheered even louder, though with masculine intensity.

"Eeh!?" Nami exclaimed, gawking at him in appalled disbelief, "You're out of your mind!"

"You see!? She shows even more spirit instead of fear!" The blonde man shouted in exuberance, and the price seemed to double to almost one hundred and twenty thousand gold pieces.

"Wow ..." Nami said, blinking at the crowd, though this really was no time to be impressed. She then looked over at Luffy with a frown as if to say, any time now would be nice ...

Luffy's eyebrow twitched and a soft glow of blue in the shape of eyes appeared from within the dark depths of the hood, alerting some people nearby. That's it - he was going to kill this man. He pushed through the crowd, which was harder than he'd hoped. He hadn't been sleeping while searching for Nami. When she saw that he was pushing through the crowd already, she blinked a bit. He seemed upset - the glowing blue of his eyes was a really big indication. And the crowd cried out a bit to the disturbance of him pushing through him.

Looking over to Luffy as well, the blonde man frowned deeply as he grabbed Nami to him, "Aah! Let go!" Nami cried, struggling in his arms to be set free. Her new clothes, however, weren't covering much to begin with, so she stilled herself, looking down at the top that only covered her breasts, leaving her shoulders and stomach bare. Though, she was glad the puffy pants covered her legs completely.

Throwing his arms back, he knocked people out of the way and fired them at the blonde haired man. Nami's eyes grew before she scowled, "Wait a minute, you idiot!" She screamed angrily, seeing as she was in the way. However, she was then tossed aside, and she landed with grunt before looking up at the man, who was just smirking at Luffy. Bringing up a shield, he just blocked Luffy's attacks.

Grunting as his attack bounced off, he grabbed onto the stage and threw himself at the man. Spreading his arms out with a bigger smirk as well, he created a bigger shield, but slid back at the force of Luffy's momentum. Scurrying away, Nami stood up and watched from afar, not wanting to get mixed up in the fight, "Gattling," Luffy yelled the name of his spell, his arms multiplied and the speed of his punches increased, ramming into the shield. Growling a bit as he slid across the ground and losing his smirk, he held his arms out with more force as the shield threatened to break.

Looking to the side, Nami saw a few guards running towards them, and she frowned, looking over at Luffy. Without thinking, she stood in their path, letting her hip jut out a bit, "Please! He really hurt me just now! Would you help me~?" She said, letting her lips soften up and even giving a wink, and the guards all slowed up and began walking towards her, "Ooh, good boys~!" She said, but in her mind she was thinking, 'What the hell!? That actually worked!?'

Pulling back his arm, Luffy then twisted it and shot it forward. "Rifle!" He punched at the shield again, violent winds rotated around his arm, shooting forward, pushing against the shield along with the fist.

"Guwah!" The man exclaimed with a scowl as he was shoved back. The shield didn't break, but he was sent flying back, slamming up against the wall, "You're pretty strong, kid ..." He said, beginning to smirk again, but not strong enough ..." Lifting up his hand, he snapped his fingers, and suddenly Nami's eyes lost their spirit. Taking one of the guard's swords, she then turned before running at Luffy with the sword drawn.

Dodging out of Nami's way, he then turned to the man and scoffed, "Coward," he yelled. "Can't even fight for yourself." He grabbed the sword out of Nami's hand and cast a restraining spell on her.

Gasping, she struggled a bit, trying to get free of whatever was holding her there, but with no avail. After awhile, she started to get a bit angry, and soon, she was blinking her eyes, "Oye! Why can't I move!?"

The blonde man blinked at this, 'She has magical abilities? How did she come out of my spell ...?' "You're both very entertaining ... but I'm afraid I can't stay and play any longer. Perhaps we shall meet again." He said, giving a bow, "And the name's ... Don Flamingo ... Remember it, kid ..." He said before suddenly vanishing.

"Oye! Get me out of this, you idiot!" Nami yelled at Luffy with a deep frown.

"Oye, get back here, coward!" Luffy yelled at the empty space where Don Flamingo used to be, but then he snorted loudly and turned to Nami, "Oh, right, sorry." He knelt down next to her, and pressed his finger to the back of Nami's neck. He dragged it down her spine, releasing the spell.

Stiffening and shuddering a bit, she then cried out when she dropped to the ground, "Kya!" When she hit the floor with a grunt, she then growled, sat up, whirled around and then smacked him on the head, "Took you long enough!"

"Oww," he rubbed his head. "Don't hit me."

"I can hit you if I wanna hit you-Aah!" She suddenly screamed, grabbing onto Luffy and falling to the side, just as a sword swiped where they used to be, but the sword's edge, nicked her and cut her skin. With a hiss, her hand then went to her arm, blood already seeping through her fingers.

Luffy swore, as he hit the ground. He rolled, placing himself between her and their attacker. He kicked back and threw their attacker away. "Maybe we should leave?"

Curling up a bit, she then opened an eye to him and nodded, "Yeah ..."

He pulled her up as he stood. Several guards were running at them. He started to head for an exit, and then paused, turning to Nami, "We're not going to get paid if we let these people get away with the women."

Looking up at him, she then looked towards the women and nodded, "You take care of the guards. I'll get the women." She said, turning to a curtain and ripping off a small piece to wrap around her wound before running towards the women.

Luffy cracked his knuckles. He rushed at the guards, augmenting his speed, easily taking them out. They were just thugs for hire, no match for him.

Nami quickly looked for the keys to the chains before unlocking them all, the women all gawking at her as if she were some amazing Goddess.

Luffy took down the last guard, who'd been much bigger than the other ones, and spouting something or other about being tougher than the rest and so on. It was around that time that Luffy knocked him out with one punch to the face. "You ready?" He called out to Nami.

The last chain was undone, and Nami turned a smile to him, perhaps the first smile she'd ever offered him, "Yup! All free!"

Blinking, upon seeing Nami's smile, Luffy smiled as well, not having expected it or how surprisingly beautiful it was. "Great, let's get out of here," he said, randomly punching a fat, smug looking rich guy trying to escape with the rest of the audience. A quick thought occurred to him, and he cast a spell of marking, so that the authorities would be able to later identify these buyers.

All the women gathered around her then, stars in their eyes as they praised her and said how brave she was or how they wished they could be just like her, "E-Eh ...!?" She exclaimed, holding out her palms with a nervous smile and a drop of sweat coming down her face.

Then they seemed to turn their attention on Luffy, "And you have a mage, who came to your rescue! It's so romantic!"

"Eh!?" Nami said a bit ruder as her eyes narrowed a bit.

This caused Luffy to blush, "Umm ... Exit ... This way please?" He gestured for the women to go down a safe exit he'd secured.

"Kya~~!" They cried, running towards him and surrounding him.

"He's embarrassed!"

"How cute!"

Pursing her lips and feeling quite annoyed, Nami then stormed over to them, beginning to push them towards the exit, "Yeah, yeah, let's go! I wanna get the hell outta here!"

"Yeah ... What she said ..." Luffy added, staying behind to make sure everyone had left. Once they had gone outside and the authorities called to take care of the mess, Nami sighed and drooped with relief that it was almost over. She waited for Luffy to receive whatever rewards was offered to him for telling the authorities about the marking spell he'd cast on the buyers and finding the women. After all, they hadn't actually caught the guy responsible.

Coming back over to Nami, Luffy placed his hooded robe over her shoulders and asked, "Are you all right?"

Gasping and jumping in surprise, she then turned to face him, before just sighing and becoming a bit annoyed that he'd startled her. But at the same time, she flushed a bit that he'd given her his robe to cover herself with, and possibly because he had actually come for her, "I'm fine ... but it would have been better had you come sooner!" She said, covering her embarrassment as she turned away from him and walked away.

"Yeah ... sorry," he pulled out the sliver of star metal and gave a shrug, "This thing wasn't working, so I had to gather information, and people were being very rude ... so it took a while to find out where the auction was being held ..."

Turning to look at the thing in his hand, she just turned with a huff, "Well in any case ... how much did they give you?"

"Let's see ..." he pulled out the bag, shifting through the coins, "Not sure ... About three hundred gold coins, I think?"

"Three hundred!? That's it!? That's a really small sum ... Mmoh ... I wish we could have caught the guy! It probably would have been a lot more ..." She said, sighing and drooping forward.

"Pussy coward just ran away," Luffy muttered, "I almost had him too, but then he did that weird mind control thing on you and ran."

Nami blinked and turned to him, "Weird mind control?" She asked, tilting her head a bit. "Is that why I blacked out ...?" She asked, glancing up and touching a finger to her lips. However, she winced at raising her arm with a hiss, to the pain that shot through it, and her hand flew up to her shoulder.

Seeing her wince, Luffy's hand shot under the cloak, lifting it off her shoulder, so he could look at her arm. "Are you all right?" He looked at the blood soaked cloth wrapped around her arm. "I need to take a look at this, so I can clean it. It'll get infected if you just leave it like this."

She frowned softly, though she couldn't really argue with that, and so, she just nodded, "Mm ..."

"Sorry," he muttered, still examining the cut.

She frowned deeper, "For what?"

"It's my fault you got cut, I should have been paying better attention."

She snorted and lifted her chin up and away from him with her eyes closed, "Yes, you should have!"

"But thanks," he smiled at her, even though she wasn't looking at him.

Peeking an eye open, she looked down at him, seeing his smile before snorting and looking away again, though her cheeks were a bit flushed, "You're welcome!"

He kept smiling, though his eyes dipped in a frown. "And what was the deal with you encouraging them to bid on you?"

"Ngh!" She winced slightly as a bead broke out onto her face, "W-Well ... I'm worth way more than that! Th-That's all!" She said, her cheeks reddening further.

"You wanted them to buy you?" His frown deepened.

"N-No ..." She said, blinking her eyes to him, but then immediately blinking them away, and then she pursed her lips at him, "Wha-What're you so upset about!?"

"Nothing," the frown left his face. "So why weren't you more nervous then? For all you knew someone was going to end up buying you."

She shrugged then, but winced, "I knew you, the stubborn ass that you are, would come eventually..."

"Yeah, well, this stubborn ass saved your ass," he blinked. "Wait ... you actually believed that I would come for you? I thought you hated me."

"I do hate you!" She said, turning a deep frown on him, "But I knew you would come, seeing as you want your stupid money, right!?" She said with a huff, turning away from him completely, "And besides, I saved your ass too. So, we're even!"

He grinned widely at her, "But you still trusted me. That's progress in my eyes." He let go of her arm, "I'll clean that up when we get back to the inn."

Pursing her lips at him, she snorted quite loudly, though her cheeks were flushed again, "Fine!" She said, standing up and walking passed him.

Watching her pass, he kept his silly grin and just followed behind her to the inn. So, she'd actually trusted him? She might be annoying, and yell at him, and hit him all the time, but he liked that she'd believed in him. It made being around her, even when she was mean, worth it. Once they were back at the inn and in their room, Nami sat down onto the bed and pulled down the robe to get a look at the gash on her arm. It was still losing blood, which made her frown deeply.

Flushing, now that he was able to get a good view of what she was wearing, he walked over to grab his pack before going over to her. Her normal clothes showed off a lot of cleavage, but these ... things ... He wasn't sure they counted as clothing, showed off more skin than he'd ever seen from a girl. Kneeling down beside her, he then began to examine her wound, "I can use some herbs on this and stop the bleeding, but you're going to need stitches, and fast ... I can do it ... but I'm not trained for it, and it'll be more likely to scar."

She sighed deeply, "Not like there's much we can do about that, now is there?"

"Yeah," Luffy brought out his herbs from his pack and prepared what he needed, "Okay," he said, "this will stop the bleeding and the pain, and it will also numb your arm."

"Numbing is good ..." She said, looking down at her arm to watch him.

Pulling out thread and a needle, he then summoned a small flame over his finger to sterilize the needle. He looked at Nami, "Are you ready?"

She frowned with a small pout, but then sighed with her eyes closed and nodded, "Yes ..."

Luffy smiled at her pout. It made her face look even more adorable. It also struck him that she was trusting him with this. He took a deep breath and punctured her skin with the needle.

"Mm!" She exclaimed with a wince, feeling it, but only slightly. It wasn't too bad since she'd been numbed.

He finished as quickly as he could, while still doing a good job. "Sorry," he'd mutter under his breath each time she'd wince. Once he'd finished, he tied off the strings, and leaned back, releasing the breath he'd been holding for the last few stitches.

"Mm, not bad ... thanks ..." She muttered, reaching up to inspect the work he'd done.

"Whew," he sat down on his bed, wiping his brow. "That's good."

But then she sighed, "It looks horrible though ... I hope it doesn't scar too bad ..." She said, frowning softly as she ran a finger over it softly, but winced a bit.

"Sorry," he sighed. "I did the best I could. Since ... I know that smooth skin is important for girls ... at least that's what Ace told me."

She huffed, "Of course it is! Quit apologizing so much! It's annoying, especially when you probably don't even mean it, and who's Ace?" She said, turning pursed lips on him.

"I do mean it," he pouted, she was still being mean, "He's my older brother. He knows a whole ton of stuff."

Still frowning, she looked back at him, "That may not be saying much considering how much you know ..."

"Meanie," he frowned at her, but then still smiled. His stomach growled. "I'm hungry. Let's go get dinner."

She blinked at the fact that he still smiled. What the hell's he got to be happy about? This thought, however, made her blush, "Right ..." She said, standing up immediately and heading out of the door, "The idiot ..."

He followed after her down the stairs to the dining area of the inn. The same woman was behind the counter, and when she looked up at them, she gasped, "Oh, thank goodness you're alright," she told Nami. "When your husband came back alone, I was afraid that something had happened." Luffy blinked, surprised. Husband? What was she talking about?

"Heh?" Nami asked, her lips twitching in a nervous smile, "Aaahaha! Wa-Wait!" She exclaimed, waving her arms about as her face flushed a bit, "We're not ...! He's not ...! He's not my husband-Aah!" She exclaimed suddenly, realizing that that probably sounded really bad, "I-I-I ... I mean ... Not yet! Hahaha! Or um ...!" She didn't want it to seem as if she was a loose woman, staying in the same room with a man who wasn't her husband, 'Damn it!' "I-It ... um ...!"

"Oh," The woman flushed, incredibly embarrassed for the flustered woman. "I'm sorry ... I didn't mean ... um ..."

"Ah no!" Nami said, holding out a palm to her, "I-It's okay! Ha ... Haha ... A-Anyways ... we'd like some dinner ..."

Watching the two women, Luffy looked at them back and forth as if they were insane. What were they both so embarrassed about anyway? But then he perked up when Nami mentioned dinner, "O-Of course ... Right this way please." The woman led them to a table in the dining area.

Releasing a breath, Nami sagged forward, suddenly feeling very tired. However, she followed after the woman and sat down at the table, Luffy sitting down across from her, "Sooo..." he glanced over at Nami after the woman had left, "what was that back there?"

"Nothing-don't worry about it!" She suddenly snapped, going back to being bitchy in her irritation.

He frowned at her, but shrugged it off. "So, she thought we were married? But then you couldn't make up your mind whether we were or weren't?"

Sweat beaded down her face as it erupted into a blush, but then she slammed her hands down onto the table, disturbing the other diners, "It's not like that at all! As if I would want to be stuck with an ass like you!" She said before standing and heading out again, "I'm going back to the room! You can eat by yourself!" And as she passed the same woman, she said rather loudly, "I'll take my food in my room." Then she left the dining room and stormed up to their room, slamming the door behind her, "Hate that stupid little bastard ...!"

After Nami had stormed off, Luffy could only blink at where she had gone. Now what had he done? After dinner came, he ate it on his own, ignoring the slightly pitying look that the woman gave him. It tasted bland, but he didn't think it had anything to do with the cooking. He sighed. Nami was really beautiful, but why did she have to be angry all the time? Once he finished his dinner, he went back up to his room, and knocked on the door before opening it and sticking his head inside.

Having already eaten, Nami was now sitting on the window seat, looking outside, her now loose hair draped over her shoulder. She completely ignored him, not wanting to look at him at all. Sighing again, he walked in and flopped down on his bed. Beautiful, but she hated him. So why did he find her so fascinating?

Sighing herself, she reached up for her hair, combing her fingers through the thick mass and started to hum again. However, she seemed to have no idea she was doing it. Closing his eyes, he listened to the sound of her voice. It was very soothing, and allowed him to forget that she was angry at him.

After a few minutes, the humming stopped and her fingers stilled, and she sighed deeply to herself, feeling better for some reason. However, she had no idea why. Smiling to her reflection, she then stepped down off the seat, walking across to the bed in her bare feet. She was a bit put off that her clothes had been changed, but at least she had clothes. Pulling back the covers, she then sat down onto the bed, "I'm going to sleep ..." She said, laying down and covering herself.

"Yeah ..." Luffy didn't want to bring up that he hadn't been sleeping for the past few days. Even less so did he want to bring up what he thought might be the cure. He'd been thinking about it the past few days, and it had something to do with Nami - he was almost certain about it. But if she was already angry at him, he didn't want to push it.

"Had you been able to sleep while I was gone ...?"

He was silent for a moment, "No," he finally said.

"Mmm ..." She hummed to herself, "I kinda figured as much ..." She muttered, "You comin' to sleep or not ...?"

Rolling over, he sat up to stare at her. "You really mean it? I thought you were angry at me?"

"Don't be stupid ... I am angry at you ... but in order for me to get home ... you have to be strong enough to handle what comes our way ..." She said, her voice sounding irritated, "Now hurry up. I'm tired ... No idea why you can sleep when with me ... It's stupid ..."

Staring at her for a long while, his face then broke out into a wide grin, "Thanks," he said as he practically dove into the bed. He smiled at her as he adjusted himself in the bed, so his face was close to hers. "I've never met anyone as nice and mean as you."

She pursed her lips at him, "Shut up and go to sleep, idiot ... and mind your distance!" She said, turning her back on him with a grumble.

"Kay," he smiled despite her grumble, and closed his eyes.

Sighing deeply in her irritation, she then closed her eyes, trying to ignore how happy he seemed to be, and drifted off to sleep. For a while Luffy tried to sleep, but still nothing. Moving a bit in her sleep, Nami pressed her backside into him a bit, finding warmth there and moving back a bit to seek more.

Luffy tensed from the contact, but once he realized that she was asleep, he relaxed, but still, he couldn't sleep. He considered what he'd been thinking about, and knew that if she wasn't asleep, she would kill him. Closing his eyes and adjusting his breathing to pretend he was asleep, he rolled over, draping his arm over her so that his hand was touching her breast. For a tense moment, he waited, but when she didn't react, he relaxed and was asleep in seconds.

That night, Nami had a dream that someone had groped her breast. What was it about her breasts that people wanted to touch them? Groaning a bit as she woke up, her face scrunched up a bit before her eyes blinked open. Was it just her ... or was someone actually groping her breast?

Luffy's hand twitched in his sleep. Nami's brow and lips twitched as she looked down at Luffy's hand over her breast and could feel that he was pressed up flush against her back. But when Luffy snuggled his face into her neck, trying to get closer to the warmth that was right next to him, Nami almost squealed, "Ngh!" She stiffened completely, her teeth clamping down as she bore them, becoming angrier by the second, "Lu-ff-y ..."

"Mmuh?" He didn't want to wake up.

"Get ... off of me ...!" She seethed through clenched teeth.

"Huh?" His hand slipped off her breast, but he didn't wake up. He needed to make up for the last few days, having gotten back into the habit of sleeping after just those few days.

Pulling her arm forward, she elbowed his gut hard before slipping out of the bed, "Perv ...!"

"Ugh!" He groaned and sat up in a flash. "What the hell was that for?"

"You had your hand on my breast, you perverted jerk!" She yelled at him over her shoulder as she started to braid her hair back up.

"Wha?" He flushed. "It was still there?"

"What do you mean ... it was still there!?" She exclaimed, whirling around on him, her long hair swirling around her, "You did it on purpose!?"

"Wait, wait," he spread his hands in front of him, and shook his head. "I had to be certain!"

"Had to be certain about what!?" She said, scowling deeply as she stormed over to him.

He swallowed, she was really scary that close. "I wasn't falling asleep, and the last few times that I fell asleep, I was touching your ... I ... umm ... well, you're breasts were touching me ... so I thought ..."

Clenching her fists tightly at her sides, her breasts heaving with every deep and angry breath she took, she finally gasped out with her fury before screaming, "You ... perverted ass," and then slapping him across the face, "Forget it! You're not sleeping with me anymore! I don't care if you get weaker! I will be so happy to be as far away from you as I possibly can be!" She continued to scream before storming out of the room, slamming the door behind her.

"Wait," he threw his clothes on and ran after her, trying to ignore the sting on his cheek, "You don't understand ..."

"You go away! I don't even want to look at you right now!" She yelled over her shoulder as she practically ran down the stairs to get to the outside, not feeling the least bit hungry at that moment.

"Wait," he ran after her. "Please," he grabbed her unwounded shoulder. "I should have asked, but I wasn't sure ... I'm really sorry ...."

Yanking her shoulder out of his grasp, she then shoved him away from her, "You're not touching my breasts, whether you ask or not!" She said before whirling around and ignoring the stares she was getting from what she'd said.

"But ..." he glanced around at the people staring at them, shook his head and ran after her. "I'm really, really sorry. I-Listen ... I just need to figure out why your ... um ... chest interrupts the curse placed on me. Please, I promise not to do anything, but I really need to figure this curse out."

"Well, figure it out in a way that doesn't involve me!" She said, turning and slipping the bag of gold off his waist, "I'm going shopping for new clothes. Just leave me alone." She said, turning and walking away from him.

"But-But ... it has something to do with you," he muttered as she walked off with the money. Sighing, he turned and walked back to the inn. He was hungry.

Shopping for some clothes ought to blow off some of her steam. He really did piss her off. Huffing, she walked into the store, and began buying a few things plus necessities. She found a rather cute outfit that reminded her of the clothes Luffy spoke about with the wealthy woman he'd spoke of, even if it did show off her cleavage a bit. Then she also bought a night dress to sleep in instead of her normal clothes. Plus, she bought two skirts and two more bodices, both with which were on sale. She also purchased a few under garments and a pack to carry it all in.

However, she then spotted a very pretty dress. Biting her lip, she went over to it and had a better look at it. However, her eyes widened at the price. It really was pretty, and she had imagined herself wearing something like it before. She had more than enough with the pouch she'd taken from Luffy. After all, she was working too, wasn't she? Snatching it off the rack, she went to pay for it. Feeling a bit better, she then headed back to the inn for some brunch. She was hungry now.

Still sitting in the dining room, Luffy was taking his time eating and probably eating a lot. However, he wanted to figure this problem out, and eating helped him. He tried to figure it out, but it always came down to the fact that her breasts put him to sleep. And whenever he came to that part, he started thinking more about her breasts and got distracted.

After putting the pack up in the room, she frowned when she didn't see him there. However, she was hungry, and so she then headed down to the dining room. However, she halted when she saw him there and growled a bit before whirling around to leave.

Looking up from his meal, Luffy spotted Nami about to leave the room. Getting up quickly, he walked after her, using his magic to speed himself u, and took her by the arm, "At least eat something," he said. "I'll leave if you don't want to be around me."

Turning her head to look at him, she wore a deep frown before yanking her arm away from him, "I don't need your concern!" She said before pushing passed him to go inside and sitting at the table he'd been seated at.

Sighing deeply, he just turned and went back up to the room. The woman at the counter looked at him when he passed, "Is everything all right with your ... lady?"

"Huh?" Luffy blinked, "Oh, she's fine. She's just mad at me."

He walked up to the room and laid down on his bed. Sleep had done him a world of good, but he still hadn't fully recovered, and it looked like he wouldn't be getting more sleep any time soon. If only he could figure out what it was about her breasts that made him fall asleep.

To Be Continued …

Authors' Note:

Con: Dumb luck ... ;_; *Still crying*

Dart: 8D

Con: So ... anyways ... Nami was able to break out of that spell ... A bit odd ...

Dart: Yes...wish I remembered exactly what happened in the chapter...It's been a while…

Con: *Is totally going back to refresh her memory at that very moment* Indeed ... ~.~ And Nami is still as mean as ever, even though he totally came and got her ... T_T That makes me sad. How long do you think it'll last? ;-)

Dart: A long, long time. Don't be expecting any fluff any time soon...or was that ever? Humm...Yeah, she's pretty evil at times.

Con: Luffy ... T_T I wanna hug 'im ... But ... What goes around comes around. X3

Dart: Indeed. Well, he is being one heck of an idiot.

Con: Indeed he is! XD Well, I guess we will just see what happens, huh? XD

Dart: Sure thing. Heh. We should probably speed up our releases though...

Con: By the way, you are currently cleaning my bathroom.

Dart: I...see?

Con: Shishishi, in my Restaurant City game on Facebook! :-D I'm addicted ... ~.~ I named it Baratie! :-D

Dart: And I am a character in this game cleaning your bathroom because...? Is this because of all the boobie jokes? I can stop if you want me to.......Boobies.

Con: *Totally had to remove the word Boobies from at the end up the last sentence of this chapter* No, it's because you do it really well. X) Even Ara said so. She was watching you. Fufufu~! X3

Dart: ...Sooo...it wasn't a good idea to give you people my Facebook account?

Con: What are you talking about!? XD It was a great idea~! Because now I can use you all I want! And let's face it. You know you like being a part of my pirate crew as Usopp ... XP We already almost have the whole crew! :-D

Dart: XD Indeed. Though I wouldn't mind being a little more badass than that...Ah what the heck, I can do his voice well, apparently.

Con: Indeed you can~! ;-) Anyways~! Until next time! XD Ja ne~~!