A/N: Hiya everybody, we're back with another horribly writen chapter, and it's longer this time! So enjoy!
A/N: Nami really scares me. O_O! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Market Madness
~Market Place~
"Wow, you're right, Robin." Nami exclaimed joyfully as she bounced from shop to shop.
"Oooooooh, look at this necklace! It's beautiful!" She squealed with joy as she picked up a beautiful saphire stone about an inch long in the shape of a heart. The heart was then decorated around the edges with tiny amethyst stones and it hung on a silver chain.
"Are you interested in that piece, miss?" The shopkeeper asked her but became somewhat disturbed when seeing her eyes had turned to beli signs.
"Uh huh!" Came Nami's only response. The shopkeeper gave a nervous chuckle.
"Well, miss. If you're gonna buy it, that'll be $150 Beli." The shopkeeper tried to sound confident but this girl was starting to scare him. At hearing the price Nami slammed her palm down and growled.
"Like that's ever gonna happen!"
"Oh Nami-swwaann, you're so beautiful when you're angr-!" Sanji's swirling love antics were stopped in their tracks by Nami's foot slamming into his face.
"I'll give you $80 beli for it..." Nami told the chubby shopkeeper as her face took on its scary 'the treasure will be mine!' look.
"U-uh, u-um. $125 beli, no lower." He told her nervously but was only greeted by her evil look of murderous intent.
"$85 beli." Nami demanded, removing her foot from Sanji's face. The shopkeeper gulped hard as he saw Sanji fall to the ground, Nami's foot print still burned into his face.
"$115 beli." He said more as question than a statement. Nami pondered it for a second then shook her head.
"$90 beli."
"$100 beli?" He whimpered, hoping she would take it.
"Yosh! Sold!" Nami yelled, slamming down a hundred bucks and taking her prize.
"My precious..." Nami whispered softly as she rubbed it against her cheek and the shopkeeper fainted over the fright. Robin simply chuckled at Nami's antics as she used some extra arms to bring Sanji, who was still stuck in love mode, back to his feet. They then started walking again, each doing their own thing.
~A Couple Streets Down~
"Wow, it's so pretty today! Great for having a mini fiesta!" Reaka exclaimed, as she bounced up and down.
"What's a 'fiesta'?" Zoro asked, clearly trying not to look at the very bouncy Reaka.
"Well, Mr. Roronoa. A fiesta is a special party to celebrate something good happening." She told him as she stopped at a stand and started to look through the vegetables at it.
"Oh, I see. But I'm confused, what're we celebrating?" Zoro said, taking the market bags from her so that she could look through the ingredients better.
"Why you of course, Mr. Roronoa! It's not every day someone survives both Fulten's Fever and its side effects." Reaka told him as she looked over two onions to see which one was better.
"Reaka, since we're friends why don't you call me Zoro. Sound ok?" Zoro asked, feeling awkward that they were doing this for him.
"Oh, Ok!" Reaka said smiling as she turned back to him, holding both the onions.
"Ok then.. Well, Zoro... Wow, that feels weird but anyways. Do you like onions in your food?" She asked him, becoming a embarrassed at their new step in friendship.
"Believe me, Reaka. I'll eat pretty much eat anything, so make it however you think it will taste best." He told her, not being able to hold back a tiny smirk at her slightly goofy attitude. At this Reaka nodded and paid the shopkeeper for the best of the two onions. Then grabbing Zoro's hand, she pulled him towards some stands selling poultry at the other end of the street.
'Sheesh, her hand's really soft and warm...' Zoro thought to himself as he let himself be lead to the next stand by her.
~About Twenty Minutes Later~
Nami lead the way down the cobblestone street, still oddly infatuated by her necklace.
"Eh, Nami-san. Should we pick up a few things for dinner tonight, I'm sure by now Luffy and the rest have eaten everything in the fridge by now." Sanji asked, smoke drifting out of his mouth.
"Yeah, yeah, sure." She replied, swatting at him with her hand as she continued to walk and look at her new necklace at the same time.
"Hai, Nami-saaann!" Sanji exclaimed, the smoke coming off his cigarette suddenly become smokey pick hearts filled to the brim with love.
"Hehe, there's swordsman-san. And he seems to be enjoying himself quite a bit." Robin chuckled, getting the sudden attention of the other two.
"Zoro? Where?" Nami asked, a hint of anger returning to her voice. Just then she and Sanji saw him at the same time. He was walking down the street towards them carrying shopping bags and laughing his head off as the very curvy girl walking made funny faces and hand gestures, oviusly telling him a hilarious story. The three of them could only stand there and stare in confusion, never in a million years did they think they would see Zoro look so happy and with a girl as lovely as her. This continued until Zoro and his partner were about ten feet away and he realized they were standing there.
"Oi, guys. What're you doing here?" Zoro asked them as he and Reaka walked up to them.
"what're we doing here? What does it look like? Shopping and waiting for you, you idiot! And who is this!" Nami yelled, pointing at him and Reaka. The girl next to Zoro looked frightened as she leaned up on her toes and whispered a scared question into his ear.
"Reaka, these are some of my nakama. Robin, Nami and our idiot cook, Sanji." He told her and they waved at the mention of their names, except for Sanji who growled at the comment in front of his name. Reaka blushed as she gave a smile. "Oh, I see. It's a pleasure to meet you, my name is Reaka Garza." She said and bowed. Robin and Nami nodded to her as Sanji came swirling over.
"Hello, fair maiden! Your knight is here to save you from this unkindly brute." He swooned to her, kneeling down and taking her hand about to kiss it. At this second Zoro noticed that Reaka became frightened by Sanji's behavior.
"Hands off her, stupid cook!" Zoro yelled, dealing a hard fist to Sanji's head, making him let go of Reaka's hand.
"Just what do you think you're doing, Moss head!" Sanji yelled, grabbing Zoro by the shirt collar.
"What does it look like? Protecting her from you, Butterfly face!" Zoro yelled, doing the same as Sanji. At this, the two of them started yelling at and fighting each other even harder. Nami and Robin saw that Reaka was getting upset so they walked over to her and each placed a hand on her shoulders as Nami explained the two did that all the time. But this didn't stop Reaka from trying to make Zoro settle down.
"Zoro, you gotta calm down! Otherwise you'll make yourself si-ck again..." Her comment was made late as Zoro suddenly placed a hand to his mouth and started coughing, blood seeping through his finger and splattering on the cobblestone beneath him.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A/N: Awww, isn't he sweet protecting Reaka like that...?^^
