A/N: Finally done with my midterms and here is the latest chapter~~

as for why Luffy lied... well... dunno. AHAHAH just keep reading *v*

Now here is chapter 3!~

For some time now, Luffy kept on eating the oranges that Nami and Nojiko were selling. Nojiko didn't actually know what to do with the current situation; in fact she doesn't even know the current situation between Nami and the stranger. The only thing she knows is that Nami suddenly came marching right back furiously with the raven haired boy following her diligently behind.

"Ei, these oranges are really good!" Luffy muttered as he swallowed his 20th orange.

"THEY'RE FOR SALE YOU IDIOT!" Nami retorted as she punched Luffy, "So you better pay for that!"

Nojiko couldn't do anything as she watched Nami attack and quarrel with the random stranger, and it was quite visible that Nami definitely didn't want to be around this man at all.

"Erhem." Nojiko coughed trying to catch Nami's attention. "So Nami, who is this man anyway?"

Nami suddenly stopped from continuously hitting Luffy and turned her attention towards her sister.

The orange haired girl tried to regain her composure and replied while glaring at Luffy, "He said his name was Lucy or something."

"I see... strange name, for a boy that is." Nojiko stated as she switched her attention from Nami to Luffy.

"Yeah, and quite stupid." Nami added.

Suddenly, Luffy placed the orange that he was about to eat on top of the stall and looked closely at Nami. He was sure he heard correctly what the tanned girl had just called her younger sister, but Luffy just wasn't sure if he was actually ready to believe that he had actually found her.

Nami then noticed how Luffy had been staring at her, she felt rather awkward about it, yet for some reason when she looked back at him, he seemed so familiar.

"W-What are you looking at?"

"She just called you Nami right? So your name's Nami?" Luffy tried to ask politely.

"Well yeah, what about it?" Nami replied with a rather confused look.

"Uhm..." Luffy suddenly didn't know what to say. He tried to look away from Nami, but for some reason he just kept on looking back at her. Who knew that Nami was so different from before, but then again it has been 12 years ever since they last met so of course she had changed.

Nojiko then noticed how awkward the situation turned out and tried to break it up.

"Well I'm Nojiko. Nami's older sister, nice to meet you Lucy!"

Nojiko then reached her hand out in front of Luffy to catch his attention.

Luffy didn't say a single thing and just smiled at Nojiko as a reply; he then took Nojiko's hand and shook hands.

Once he let go of her hand, Luffy stood up from his place, patted off the dust and orange peelings on his camo pants, and wore his signature straw hat.

"Heh, I bet my brother's looking for me, so later!" Luffy told Nami and Nojiko as he slowly walked a few steps away from their stall and continued, "Thanks for the meal by the way! Shi shi shi."

The next thing the two sisters knew was that Luffy was gone and running to who knows where. It left the two rather confused that all of a sudden he just left after knowing their names, but the one who was confused the most was Nami herself. She can't stop herself from thinking that that man reminded her greatly of her childhood friend, but before she could continue on with her memories, she suddenly realized that Luffy, or to be exact, Lucy had just left them without paying for what he had eaten.

"DARN IT! THAT IDIOT DIDN'T PAY FOR OUR ORANGES!"

After he had reached some distance, he stopped running and looked back at the direction of the stall. Images of Nami from her current looks to how she looked like 12 years ago kept on appearing on his mind, it actually made him wonder if she actually recognized him or not, but even if she didn't, Luffy knew for a fact that it would be better off that way.

Luffy then took a deep breath then looked around the vicinity. He started scratching his head and looked for familiar structures.

"Hmmm? Where is this place?"

Yes, he was definitely lost. He even wondered if he should go back to the market and ask for directions, but then he told himself that he wasn't someone like Zoro who's an idiot when it comes to directions. How ironic.

Luffy then started walking to who knows where hoping that he could find someone familiar, and to his luck he saw his brother walking around the streets.

"Ace!" Luffy called out as he ran towards his brother.

"Huh?"

Ace turned around and saw his brother run towards him with a stupid smile on Luffy's face.

"Phew! Did you get lost as well?" Luffy asked when he finally reached Ace.

Ace practically wanted to hit Luffy after hearing what his brother had just asked, but he knew they weren't little kids anymore so he restricted himself from doing so.

"Don't drag me along with your stupidity Luffy." Ace sighed in reply. "Where did you run off to anyway?"

Luffy laughed for a bit and replied to his brother, "Nami!"

Ace gave Luffy a confused look, he actually expected his younger brother to say something rather unexpected, but not this unexpected.

"You mean your friend here 12 years ago?" Ace asked just to make sure.

Luffy just nodded in reply.

"Well that was fast." Ace told himself. "Well let's talk about it when we reach Corvo."

"Tch. Those brats sure are taking their time" said the large figure by the porch as she puffed out some smoke from her cigarette.

"You don't think they actually got lost do you? I mean it's been 12 years after all..." wondered the much smaller figure behind.

The figure snickered, and blew her last smoke leaving the cigarette butts on the ground.

"Better prepare ourselves, you know how dangerous those brats are." The large figure commanded before she entered the house.

"Y-Yes boss!"

A/N: oooh mystery person... JK not really OTL anyways sorry if the writing style here is a bit messy, i wrote this while studying for my midterms

Anyways~ reviews pleaaase 3