Author's Note: Haha, I ended up writing this right after finishing and posting the last chapter. xD I was really into it, so I just continued with it. XD I was really sleepy after I finished it and went straight to bed! XD Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy. ;)

Empathy

Chapter 6

When he heard her speaking in quite the angered tone, Luffy felt his heart dropping. He whirled about to face her and cried, "What are you doing? I told you to hide!" He turned back to them and said, "You can't take her! She's scared, okay? Just leave her alone! Who knows what – what they'd do to her!"

"You son of a bitch," Zoro whispered as he snatched up his side arm and aimed it at them.

"No, don't!" Luffy cried as he blocked Nami to stand in the weapon's path and held his arms out.

Nami again cried out angered words as she moved forward with such swiftness, it was barely seen. Her graceful body dipped down under Luffy's arm, and instead, she used her body to block him. At the same time, her wings of light spread out like a shield to protect him. She screamed the same words at the two with a scowl.

"Nami, no! Don't!" Luffy cried, feeling very real terror that the agent would actually shoot her in his own fear of her. He wrapped an arm about her waist and turned his body to take the bullet, if there was one.

Both Zoro and Robin gasped as they stumbled back away from the creature, but the green haired man kept his trigger finger in check.

Nami peered out under Luffy's arm to scream her angry words at the two again, but this time, she held her hand out to them, and in the next instant, the two disappeared.

Luffy could only gape at where the two used to be standing. "H-Holy shit… Holy shit!" he whispered and then looked down at her.

She was breathing deeply with her arm still extended, but she lowered it gradually and looked up at him. She spoke up at him in a soft voice, and somehow, he understood that she was asking him if he was okay.

"I'm okay," he whispered with a nod. However, he looked back out again and whispered, "Please tell me you didn't kill them…"

She looked out as well and whispered something to him. He had no idea if she was confirming or not. Not that she could understand him to actually answer him, anyway. After a while, he whispered, "We have to leave. We have to leave right now." He ushered her more inside and slammed the door shut with his foot.

He went to the hall closet to grab a backpack and then went into his room to begin stuffing it with clothes and necessities. He also grabbed another pair of pants and a shirt which he had outgrown some time back as well as an old pair of shoes.

Nami followed after him and peered in at him from the doorway, whispering to him again, but seeing as he could not understand her, he did not worry about it. Once he was done, he again turned and headed out past her towards the kitchen. She followed after him again, but this time in silence, and he knew she had to be scared. He was scared too.

He packed up whatever foods which were easy to pack and other things he might need before closing up his backpack. Turning to her, he said, "Come on, we have to leave." He clasped her hand and headed back to the hallway closet once again. "You need to wear something to hide all of your light," he said, grabbing a hooded sweater. He then handed to her the other clothes he had grabbed. "Put these on."

She stared at the things he had shoved into her chest and arms, and then looked up at him in clear confusion. She had no idea why he had handed them to her.

Luffy sighed in frustration to the language barrier. How was he supposed to explain to her what he needed of her when they needed to hurry? He then just pulled at his own clothes which he wore and said, "You need to put them on, like how I'm wearing these clothes. You're too bright." He then grasped one of her arms as her other hugged the clothes to her. He lined up her arm alongside his and pointed to them. "Look, see how different we are? You're too bright. You stand out too much. People will see you and know you're different."

Nami gazed down at their different arms, and then down at the clothing he handed to her. She once again looked back at her arm and released a sigh. Looking up at him again, it was clear she was still confused, and he nearly growled in frustration. They needed to leave as quickly as possible.

"Please don't get offended," he muttered as he took the clothes back and just pulled the shirt on over her head. He then took the pants and lifted her leg, being as gentle as he could to put them onto her. He then stuffed her strange garment within the pants to hide it. It made it possible for the pants to even fit her with how thin she was.

Seeming to understand, she cooperated as much as she could as he dressed her, and when it came to the shoes, he sat her down to put them onto her small feet. He knew the shoes might be too big, but it was all he had. He then pulled the sweater onto her and pulled the hoody over her beautiful, orange hair.

She gave a gentle hum as she looked up at him in concern for his tension and aggravation, and again looked down at his arm. She held out her glowing hands to look at them and looked even more concerned. She closed her eyes and Luffy watched in amazement as her skin began to dim, until it was no longer glowing at all. However, the stars over her forehead continued to shine.

"That's amazing, Nami," Luffy whispered in awe, but then he looked about before heading to the hall closet again. Removing a different bandana, he went back to her and pointed to her forehead. "We have to hide those too," he said, pushing back the hoody to tie the bandana over her forehead, and then he pulled the hoody back into place. "That's good. Come on, we need to get out of here," he said, taking her hand again and leading her to the back door.

He shoved it open, looked about, and then began walking with her towards a garage. He hit a button on a device attached to his keys to open it and went inside. There were two vehicles inside, a beat up truck, and a much nicer one, both facing outward. He headed for the much nicer one and muttered, "My grandpa is going to kill me." He opened up the passenger door and helped her inside before going around to the driver's side.

Starting it up with a nice roar, he then hit the gas and peeled out as he headed down the driveway at a fast speed, hitting the button on a device attached to the visor to once again close the garage. He looked towards the front of the house where the agent's car was before facing forward again. They needed to get as far away as possible before someone came looking.

To Be Continued…

Author's Note: Hmm, I wonder what's in store for the two now. X3 (Totally has no idea yet…) I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! I loved it! XD Hahaha! Anyways, stay tuned for the next chapter. ;)