Authors Note: I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years! I personally watched the ball drop for the first time, it was slightly anticlimactic but whatever it was still awesome to finally see it. So there was no real inspiration behind this one shot other then I just wanted to write it. Hope you guys like it and remember reviews are always accepted!
Xoxoxoxoxoxo Divinae
Unknown facts about monkey D. Luffy #7 Luffy can make a great seat.
The pounding of rain was continuous over the Straw Hat's heads. Today was one of those rainy, gray, bleak days. With nothing to do, her maps finished, and not a book that caught her interest Nami grabbed her pink umbrella and marched out of her room. She didn't dare open her umbrella inside, she did not want to receive seven years of bad luck, so Nami held the tip of her umbrella down and made her way to the top deck. Glancing out the small window on the door, she watched the drops of rain fall and fall until they crashed on the deck, splattering and flying everywhere. It wasn't just raining it was pouring Nami observed. She glanced at her umbrella wondering if its thin layer of latex would protect her from the onslaught of rain. Nami felt a chin on her shoulder causing her to jump.
"Hey Nami! Shishishi. Where are you going?" Nami placed a hand on her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Geeze Luffy! You scared me!" Luffy looked a little confused at her accusation but just laughed it off.
"Can I come?' Luffy asked out of the blue.
"Huh? What?"
"Your going out right? Can I come?" Luffy asked again, Nami nodded in understanding. She wouldn't mind a little company.
"I guess. But, we are not buying anything." Nami watched as he expression changed to a look of deep thought. Which was rare.
"So no meat?" Luffy said out loud, to himself more then anyone. Nami let out a laugh.
"Yes, no meat Luffy." Nami turned the handle on the door, the sound of the rain doubling in intensity. Quickly opening her umbrella Nami stepped on the deck Luffy right behind her. Nami turned toward her captain, noticing he was just standing in the rain, getting soaked from the rain.
"Luffy what are you doing? There is more then enough room for you." Nami motioned to the space beside her, underneath the protection of the umbrella.
"Nah. I like the rain. Besides this is as close as I can get to swimming. Shishishi." Nami didn't bother arguing and just shrugged it off.
"There was a hill I saw while we were docking, it had some fruit trees on it, I want to check them out."
"Okay! Do you think I can eat them?" Luffy asked while running up to Nami who had already walked off the boat.
"Maybe."
"Yes! Shishishi."
The walk to the hill was relatively uneventful, Nami walked underneath her bright pink umbrella shaded from the rain, while Luffy walked right beside her, letting every drop hit him, and enjoying every moment of it. Although, Luffy had stepped in a deep puddle, mud coated his ankles and shoes, Nami also had small splatters of mud on her own, new, rain boots. Something she was not happy about.
"Wow Nami, these trees are HUGE!" Luffy yelled while he ran the remainder of the way to the top of the hill. He had to stretch his arms in order to successfully wrap his arms around the trunk of one of the massive trees.
"No kidding." Nami said placing her hand on the trunk of a large tree, which looked like it held a type of orange. "I don't think we can grow these on the ship."
"Woah, Nami look!" Luffy yelled. Nami walked through a few trees following where his voice had come from. She came to the bluff, Nami saw the Thousand Sunny docked below. Turning to Luffy Nami peered around him to see what he had called her about.
"Look, it's a baby tree." Luffy said while pointing at a small sapling.
"Its strange that it's the only one growing on the bluff." Nami pointed out.
"Yeah." Nami stood up and arched her back, back in a stretch. "That walk was tiring." Luffy quickly sat down and patted the wet ground next to him.
"Sit." He demanded.
"No Luffy I'll get wet." Nami turned back to the sea when she felt to hands around her waist, pulling her backwards, landing on Luffy. Her umbrella was thrown out of her hands and she now sat in Luffy's lap.
"Luffy wh-"
"Now you can sit down without getting wet." Nami felt the water on Luffy start to seep through her clothing and onto her skin. She wouldn't tell him though. Nami just gave him a smile and put her hand on his hat, pulling it off and putting in on her own head. Luffy watched her curiously.
"Well, since you made me drop my umbrella, and I don't really want to get it, I'll just use your hat." Luffy smiled and let out a laugh.
"Shishishi. Okay I don't mind." Luffy gave his black locks a quick shake hitting Nami square in the face.
"Hey! Luffy!" Nami yelled, wiping the water that had just splashed her.
"Sorry." Nami just shrugged.
"Its fine, you will just have to carry me back to the boat as payment." Luffy's eyes widened.
"Payment! For what." Nami pointed to her shoes and then to her umbrella.
"For getting my shoes and umbrella dirty."
"Yeah! Well, my buts dirty so you could have a seat." Nami smiled and grabbed the rim of his hat.
"Yeah, but you don't care, see I do." Luffy stayed silent for a moment.
"Hff, that's not fair." Luffy said in a hushed tone under his breath. Nami heard what he had said, but chose not to respond, she was much to comfortable where she was. Even though she was dripping wet and slightly cold, she didn't seem to mind much, or at all really, seeing as how she had the best seat in the house.
