A/N: Well, here it is! The second to last chapter! *pouts* Sorry I haven't updated in like a week. I had school. That shit is mentally and physically draining… I hope you enjoyed the story as much as I have writing it! I assure I shall be writing a ton more LuNa stories. :D Please R&R.

Usopp's master plan of love!

Usopp sat on the deck, eyes set firmly on his captain. He smiled slightly. The meat-loving boy sat on the side of the Sunny, a strained look adorning his features. One elbow was placed on his thigh, fist under his chin, supporting it.

Most people wouldn't find this very interesting. This was just Luffy when he wasn't a flying ball of rubber energy. There was one thing that was out of character, though.

He was sighing. Every single minute, -after what Usopp could only guess as a painful moment of thinking-, the boy would sigh and groan, deflating more and more into the ship's side.

Usopp wasn't any type of sadist. He would go straight up to the boy to ask him what was wrong… if he didn't already know, that is. Yep, it seems that their little talk last night got the rubber-boy into a slump.

Even though other people didn't really notice, (that, or they were celebrating the fact that), Luffy was eating less at meal times. Any stray moment he could get in the day to stare at Nami, he would kindly use. The sharpshooter was pretty sure he wasn't even sleeping at night.

Why wasn't Usopp doing anything, you ask? Oh, he was. Slowly but surely, he was edging the captain and navigator closer together, along with the help of the other strawhats –save for Sanji-.

Now, it was the ultimate plan. The master of love, Usopp's plan.

Grinning widely, he set off to find his accomplices.

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Everyone needed was in the crow's nest. Brook and Franky were standing in silence, anticipating what the sharpshooter was about to say. Chopper once again rested on the long-nosed man's shoulder, looking around the room anxiously. Robin stood next to an amused Zoro. Sanji was sitting on the floor next to the green-haired man, rocking back and forth as tears forced their way down the cook's face.

Usopp was smiling around the room, patting Chopper affectionately on the head. The silence was broken as he began to speak.

"Okay guys, this is the last plan," he began, causing Sanji to weep more, much to Zoro's pleasure. "And since I am the master of love, this was easy to think of! Why, I just thought of it this second!" he grinned, causing Chopper to let out an excited squeal.

Franky and Brook merely sweat dropped.

"So, what's the plan then, master?" Zoro mocked, causing Robin to giggle slightly before composing herself.

Usopp frowned towards the insult. "What is my plan, you ask?" he triumphantly smiled, puffing his chest out for emphasis. "We get Luffy to confess!"

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Nami sat out on deck, eyes scanning a new book as she enjoyed the peace and quiet. It was weird. Ever since the morning, all of her fellow nakama had vanished. Well, except for Luffy, that is. The navigator loved them all dearly, don't get her wrong, but the peace was such a rare thing to come across when you were part of the strawhat crew, she honestly didn't care if they were thrown off the ship at some point.

Her eyes looked up to spot her captain. She sighed. The boy hadn't moved an inch since she came on deck. Gaze set firmly to the sea, Luffy was almost in another world.

The one thing that was unnerving, though, was that he was constantly sighing and groaning. It was like he was having a war with himself.

Nami knew how it felt to battle your mind. When she was still trapped in Arlong's grasp, she used to argue to herself about whether she was really doing the right thing. Whether working for him to save her village was what her friends and family really wanted her to be doing.

Sighing at the sour memories, Nami rested her eyes once again on the rubber-boy. Whenever she was battling inside her mind, it always helped to speak out loud about it. Not that she had anyone to vent her feelings too, but hey, it sure did help to just come to terms with your worries instead of keeping them locked up in your brain.

Ignoring the obvious joke she could have made about Luffy and his brain, Nami stood up and made her way over to him.

Meanwhile…

"Yes, it's working! She's going up to him!" whispered Usopp, grinning widely as Chopper quietly cheered. Brook laughed slightly along with Franky as Robin sat next to Zoro, smiling sweetly. The green-haired man was still highly entertained by the ever-moping Sanji, who was now silently weeping onto the deck floor.

"Ne, Usopp? Why do we have to hide in this bush?" asked a confused Chopper.

"Because if Nami finds out that we're watching her we will all die a slow and painful death." stated the sharpshooter, matter-of-factly.

Zoro, Brook and Franky all agreed with a nod of their heads and an exasperated expression adorning their features.

On deck…

"Luffy?"

Startled at the sudden break of silence, the boy in question turned around to face the source of the noise. Seeing that it was Nami, he smiled slightly before turning back to the ocean.

"Yup?" he asked, not looking at her.

Nami frowned and hit him swiftly on the head. "Look at people when they're talking to you, baka!"

"OW, NAMI! THAT HURT!"

Luffy pouted towards the navigator, rubbing the sore spot that was growing ever so slowly.

"What are you being all serious for?" she asked, dismissing his frown as she rest against the side.

"Huh?" he asked, bewildered.

"You haven't moved all day, baka!" she glared, annoyed at his dim-wittedness.

"Oh, I haven't?"

The boy merely shrugged and gave a sullen look, sighing once again.

"See! Right there! Why are you sighing so much today?"

Luffy looked over to her before frowning and turning away, head resting in one hand. "Because of you."

Nami looked slightly taken aback. What did she do? Is it because she hit him yesterday? To be fair, that was only because he somehow managed to throw himself over board and since Zoro was sleeping in the crow's nest, she had to go all the way up to wake him. She would have just gone and saved Luffy herself, but she was wearing a brand new outfit. She was not about to go diving for idiots.

"What did I do?" she asked, returning the frown. An awkward silence passed between the two as Luffy ignored her question, seemingly lost in thought once again.

Nami growled as she made her way back over to her seat and roughly grabbed her book, angrily reading the contents from where she left off.

In the bushes…

"What the-?" murmured Franky, contemplating what just happened.

Zoro mentally face palmed at the captain. Ignoring Nami's questions was a bad idea.

Robin frowned slightly at the bathos of the situation, standing up to go to the kitchen. Brook followed her, as well as a slightly less depressed Sanji. Chopper pouted, head down in depression. Usopp had a moue expression, thinking of another way to get the rubber-boy to confess.

'Man,' he whined to himself. 'This is going to be harder than I thought…'

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It was another sunny day. The wind was calm, barely any clouds in the sky. Overall, a beautiful day to be out on deck.

Well, the weather didn't really seem to matter to Luffy. He was out on the Sunny's head 24/7 lately. The boy didn't even come to eat much anymore. Sanji would always bring out a meat-filled plate for him though, and when the cook returned it would always be empty.

Luffy was merely thinking. Some people would find this absurd. Why would it take days just to think? Well, Luffy wasn't really a 'thinking' kind of person. He was more of a 'doing' kind of guy, jumping head first into anything that could be remotely interesting. So why was he spending so much time thinking?

That answer was simple. Nami.

The dark-haired boy sighed. Huh, he seemed to be doing that a lot nowadays. Same with thinking. Thinking was hard! Normally he would just be sleeping or eating… or anything else for that matter. Yet, whenever he tried to occupy himself, his thoughts always found their way back to the navigator.

He didn't really know when it started.

Maybe it was just during their journey together?

Luffy frowned slightly.

'Nope, definitely before that.'

Was it when she asked for his help against Arlong? The way she looked at him, tears falling down her face, features twisted in grief… it physically hurt him to see her in that state.

Or maybe it was that love at first sight thing that Sanji always talked about…

Luffy groaned loudly, clutching his head dramatically.

'THINKING IS HARD!'

Why was he even thinking so much about this? He knew he loved Nami. More than anything. He already knew that! So, why was she in his mind night and day?!

He really didn't understand. What more was there to think about?

"Oi, Luffy?"

The sound of Usopp pulled the boy in question out of his thoughts. Turning around to face the sharpshooter, Luffy gave a small smile.

"Aa?"

The long-nosed man gave a bemused expression towards his captain, confused at the boy's sudden change in behaviour. He honestly didn't believe that Luffy would talk to him that easily.

"Do you know what's with Nami?" he asked, tilting his head slightly in confusion. "She seems annoyed for some reason…"

Luffy merely shrugged and turned back to the sea. "Dunno."

Usopp furrowed his brow at the boy. Leaning his back against the ship's side, the sharpshooter questioned again.

"Do you think it was anything to do with you?"

Luffy stiffened at this, abruptly turning to face the curly-haired man. Absent-mindedly repositioning his hat firmly on his head, the captain pouted.

Usopp chuckled slightly at this. "I'll take that as a yes?"

"Dunno." the rubber-boy repeated, yawning as he stretched his arms above his head, returning them back to his side shortly after.

"Well, did you say anything to her that could make her so mad?" he questioned, somehow managing to lie effectively. He knew all too well what the idiot said to make her so angry.

Luffy didn't reply.

"Luffy?"

The meat-loving boy still stayed silent, eyes concealed under his hat, obscuring his expression from view.

"Have you been thinking about Nami these past few days?"

At this interrogation, Luffy jumped slightly, lifting a finger to move his hat out of his eye sight.

"Yes." he replied, simply. "How'd ya know?"

"Just a hunch." he shrugged. "Why're you thinking so much, anyway? Even if it's about Nami…"

Luffy frowned harder, turning fully to face the long-nosed man. "That's the thing! I don't know why!"

Usopp raised a brow, staring disbelievingly at the boy in front of him. "You… You don't know why you're thinking about her so much?" he asked, as if he wasn't sure he heard him right.

The captain nodded stiffly, looking intensely into Usopp's face. "Why am I?"

"…Why are you?"

"Yeah! Why am I thinking about Nami so much lately?!"

"Because you love her?" Usopp tried. Well, this was going to be an awkward conversation.

"I know that!" he frowned, crossing his arms in exasperation.

Seeing that the statement seemed to bother the boy, Usopp decided to pry.

"If you know that, why have you been acting so abnormally?"

"I dunno!"

"…Are you upset because you love her?"

Luffy frowned harshly, vigorously shaking his head from side to side.

"No. I know that I'm happy I love her… but when I say that, I get sad for some reason…"

Usopp stared at Luffy. Then, realisation dawned on his features, causing him to grin widely.

"Ah, I get it…" he chuckled, causing Luffy to turn to him immediately.

"You do!? Tell me!" he pried, jumping off Sunny's head and gripping Usopp's shoulders, shaking him eagerly.

"You want her to love you back."

"…I do?"

Usopp nodded, grin still in place as he shook the boy's hands from his shoulders.

Then, for what seemed like the first time in forever, Luffy gave a whole-hearted laugh. "Oh yeah! I do!" he agreed.

Usopp sweat dropped at the captain's simple mindedness. Why didn't he just realise that on his own?

"Well, if that's all you need, I'm gonna go find Franky and help him with some new ship modifications."

Usopp started to walk away, only to be stopped by a hand on his arm, halting him.

"Wait!" frowned Luffy, confusion splashed onto his face.

"What?" questioned Usopp. Did he really need to explain more? He was a guy for-god's-sake. He was sure Luffy wasn't one to talk endlessly about his feelings.

"What do I do now?"

Usopp blinked, followed by a large smile. 'Maybe getting him to confess won't be so hard after all…'

"Tell her!"

"Tell who, what?"

Usopp face-palmed. 'Seriously?'

"Tell Nami that you love her, baka!"

"Oh, okay."

And at that, Usopp went to find Franky, while a grinning Luffy headed off the deck in search of his navigator.