NAMI

"Step back." I said

I glared at the group of pirates surrounding me and Thomas. These pirates, unlike the Sirius, seemed bloodthirsty and they were ready to attack us anytime they feel like. There were about 30 pirates on this ship and 1/2 of them were surrounding us. Thomas was holding a piece of wood which he got while running from the 'dungeon' or whatever you call it to here, while I got a frying pan in my hand. Yeah, great weapon choice. I know. I hear stories of a princess with long hair using it as a weapon. I figured, why not? She survived, maybe I'll survive too.

"Are you scared, girly?" One of the pirates asked.

He was tough-looking. He had a big body and slightly intimidating aura but he was bald. I hated him already. First, he called me girly and no one but one unfortunate soul calls me that. Let's just say that he ended up in the hospital after he called me girly. Second, he was bald. I've had bad experiences with bald people.

"No, but your shiny head looks scared."

I don't even know what that means but I still said it and the bald guy looked angry and seemed like he wanted to murder me. Yeeaaahhh…

Fact: We are going to die if Morgan and the crew don't get here soon.

Random Fact: I wasn't wearing any shoes.

Where's that perverted Captain when you need him? All I wanted was a nice and normal day. How did it even go to here?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A Few Hours Ago~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I could feel my hands tied together with a rope. My eyelids felt heavy and there was pain at the back of my head. I could hear a voice calling my name. I groaned as I tried to sit up while opening my eyes. My eyes adjusted for a while and I was able to see where I was. There were crates and barrels around and I could tell I wasn't on the Sirius. I saw Thomas looking at me with a worried face. His hands were tied together too.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

I nodded but I wasn't okay. My head feels like it was hit by a 10 kilogram piece of metal and we were probably not safe in wherever the heck we are.

"What happened? Where are we?" I asked

"Some pirate hit you in the head when you pushed me and you fell unconscious. The next thing I knew he hit me in the head too and I woke up here. I'm guessing this is their ship." He said

"I see."

I heard a door open and a man walked in. He had black shoulder length hair and a moustache. He was wearing a hat like Morgan's but it was blue and Morgan's hat was somewhat fancier. He had a sword and a gun in his pants which I hope he will not use anytime soon. He was holding a sheet of paper. When he was close to me he held out the paper beside my face as if comparing it to me.

"Hmm…Interesting. It seems like today is my lucky day. Two wanted people with big bounty on their heads." He said

What's this guy blabbing about?

I know that Thomas is a wanted pirate because he is in the Pirate King's crew but me? How did I become wanted? The mermaids may have wanted me dead but they don't involve themselves with humans and put me on the wanted list. Unless, they finally thought it was a smart idea. They've been foolish the past few years.

"What's your plan? Give us to the Navy? Maybe they'll get your head too after you give us to them." I said

He is a pirate. The Navy is out there to get rid of pirates.

"No, I'll turn you in to some guards of some rich family since you killed someone from their family. They're the one looking for you. They'll be the one to bring this pirate to the Navy but I'll still get the reward." He said

"Well, no one here killed someone so good luck with that." I said

The man laughed. It was the most evil laugh I have ever heard. I hated this guy already. Maybe more than Eduardo hates me which is a whole lot of hate.

"Well, someone here looks like the girl in the drawing." He said as he showed me the poster.

It had a big sign that said wanted and below it was my face. There was a price at the bottom of the poster. No wonder he wanted to turn me in. He turned his back and went out of the room. The door closed but I noticed that there were no sounds of something locking which means that the door is not locked and we can get out of here. Which is probably not the best thing to do but it's better than just sitting around.

"Nami, why are you wanted?" Thomas asked

I shrugged and said "I don't know but I have never killed anyone."

He nodded.

"I'm sorry." He said

I furrowed my brows.

"What?" I said

"I'm the one who got you into this mess. If you didn't save me, you will not be here in this ship and you will be with the crew." He said

"I just did what you would do when it's me in your position. And you've been very kind to me and I appreciate that."

I smiled at him and he smiled back.

"You're a great friend." He said

A great friend? Great friend? Friend? Me?

"Me? A friend? I'm your friend?" I asked stupidly

There was confusion in his face and a little bit of hurt.

"Oh, I'm sorry…If you don't want to be friends" He said

"No! I would love to be your friend. I'm just shocked I made my first friend." I said

I wasn't the type of person who made friends easily. Don't get me wrong, I want friends but I find it hard to make them. Most mermaids my age were too afraid to talk to me because of my status. They were scared to say the wrong things to me so they avoid me. I didn't have siblings too. I have a cousin but his father, my uncle, hates me so much that he wouldn't let his son talk to me.

Thomas laughed.

"Hey! Are you laughing at me? You think it's funny that you're my only friend? It's not funny." I said

"It's just interesting. And I'm not you're only friend, everyone in the Sirius is your friend." He said

"You think so?" I asked

"Yeah. I know so, we love having you in the Sirius."

I blushed a bit. But thought 'maybe not after you all find out what I am.'

"Hmm…Maybe not Eduardo."

He didn't deny it. He just shrugged. Eduardo's hatred for me is too strong that everybody can see it. Maybe his pirate senses can sense that I'm a mermaid even if he doesn't know it himself. Maybe that's where his hatred come from. It's easier to accept that rather than knowing he hates me because of who I am and not what I am.

"So, why don't we try to get out of here?" I suggested

We didn't have a plan but we're in the survival mode. We got our hands out of the rope and head to the door. Thomas picked up a piece of wood on the way. I peeked to see how many pirates were in the hallway. Strangely, there's only one and he wasn't even guarding the room we were in but his back was facing us. Thomas creeped up to him and hit him in the head with the stick he was holding. The guy passed out. I continued walking with Thomas behind me. I used my instincts and went to ways I feel is right. I reached the kitchen. I haven't encountered other pirates while walking around.

"Thomas, don't you think it's strange?" I said

"What's strange?" An unfamiliar voice said.

I gasped and looked behind me. It surely wasn't Thomas and I noticed he wasn't anywhere in sight. The pirate was smirking. He was walking toward me with his sword in hand. I tried to distract him by throwing my shoe at him, which did nothing. So, I tried again with my other shoe and he got pissed off and started running towards me. I grabbed the nearest thing to me and hit it with all my might at the pirate's head. The pirate fell to the ground.

"Nami! Run!"

Thomas entered the kitchen. There were three men chasing him. As soon as I saw this, I ran. Thomas was running behind me. I had no clue where we were headed but running seems like a better idea than facing men who looks like they want to kill us. We went to the deck which was a bad idea because now we're surrounded by pirates who wants to kill us.

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