I was actually planning on not updating today, but I beat my game and finished all the objectives and side missions so I felt pretty generous. Probably won't have much time to update this week since I'm pretty busy, but we'll see how it all works out. I finished ch 12 and I must say, I'm extremely happy with it. I'll try to type up to ch 17 faster so you guys can see why.

Small note at 4:53 in the morning: Well, this is embarrassing. I saved this to Doc Manager and forgot to put it up as a new chapter. I jad a hard time trying to sleep so um lays just put this up shall we?

ANYWAY! Enjoy!


Nami faxed her school a doctors note signed by Law and sat at home grateful for the hours she spent sleeping in. She awoke at 10 in the morning feeling refreshed and had to resist the urge to stretch. Nami sat in thought before sliding out of bed, fully aware of the four men crowding her TV. She slid her feet across the floor as she pushed her way down the hall. She stopped at seeing the four men crowded on the couch with Luffy grinning victoriously for what ever reason.

She slugged over to the front of the couch, and stared at them as Luffy whined about her being in front of the TV. She ignored him and flung herself across their laps, ignoring the mock complaint about how heavy she was from Law and the grunt from Zoro, she also ignored the swooning from Sanji and the whine emanating from Luffy about how he wasn't a chair. She didn't care about their thoughts, she was tired and she wanted to watch TV, it was the solution to them sitting in her napping spot. She closed her eyes as the boys continued their complaints. She almost fell asleep when she felt her shirt rising up her side.

Her eyes snapped open as she turned her glare to Law as he leaned forward to better view her stitches from last night. Sanji almost jumping out of his seat to barrage Law with kicks, but was stopped as Nami patted his shoulder, reassuring him that it was not harassment in any form of the word. Law dropped her shirt, approving of the healing process. The five then sat in silence contently, except for Luffy who tried striking up conversation at every opportunity.

"Oi! why don't we watch the disks that Vivi left for us!" Luffy exclaimed happily, nobody responded, but nobody rejected the idea which was good enough for Luffy as he put the disk in without getting up and disturbing the peace. They all sat in silence as they played the first episode. "Oi! Look! It's me! How do they know all this stuff?!" Luffy exclaimed loudly. Nami turned to him blank faced as she responded.

"They copied your memories onto disks so the whole world could enjoy your story." she said, going with the first fib that wormed into her head. Luffy seemed ready to jump out of his seat, excited about showing his story to everyone, the others didn't seem to sure of her answer but didn't question her further about it. They all sat as Luffy exclaimed loudly about every move made, happily pointing out every small achievement he accomplished. Nami didn't pay much attention and silently drifted back to sleep.

Nami woke up about two hours later as she was silently nudged. She groaned as she sat up, making eye contact with Sanji who smiled down at her. "I made lunch, I made it rather big remembering you didn't get to eat breakfast." he gushed, hearts in his eye and flying out around him in a hurricane of love. Nami smiled at him as she sat up, pushing herself off the couch and turning to the bar stool, seating herself casually infront of the rather large lunch then turned to thank Sanji, who in turn informed her that the crew were on an adventure and that they might not be showing up as much as they normally would. The thought of being along tugged at her heart, but she nodded regardless, watching him disappear to be replaced by the small plush figure.

The house returned to its former state, too silent. She frowned as not even the floor boards creaked. Regardless of the silence she ate and cleaned up. Vivi wouldn't be over for another three hours and she had time to waste. Trudging to her room and changing into something casual, she headed out to restock in food and medical supplies.

The store she went to for all her needs was only two blocks away, it was a good day to walk and as she looked at the plushes in her box, she grabbed the one resembling Law, knowing that he wasn't part of the crew Sanji was talking about and therefore would be free to help her if she needed his assistance. She clipped him to her belt loop as she headed out, silently glad for the normal trip.

The store was big, but she knew what she was getting and where she could find each thing on her list. She walked down aisle after aisle, piling every variety of food into her cart before heading to the check out line. She pulled out a blue card, staring at it, her reminder of the marines idiocy. With this card, she was able to pay for just about anything, it was the governments way of saying 'Sorry we didn't save your mom against those pirates, we had this new game we've been dying to play and were far to busy to save any lives'. She scoffed at the memory of the day she received it in the mail, they were to scared to deliver it to her themselves.

As she rung up the last item and paid, she lugged the bags out and back towards the direction of her house. It didn't take to long to get back and put the items away in their respective spots. With more time to kill she curled up on the couch for one more nap. Vivi had a key, so she'd be able to get in just fine and wake her up. Things were finally starting to feel a bit more normal to her.


R&R, it makes me happy! And a happy arthor means more chapters for you! :)