Author's Note: Yo! So, man, It's been almost two months, huh? You thought that I gave up on this story, but NOPE! I'm still in business! Sorry that I update so late, I just don't have much time to actually type this story, I just have so many other things to do! I just want to say this: I CANT BELIEVE THIS STORY HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ALMOST SIX MONTHS! That's a really long time! And it turns out I was single for Valentine's Day! Not that it matters anyways, all I want is some chocolate! I'm also sorry that this story isn't really going along so well, I'm running out of ideas, and that's not good! I should've really thought this through before posting the first chapter! And i'm actually- no. I'll tell you all when this story is finished, so be on the lookout for the last chapter! Without further ado,

PLEASE ENJOY MY CRAPPY CHAPTER!


Chapter Nine: Day Three Part Two and Day Four Part One

Nami walked back to the hotel by herself. Miss Monday asked where Luffy was, but she didn't want to respond. Nami slumped down on the bed and frowned. She sighed and turned on her side, where she saw the book that she had been reading up until a while ago.

The Distance Between Lost and Found, the book was called. It was about a girl named Hallelujah who deals with a lot, but her main problem was the bully who would always torment her in any way he could. But slowly she finds her way, is an easy way to put it. Nami looked at the cover of the book, a young person walking through the woods, seeming to find it's way to the other side. Nami placed the book on top of her drawer and sighed once more.

"Luffy, you idiot... How can you just go and forgive your ex for something cruel that she did...? If I were you, I'd wish for them to have bad luck for a very long time..."


"Luffy...who is she?" Asked Nami, turning to Luffy, who glared at the beautiful woman who stood before them.

"Go ahead, Luffy. Tell this little brat who I am!"

"Brat...?!"

"Nami...this is Boa Hancock, my... ex girlfriend. Hancock, this is Nami, my new girlfriend..." Luffy motioned towards Nami and pulled her close to him. Nami blushed a bit but then remembered that this was an act for Harry.

"Hancock?! So you're...!"

"Oh? You've heard about me already? Well, I expected as much anyways. Boyfriend and girlfriend, huh." Hancock looked down on Nami like she was sort of peasant and smirked, her hands on her hips.

"Y-yea! Luffy and I love each other sooo much! In fact, on our first month anniversary, he gave me this beautiful golden necklace!" She urged, pulling at the accessory she wore for dinner.

"Hmmmph! That silly old thing?! Well, on our eight month anniversary, he-"

"SHUT UP!" Luffy yelled, his eyes clenched shut.

"Luffy?"

"Oh ho ho, don't hide it anymore, my love. She'll find out soon enough anyways." Seethed Hancock, walking closer to Nami. Feeling a bit intimidated by her, Nami stepped back but still kept her head held high.

"What is she talking about, sweetheart?" Said Nami. "Tell me what she's talking about!"

"I have no idea what she's talking about. Honest." That's what he said, but Nami didn't believe him one bit. You could tell by his face that he was the worst liar ever.

"Luffy, dear, please listen to me." Said Hancock with the apologetic and innocent look that Luffy knew too well. He knows and remembers each and every time she would put on that expression just to make him do whatever she wants. He fell for it many times, and he knows too, that he will fall for that same trick again.

Because, no matter how many times he wants to deny it, he can't help it.

Deep into his heart, where he doesn't even realize it himself, but his instincts say otherwise, that he still has some feelings for her.

"...What is it?"

"Luffy!" Hancock was now in tears. Nami just stared at her in disbelief, annoyance clearly shown in her face.

"Oh, Luffy! Please, forgive me! I didn't mean to do it! I just... I missed you so much when you left, I tried every single way to get in touch with you, but I just couldn't! I wanted to touch you, and I-"

"And you did it by sleeping with someone, and pretended that it was me?!" Yelled Luffy, with tears in his eyes.

Nami gasped as her eyes went wide. Luffy was crying? It made her feel so sad, but it made her extremely mad that her ex would ever do such a thing!

"Luffy..." Began Nami, but got interrupted by Hancock.

"And I told you that it was not what it looked like!"

"So, you moaning out loud while yelling out my name is not what it looked like?!" Luffy recalled the memory. It happened a little bit over a year ago.


Luffy had been gone for almost a month with Shanks on an important business trip. He had already said his 'see you later' to everyone, but stopped by Hancock's house to say his goodbyes.

"Why so long, my love?" Whined Hancock, wrapping herself onto Luffy, who was smiling at her warmly. "I'll miss you."

"It's not like I'll be gone forever. Besides, we can always just call each other on the Den Den Mushi." He said, giving her a peck on the lips.

"True, but...it won't be the same as this. You know?" She smiled at him as she led him to her room and closed the door behind her.

Two weeks passed after that, and they couldn't talk for that long anymore.

"C'mon! Just a few more minutes!" She cried onto the Den.

"I'm sorry, but I have to deal with business stuff. I don't really like it so much, but it's part of my training to become an assistant. This isn't really what I want to be anyways, but a grandpa forced me to, and you know how that goes." He said with a laugh. "What I want to do is run a martial arts dojo!" He said, excitement in his eyes.

"That's great." She said, not sounding that interested. "Please just hurry back so we can see each other again! I can't wait to see your face again!"

"I'm trying the fastest I can, but I'm sure this training will take another week or two, but hang on tight, OK? I love you!"

"Love you too..."

TWO WEEKS LATER...

Luffy finally came back from his terribly boring training with his step father. The first thing he did was go to a flower shop and buy Hancock's favorite flowers: roses. He took a taxi and stopped in front of her apartment. He ruffled his hair a bit and gulped.

"I'm actually pretty nervous for once. I've never been away for that long. I wonder how she'll react when I give her a surprise visit!" He smiled and headed up the stairs to her house.

Since he had the keys to her house as well, he quietly opened the door and stepped inside.

"I guess she's not here?"

Then, he heard a noise come from inside her room.

"Ohh, Luffy!"

"Hancock? Damn, the surprise is ruined! Well, she's here, and that's what matters! Shi shi shi!"

The door to her room had been slightly opened and he peered inside.

"Hancock, I'm-"

What he saw was not something that he had NEVER wanted to see. EVER.

"Luffy...!"

She wasn't saying it to HIM. She was saying it to the guy she was on top of. She was pretending that stranger was HIM. Luffy had never felt so disgusted in his entire life. He had never felt so angry, so appalled, sad, and everything else.

He had never felt so heartbroken.

He dropped the flowers, and accidentally knocked over a picture that had the both of them holding hands. Correction. He meant to drop that frame.

The sound alarmed Hancock, and she finally stopped and turned to face the REAL Luffy.

"Luffy!" She exclaimed, which made him shiver with disgust.

"It's not what it looks like, I swear! This guy promised to give me your new number because your old number didn't work anymore for some reason, and-"

"You'd really do anything for me, wouldn't you? But this- this is really crossing the line."

Luffy was crying. He turned to leave, but Hancock jumped from the bed and grabbed his arm, not bothering to cover herself first.

"Please wait!"

He smacked her hand away and said, "Don't touch me! I don't even want to look at you anymore." He turned once more and left her house, and for good.


"I can never what you're thinking Luffy," said Hancock, "but I can assure you that iv'e changed, and for good too. Please, all that i'm asking is that you forgive me, and at least be friends?"

Nami glanced towards Luffy, anxious to what he would say next. She knew exactly what he would say already. She could tell in his eyes how much he still cared for her, and...how much he still loved her. Even though it was hard to tell, she noticed. And for some reason, it made her just a tiny bit disappointed.

Luffy tried his hardest to not look her in the eyes, but she was standing in front of him, her midnight colored eyes staring right into his, waiting for his answer.

"H-Hancock..."

'AAAA, he said my name again!', Hancock screamed in her head, but still kept a serious and pleading face.

"I...I am still angry with you. I don't think I could ever forgive you, but, this once, I do. I was being so selfish-"

"Noo!" Yelled Nami, who startled both Luffy and Hancock. "What are you thinking, forgiving a bitch like that?!"

"Nami!"

"She slept with a guy while you were away! And why? Who knows, but I can assure it was because she was horny one night and couldn't help herself but to snag a guy who most likely has AIDS, and that's what she deserves for cheating on a guy like you! I can't believe that you would actually forgive her?! I know, it's your choice, but something like this? "

"Nami, what are you trying to say? You don't tell me what I can or can't do! That's my business, and something for you to stay out of!" Seethed Luffy, completely agitated at her. "And what's your problem anyways, huh? This isn't your problem!"

"I'm your girlfriend! So how could you not say that I can't at least be concerned about you?!" Nami backed away from him and began to walk away.

'Crap!' Thought Luffy. 'I completely forgot that we're still acting!'

"Nami, where are you going?"

"Where else, you dumbass? Away from you, and away from her too! I can't believe that you would, you would- UGH! You fucking annoy me!" And with that, she left towards the hotel, never looking back.

"Dammit!"

"Oh Luffy! Thank goodness she left! How could you be with such a violent woman? Why don't you just dump her already and come back to me? Besides, I know that you still love me!" Soothed Hancock with such a sweet voice it made Luffy cringe.

"Why don't you just shut the hell up already?! And don't follow me!" Luffy stormed off after Nami.

Hancock stood there dumbfounded before she scoffed and walked away.

"Oh, Luffy, you have no idea what you just got yourself into." She laughed and called Arlong.

"Yes, my dear?" Said Arlong when he answered.

"Enough with that sweetheart bullshit! Did you get rid of that Joe guy or what?!"

"Someone's in a bad mood. Did things not go as planned?"

"Answer me!"

"Alright, alright. We had to convince one of the other workers to keep her mouth shut and to tell Harry that he had to go home because of a family matter. He sure fell for it, shahaha! But we have him right here! As soon as you get that idiot back, well kill the bastard!"

"Luffy is no idiot, so you better watch your mouth! And at least you got that part done! Aren't you gonna try to get Nami back?"

"That's going to be hard, see. Unlike you, we had some trouble in the past. She won't let her guard down so easily, and I know for a fact that monkey of yours is hella strong! I somehow have to befriend the kid, and when that contest is over, I'll kidnap Nami and he and no one else will suspect a thing about me! Am I right?"

"Good strategy. But there's a good chance that might backfire. Say that you are talking to Luffy and made good friends with him. If Nami finds out that you and him know each other, she will tell him to stay away from you, he'll know what you did to her, and he'll kick your ass. My man is no weakling, you know."

"Oh, what do you know, woman? I know to to plan things out. If things come to worse, I'll have to go out with violence, ya hear?"

"Yea, yea. Just don't get too cocky."

"And don't forget, you're supposed to meet me in an hour at that hotel. Make sure you bring condoms; I'm not about to take care of a child! You were always horny for me, remember? And I have a special cream that will make you really wet! Because you were the one who led me to my precious Nami, I'll even let you pretend that I'm Luffy, just bring a blindfold!"

"You son of a bitch! When did I ever lust for you?! And no, that one time doesn't count! I was in grief! Fine then, I'll see you there. And I'm really angry, so don't expect me to go all slow!"

"Who ever said that I liked it slow?"


Luffy walked towards the hotel, but then, after a while, he decided not to follow Nami and give her some space.

"What does she care if I forgive her or not? That's not even her problem! It's not like she's really my girlfriend or anything. Geez, I hate this! I don't really love her, I still have something for Hancock! I mean, I do, don't I? That's what I thought back there, and if i didn't, then I wouldn't have forgiven her! Yea, that's right! I only love Hancock, and no one else!"

"Thanks for taking me home, even though we walked three fourths of the way."

'Huh? Why did I just remember that? What the hell?'

"LUFFYYYY!"

"Luffy! Are you alright?!"

"You're such an idiot, Luffy!"

"Nami..." Said Luffy, realizing for the fist time ever.

"Nami. Nami! Oh, why'd it have to be her, of all people? I don't love her at all! I don't even like her! She's greedy, and violent! Who'd ever have a crush on a girl like her?! She's not even cute!"

He didn't turn back to the hotel. He kept on walking to wherever the path took him.

"It's me. I'm the person who would ever come to think she's cute. I'm the one who likes her." He said, with a solemn smile, and just kept on walking. Soon it began to rain but that didn't stop him from going wherever it was he was going to go. Even he didn't know where he was going.

About thirty minutes later, he stopped in front of a pub named "Shakky Bar". He walked in and took a seat in the far end of the row of seats at the counter.

"Oh? Look who we have here! It's the monkey boy from the Blind Date challenge!" Said the waitress behind the counter. Luffy looked up to see a woman who looked no older than thirty, at the most.

"Do I know you?" He said.

"No, but I know you. You have a big title at the East City for being quite strong. Don't think of me as a stalker, I'm just a big fan of you." She said with a smile. "My name is Shakky, and oh, no need to tell me yours."

"Right...well, I had no idea that a lot of people know me! Not that it matters anyways, I don't care about fame."

"What do you care for then?"

"I care about my friends and family, of course! There's nothing more that can cheer me up! Except for food. Shi shi shi!"

"Hey, where's your girlfriend? You know, that smoking orange haired girl. I can't believe that's her real hair color!"

"Tell me about it..." so, he told her everything that had happened up until now. He left out the part about them being fake lovers, or there will be a fight.

"I see," she said, smoking a drag, "Well, there are things that really mess things up when your young. You think you're all grown up, but in reality, you still need to depend on others for everything. Young kids these days make the wrong choices, and next thing you know, BAM! The girl hits you with pregnancy, and you're stuck with someone you had a one night stand with. Am I right?"

"Wow, that explains a lot of things, huh?" Said Luffy, planting his fist onto his palm in a dramatic fashion.

"But tell me. Are you really in love with that girl? Hancock, I mean. She's the personal assistant for Mister Harryman, you know. I've heard rumors that they were once in a relationship, and around the same time that y'all two were dating. I always hated that bitch. She thought she was a princess just because Harry had a liking to her. Ha!"

So not only did she sleep with another man, she cheated on him with that guy? Luffy was so angry, he left the drink and stormed out of the bar, not other ingot to pay.

"So it is true that he justs dine and dash, huh? I'll let that one slide. I got to see him in person!"


The Next Day...

Luffy never came back to the hotel, and everyone was beginning to get worried.

"Oh, this is all my fault!" Blurted Nami at the breakfast hall.

"I'm sorry, but can you repeat that again? IT WAS YOUR FAULT?! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY SON, YOU-"

"OK, that's enough of that." Said Shanks, covering her mouth and carrying her off to their room.

"I'll go try to calm her down, until then, stay here!" He said.

"Nami-San, where was the last place you saw him?" Asked Brook, concerned.

"Well," she began, "Luffy invited me for a walk around town last night."

"And then?"

"Then we ran into someone who knew Luffy! Her name was Hancock, I think, and she said that she was in a relationship with Luffy about a year ago!"

Robin fidgeted a but as Zoro looked at her, rolling his eyes.

"D-did you say Hancock? As in, Boa Hancock?!" Said Usopp as he shivered a bit.

"I think so. Why do you ask? Is she a bad person?"

"Say, Robin," said Nojiko, glancing at her, "didn't you mention her name before? Said that she's a whore or something like that?"

"Robin? You knew about this?" Asked Chopper, worry shown in his brown eyes.

"Robin-chan? Were you trying to hide something from us?" Said Sanji, slightly frowning.

"Robin?"

"Oh, I thinking gonna get a headache from all of you calling my name." Said the raven haired lady, touching her forehead and letting out a sigh. "Besides, Zoro knew about this before I did!"

All attention went to Zoro, who just looked on ahead as if no one was there.

"What are you all looking at me for?" He said, taking a sip of orange juice, wishing it was sake instead.

"YOU KNOW WHAT!" They all said, slapping their hands to the side.

"Right. But it's not like I was gonna tell you all anyways. Luffy was the one who told me to keep it a secret. I'm not the type of person who would get curious and snoop on them," he said, eyeing Robin, "so I didn't make a big deal out of it. It was his business, and it was something he could deal only by himslelf. One day he came up to me and told me he couldn't hide it anymore from his best friend, and told me everything. He told me not to tell anybody because-"

"Hey guys! Aww, did you all eat without me again!?" Said Luffy, who suddenly appeared behind them, a whiny look on his face; everyone could clearly tell he hadn't slept at all last night. Everyone got quiet as the grinning Luffy sat down at the table without a care in the world and took a bite off of Usopp's plate.

"Luffy, where were you?" Asked Ace, looking towards his younger brother. "Nami told us that you ran into Hancock last night and got angry as hell at her. Luffy. Didn't I warn you about her before? She's nothing but a trouble maker! Why did you ever go out with someone like that?!"

Luffy just stared at him, not changing his expression. "Because," he said, his mouth half full with food, "I loved her. Isn't that what dating someone is all about?"

Nami couldn't help but be a little jealous of Hancock. Someone loved that troublemaker so much, he would do anything to make her his. But she didn't get it. Just why in the hell did she get jealous?

Nami got up from her seat and began walking away.

"Huh? Where are ya going, sis?" Asked Franky, looking glum.

"Where else? The contest is about to start in half an hour. Who would ever pass on a million beri's?" She forced a smile, and turned to Luffy. Are you coming, or what?"

"...Oh, right. I'll be right there."

To Be Continued...


Author's Note: Whooooo, what a chapter! I was so embarrassed to write that scene with Arlong and Hancock, and I even had to look up some things for that part! It's all to add tension for the climax of the story, which is almost there! So thank me for making myself less pure than I already was! And damn, Zoro knew before Robin?! I didn't know whether to put that or not, but I did, so HA! Well, I have nothing dumb left to say, but if you see any grammar mistakes, you know what to do! Oh, and REVIEW! I haven't seen one of those babies in a long ass time! Stay tuned for the next chapter!