Author's Note: D'aww, so did you guys not enjoy chapter 9? D: Because I only got 3 reviews for it. What a downer… I guess it was kind of an in between chapter. _-_ Sorry… There may be a few of those, but they're necessary. Okay so, I am up to chapter 18 already, and I already know what I'm going to write for chapter 19. So exciting. :3 So far, chapters 15, 16 and 17 are my favorites. I'm telling you, so you can anticipate them and to tease you a bit, lawl! I'm not evil for nothing. Buwahahaha! xD Anyways, I won't keep you! Enjoy chapter 10!

Law and Prejudice

Chapter 10

As soon as they entered within Nami's apartment, Luffy looked around in awe. Her apartment was beautiful. He saw lit up shelves within the living room to his left, near the fireplace, which housed many glass figures and sculptures of varying colors, sizes and shapes as well as vases. The cream colored couch curved in a half circle and took up half of its area in front of the fireplace. Above the fireplace was a massive rectangular abstract painting. In front of the couch was a glass coffee table, shading in a sort of light green color, and the base itself was glass in a twirled design.

Opposite the couch and flanking both sides of the fireplace were two matching light blue, plush living chairs with a matching end table to the coffee table beside one of the chairs, and a glass lamp a top it. On the other side of the other chair and near the couch was an elaborate floor lamp, which nearly reached the ceiling with strings of hanging glass crystals. Then beneath it all was a shaggy white rug in an abstract shape over a reflective grey stone floor.

He then looked straight ahead to a glass topped dining table with metal chairs, also shaped in an art form in front of a massive window, which took up the entire back wall. The cushions within each chair were a cream color, which all the colors within the room tied together very nicely. There was also an elaborate metal ringed chandelier with those same hanging glass crystals above the table. He then looked to the right side of the large room to a pure white kitchen with cabinets and counters made with the same glossy white plastic as the walls, and the bottom and wall cabinets were lined with back lit lights on the bottom of them.

It was all one big, completely open and spacious room. Everything looked so neat and clean; so pristine. As he looked again towards the dining room and to the large back window, he could see the flying cars zooming past, since they were on a high up floor; floor sixteen, if he remembered correctly. There was not even a hint of disrepair within the place; no crumbling paint or walls, and definitely no insects.

"Wow… You have… a very beautiful home, Nami," Luffy said in nearly a whisper in his awe.

Feeling her cheeks flushing, Nami nodded, feeling pride for her home and replied just as quietly, "Thank you." She then turned and said, "I'll show you which room you will be sharing with Zoro."

Luffy just nodded and followed after her, though his eyes were soaking it all in; all the paintings on the walls, the sculptures and even plants. It was all so beautifully decorated. She led them down a hall and a door slid open to a room she paused in front of. She then walked in, pressing her fingers to an illuminated circle over the wall as she went, which made a low pitched beeping sound, but Luffy paused. The room was completely empty, and like the previous main room, one wall was one big window.

However, she moved to a side wall and pushed into another imprinted circle high up within the white, shiny, plastic looking wall, which made the same beeping sound as the light. She then moved her hand down and pushed into another. As she stepped back, two rectangular shapes began to open, revealing two beds, one over the other. Which under the top bed, she unfolded two metal legs, which clicked into the lower one for better support, and then she did the same for the bottom bed. She then pulled out a small ladder from the top bed, which connected to the bottom one.

"They're bunk beds, and if you need, Zoro," Nami said, moving to the opposite wall and pushing into another circle, which made the same sound, and a flat surface opened up. She also pushed her toe within a circle on the floor, and up unfolded a chair, "a desk. Then over here," she moved to another circle, which she pushed, and a door slid open, "is a closet. We can stop by each of your homes to retrieve necessary things for you."

"Thanks, Nami," Zoro said and nodded his head.

"Wow, this is so amazing!" Luffy said, looking around quickly at all the furniture which suddenly appeared.

"Also, it can get pretty bright outside," Nami said and pushed a button near the window, which lowered some metal blinds to block the entire window.

"That will come in handy. Thanks," Zoro said and nodded.

This made Luffy frown. He really liked the view outside, but he would not argue it. "There's a similar room here," Nami said, motioning to Law and Sanji to follow her. The three left, but Luffy remained within the room with Zoro.

Moving to the window, Luffy pushed the button to allow the blinds to retract. He then gazed out and just felt so in awe. Everything was so amazing. He wanted to live in a place just like this. The sky dwellers really were so amazing. As he looked up, he blinked at a massive billboard above the opposite building of a grinning man with light blue hair and a metal nose.

Tilting his head to the side, Luffy pointed and asked, "Who is that?"

"Hmm?" Zoro asked and moved to stand beside him. "Ah, that's Franky," he said and pointed down far below and said, "See all those robots? He invented them. There is a lot he invented together with Vegapunk. It was possible for us to build these sky cities because of them. All the glass you see was made within the clouds during lightning storms, all from their ideas. There are stations below and beside the ground floor with metal rods. Inside holds sand we collected, which is how the glass is made. It's all a complicated procedure."

"Ah! I remember those! We nearly crashed into some on the way up here!" Luffy said and snickered in amusement.

Zoro chuckled as well and said, "I'm glad you didn't. You probably would have died instantly."

"Shishishi, me too!" Luffy said as he laughed.

"There are also machines within the ground floor which produces conditions for the clouds to form, which keeps us hidden-Ah… well, from you. They figured, out of sight, out of mind," Zoro said and shrugged.

Luffy snickered and said, "Well, we can still see the glass bridges connecting all of the cities. I would always look up at them and wonder what it was like up here. It's amazing to actually and finally get to see it all for myself!" He then looked about and said, "There's also so much metal. How did you come across so much, since you don't spend a lot of time on the surface?"

"Well, we gather what we can, and Franky and Vegapunk figured out a way to synthesize it, along with plastics and some stone. They're geniuses and we owe a lot of our livelihood to them," Zoro explained as he gazed up at the billboard.

"They sound amazing," Luffy whispered, also gazing up at the billboard in awe.

"Yeah, they are. Vegapunk is the one, who invented all these flying vehicles, and Franky improved them. They work together very well," Zoro said and nodded, but then he turned to smile at Luffy. "Maybe we'll get a chance to show it all to you."

"That would be… even more amazing," Luffy whispered, his eyes huge and awestruck, but then he slowly frowned, "but we have to find Teach… That… That comes first…"

Zoro's lips quirked into a smirk as he regarded the other man. It looked as if it pained the young man to say that. Well, at least he understood his priorities, even if he was very eager to explore the city. "Naturally," he said and chuckled with a wider smirk.

"Luffy," Nami called from within the doorway, making both men turn to look at her over their shoulders.

"Yes?" Luffy asked as he turned to her fully.

"We brought you here first to allow you to bathe, and I have a uniform you are required to wear while in our custody," Nami said, and that was when Luffy noticed the bag she was holding up by a hook.

Luffy nodded his head slowly and headed over to her with Zoro behind him. She then turned and led him to another door, which slid open to reveal a large and very nice bathroom. There was a large oval tub in the middle, and a large glass walled shower against the wall. Along the wall next to the door were dual glass bowled sinks over stone counters, with a large mirror before them and matching faucets which came out of the mirror. To the side was another door, which he assumed led to the toilet. Along the walls were different shades of small turquoise, glass tiles and the floor looked like the same reflective grey stone floor as all the rest of the apartment.

"Here, I'll show you how to turn on the shower," Nami said, stepping in and opening the glass door of the shower to reach her arm in. Luffy followed and watched as she pushed into the wall with those same circles lining along the wall. She then touched her finger to the circle and slid her finger along it. The circle lit up red where her finger slid over, and then she did the same to the other, but this one lit up blue. "This is how you set the temperature. Just keep sliding your finger along the circles until you get the temperature you want. Push them again to turn them off."

"Ooh, that's really neat! Thanks, Nami!" Luffy said and smiled brightly.

He then stepped back, so she could head out, but she hung the garment bag on a hook connected to the tiled wall next to a towel rack before she left. Once the door slid closed, he removed his clothes and stepped into the shower. He adjusted the temperature to his liking and bathed himself quickly with the soaps within. As he rinsed off, he reached up to the collar still around his neck, but did not touch it. He just sighed and pushed into the circles to shut off the water.

After drying himself, he unzipped the garment bag and blinked to the uniform inside. It was the same white uniform they wore with the matching boots, except the arm bands were orange; the same orange color the prisoners back home wore. Frowning softly to this, he sighed and just dressed himself in the uniform. Leaving the bathroom, he looked to the side, seeing Zoro standing guard.

Pushing off the wall, Zoro looked over to him and asked, "You ready?"

"Yes," Luffy replied quietly, keeping the soft frown, but then he followed Zoro to the main room.

Seeing them approach, Nami stood up from where she sat on one of the plush living chairs and asked, "Are we ready to go then?"

"Yes, we're ready," Zoro replied with a nod.

"Good, let's head out then," Law said as he also stood up from the couch.

"We can do some investigating before heading out to retrieve your things. We will stop at Enel's office building to ask them some questions, and maybe he will be there," Nami said as she moved to leave with the others following.

"Good, the sooner we can find Teach… the better," Luffy said as he left with them with Zoro behind him.

He was now more eager to find Teach with the promise of getting to see more of the city. He was very excited! With that thought in mind, his thoughts then wondered to his family still below, monitoring their heart rates, and then in thinking that, Ace came to mind. Was Ace doing okay? He had not heard from them about catching another of his kind, so it seemed Ace was doing a good job about hiding. He wondered if he had figured anything out about Teach yet. He really hoped they found Teach soon before anyone got hurt.

To Be Continued…

Author's Note: Le hmm… So, what did you think of this chapter? :) You know, if didn't come out quite as rough as I had first intended, and I think it's because I ended up becoming more inspired by the light and fluffy futuristic sounding songs, instead of the rock songs. -_- That's all right, because I really like how it's coming out so far. xD And it's weird, because normally, once I use a song to inspire an idea or story, I normally can't use it again. However, the Oblivion song is inspiring this one as well, and I've already forgotten how it inspired me for Faceless Mask. This has never happened before! O.O I am amazed… Anyways, hope you guys are still enjoying! Stay tuned for the next chapter. Also, I think I will post two today… Don't get your hopes up…