Author's Note: I can't believe I still don't have anything yet for this chapter! In fact, I wrote this before even thinking about what to put this time! The story seems to be coming off as lame, but that's my opinion, and how am I supposed to know what I'm doing is bad for the story if no one is telling me? I want to be a great writer, and criticism is one of the main things a writer has to go through! But anyways, I have found a few things on the internet, so I hope that you all enjoy!

Chapter Ten: Day Four Part Two

"Well, c'mon then! Don't just sit there, let's go!" Said Nami with fake excitement as she walked out the breakfast hall.

"Oh, right..." said Luffy, following after her.

"It seems that they are in bad terms..." said Franky, putting a hand to his chin.

"Like we didn't notice?" Said the group, smacking their hands to the side.

"But what can we do? If they're not getting along, they'll mess up and will be out of the race in no time!" Sobbed Chopper, still upset over the aura those two gave off.

"It's going to be okay, Chopper. They will make up in no time. I promise." Soothed Robin, stroking Chopper's hair in comfort.

"I wouldn't promise if I were you. Nami doesn't forgive people that easily. Luffy would have to do something really affectionate towards her to make her crumble." Chuckled Nojiko.

"But what? They've never really been good friends, and they obviously don't have feelings towards each other either." Pointed out Usopp.

"Luffy will know how. He's not very good with using his head, but his instincts will know what to do." Smiled Ace.

"That sounded so wrong, Ace-san." Said Brook.

"Eh." He shrugged and took a bite out of his breakfast taco.

Luffy and Nami walked all the way to the arena without a word. Miss Monday was getting a bit annoyed by this.

"S-so, do you guys wanna hear a story about how I defeated a swordsman while I was at Whiskey Peak?" She said, trying to break the silence.

It didn't work. Miss Monday was sweating bullets as they walked towards the contest grounds.

The entire crowd cheered as Harry made his way up the stage and made his flawless introduction.

"It has been a honor to be with you all this week! Unfortunately, some couples lost, but you guys have made it this far! So, to celebrate this halfway point, I have a little bonus round for all of you! At the count of three, you lovebirds get to kiss for thirty seconds. Those who don't make it are DISQUALIFIED!"

Nami made a face as she heard those words. Did she hear right, or were her ears playing tricks on her? Nami turned to face Luffy with an annoyed face, only to find him doing the same thing.

Luffy said in a nervous voice, "Oye, we can just pretend, you know."

"ONE!"

"We can just put our faces real close, so that your hair can cover our faces, and it'll look like a real kiss! H-how does that sound?"

"TWO!"

"Being sneaky is always something I do in order to win. But in this case, how about no?" She smiled.

"Wha?"

"THREE!"

And on that note, Nami tilted her head and leaned in to the unaware Luffy. Their lips touched, and it was at that moment that Nami knew, she fucked up.

'What the hell am I thinking?! I actually wanted to kiss him?! But I can't do anything about it now, if I stop, we'll be out of the contest! And... why didn't I feel disgusted when I did it? Why am i enjoying this?'

Luffy was shocked that Nami was the one to make the move. But he knew he couldn't do anything about it, or they'll be kicked out. He was actually enjoying this moment they were having.

Their lips moved swiftly, and they were panting from almost being out of breath. Luffy's arms were sliding down Nami's back, until his hand cupped her behind, making her whimper from the action, but she ignored it and kept kissing him. Nami's hand was sliding up his back; the other one tangling her fingers within his messy raven hair.

"So, did they make up already?" Asked the innocent Chopper, looking up at Nojiko for a response.

"Oh, they're making out all right." She said, a slight blush on her face.

"Wow! This is perfect! I'm gonna make a FanFiction story out of this!" Exclaimed a brown haired girl, fangirling.

"Whoo, Luffy! That's my son!" Cheered Makino, shocking everyone.

"Weren't you just threatening to kill Nami a while ago...?" Said Shanks and Ace at the same time.

"Luffy is such a lucky bastard! I'm gonna beat his ass when this is over!" Cried Sanji, his one eye in the shape of a broken heart.

Robin and Zoro just stared, amazement in their faces.

"Why don't you ever kiss ME like that?" Said Robin with a wink. Zoro's face got redder than ever before he said, "A-are you stupid?! I've never even kissed you before!" He grunted and turned away from her, while Robin just laughed at him.

"SUUPERRRRRR ROMANTIC!"

Luffy and Nami were really getting into it, but Nami shivered when she felt Luffy's tongue brush against her moist lips, as if begging to get inside. Nami's eyes widened in surprise and she shoved him away from her. Luckily, it was right when the thirty seconds were up.

"Times up!" Yelled Harry, clearly getting disgusted by this kissing fest. He quickly shook his head and replaced the horrid expression with one of cheerfulness and flawlessness.

Luffy looked at Nami with shock and slight embarrassment and turned to face away from her, Nami doing the same. She cleared her throat, trying hard not to look him in the eye.

"Well, now that you've all proved how much you all love each other," said Harry, putting emphasis to the 'love'. "It is time, to introduce you to a special challenge! This isn't at all like the other challenges y'all have been working so hard to get through, not at all! This is a challenge to prove your love towards each other! Faith and trust! This is a trust test!"

Everyone cheered and wooed; they were waiting for something like this to happen for the past four days.

"Anyways, let's hear it for the judges!"

Porche was the first one to speak up.

"Of course, y'all haven't heard from in such a long time, I bet you were just dying to hear my voice! Well anyways, the first stage is, and as expected from a trust test, is a Trust Fall! But it's really simple, so don't worry! The male has to run across a three-foot deep mud pit, and push through three giant men who have spent YEARS working to get muscles as big as thoseđź’™! And of course, the woman has to go to the top of the building where she will wait for her prince to arrive, and she will jump, her back facing him! He will have to catch her in order to go to the next stage, and if you don't, then you're out!"

"Hmmm, this just sounds like a repeat of one of the stages from two days ago. But hey, I don't make the rules, am I right?" Announced Mihawk in sarcastic humor, to which everyone laughed to.

"ANYWAYS," interrupted Harry, "I think the next judge should describe the next stage, RIGHT?!"

"Oh yes, pardon me, sir!" Said Brook, grabbing the microphone. "The next stage is called Never Have I Ever! Here, the lovely girl gets a set of cards and asks her guy! If what's written on the card is something that he has done before, he has to take a shot of our world famous tequilla! If he manages to stay sober for at least fifteen minutes then the stage is clear! However, if he DOESNT, then it's time to say goodbye to this game!"

"REMEMBER!" Said all three judges at the same time, "today's challenge may cause some couples to break up! So please stay focused and don't forget to not get violent with each other! Good luck!"

The audience cheered, some even cried for unknown reasons. The contestants looked at each other nervously before running over to the first stage. However, Luffy and Nami stood there, not saying a word to each other.

"Hey, what's going on?" Asked Nojiko to Robin. "I thought that kiss meant they had sealed up their argument, so what happened?"

"They HAD to kiss in order to keep going. They could have faked it, but Nami went in and actually KISSED Luffy. I don't know what they're thinking, but something tells me that kiss was unintentional and with mixed emotions. " Said Robin.

"How do you know that?"

"I told you many times before; I'm psychic! I can tell everything that happens around me!"

Nojiko looked at her awkwardly before laughing. "I hope it's true!"

Luffy glances over at Nami, but quickly looks away while gently touching his lips.

'What the hell? She kissed me, and now she won't say anything to me? Well. I guess that makes sense, since I made her mad and all, but it had nothing to do with her, so why the hell did she get so angry? It makes me so frustrated knowing that she's mad and I don't even know how to make it better!'

Without any warning, Nami walks ahead of him to the first stage.

"Oye, wait up! At least tell me instead of just going on without a word! I'm not that good with directions, you know, but at least i'm better than Zoro!" 'What am I saying?! Zoro has nothing to do with this now! I have to figure out a way to make Nami not be mad at me anymore!'

At the stadium, Zoro sneezed. Chopper hands him a tissue.

"So, right around the corner we see this couple who are clearly cooperating with each other!" Announces Mihawk. "These two have been competing here for three years in a row in hopes of winning the one million Beri prize. But there's only one thing wrong with this lovey-dovey pair..."

On the screen showed a young couple, going to their designated places in order to get the red flag. The short girl, with a darkish orange hair color, is waiting at the top of the blue building, staring at the distance with her hands on her hips, and a smug grin on her face.

"Hahahaha! No one will ever beat me! I can't believe I was the first one to get here. I mean, I am pretty strong and all, but a frail lady like me couldn't have possibly done this all alone! If he only he'd hurry up..."

The boy, who was freakishly tall, had hardly squeezed through the massive men, because unlike every other male on the planet, he was incredibly weak.

"I'm here, sweetheart! Now jump, jump like the beautiful angel you are and flutter into my hands!" He cooed, making the girl blush.

"C-can you shut up! Don't call me an angel, I am no such thing! But, if you insist..." the orange head jumped from the building, her legs bent and her arms stretched upwards. She had a determined face, but deep down she feared for her life that he might not be able to catch her.

"Darling!" Yelled her boyfriend, who scrambled trying to locate the exact place in which she will land, and finally settled on a spot.

Turns out he was off by a few feet, and the rest is history.

Meanwhile, everyone was doing pretty good, but Luffy and Nami, not so much.

They weren't even talking to each other, and Nami just ran off to the building, while Luffy struggled to get to the other side of the mud pit.

'Dammit! Why am I still angry? I don't want to be angry with him, but it's too hard to just go up to him and say something! And even if I did, I'll just spout some nonsense to make us drift apart even more! Would it be just easy to just tell him everything right then and there? When will I have the chance though?' Thought Nami as she came close to the building.

A lovely lady handed her the climbing gear and helped her put it on and in a matter of minutes she began to climb the building with such a furious aura, it made some of the other girls faint and fall off the building.

"You know, I'm not even going to speak with him then if that's how it's going to be! It's just a few more days anyways, and I'll be out of his sight, because apparently he only prefers tall women with long black hair and incredibly large breasts!"

'But then I begin to wonder...why AM I mad in the first place? We're not really going out, so why? I swear, if this turns into a shoujo where the girl can't even figure out what she's feeling, I'm gonna go nuts!' Nami continues her quest of climbing the building.

Luffy finally made it out of the mud pit with the help of some other men (actually, he jumped on top of them, making them sink). When he finally approaches the three men, one of them shout as if they were performing a ritual.

"A NEW CHALLENGER HAS BEEN SUMMONED! OOHH AH AH!"

"OHH AH AH!" Said the other two men. All three then stamped their feet, arching their backs forward and placing their hands in their knees, glaring hatefully at Luffy.

"Geez, what's wrong with you lot? Are you just monkeys with human costumes on, because all that hair proves it."

"Don't you dare make fun of our beautiful locks! It took us forever to grow it out!" Said Monkey 2.

"Let us ask you," said Monkey 3, "How tough are ya?"

"How tough are ya, OOHH AH AH!"

"How tough am I?" Asked Luffy with a smirk. "I'll show you how tough I am!"

He runs, and jumps high into the air. Luffy stretched out his leg, kicking all three beast at once.

The Monkeys skidded across the dirt, each covering their faces from any danger that could be on the ground. But without wasting any time they quickly jumped up and charged towards Luffy. One of them punched Luffy straight in the gut while the other one jumped behind him to grab him by the arms to prevent him from getting any hits. Apparently, Monkey 3 was too weak for Luffy, so he got knocked out with that kick.

"H-hey! You can't do that, only wimps with no honor do things like this!" Luffy yelled in between punches to the face, his mouth seeping with blood.

At that moment, both Monkeys froze in place as a gentle gust of hot air blew by.

"No h-h-honor, you say?"

"Only wimps do these kinds of things...?"

"Well, yea, that's what I said..."

"WHO DO YOU THINK WE ARE, NINJAS?! YOU'RE IN THE WRONG SERIES, YOU DUMBASS! OOH AH AAAAAHH!" Shouted both men while slapping their hands to the side, allowing Luffy to fall to the ground and fliping himself over to face the one who was behind him.

Luffy did a backflip, and locked his legs in between the mans head, and he flipped backwards again, this time bringing the hairy beast with him, almost breaking his back.

The other Monkey was just about to grab him by the torso, but Luffy instinctively dodged to the side and turned to face him, and punched him straight in the face with such velocity, you couldn't even see when he threw the punch.

In the audience, everyone gasped when Luffy knocked out the large man with one punch.

Without wasting any time, Luffy ran to the spot where Nami would be falling from. All the other contestants ran past the two dizzy beasts with little concern but were really surprised that now they didn't have to fight those scary looking monsters.

Nami finally made it to the top of the huge building; she had been distracted by the fight and had been too amazed to move on.

'I knew I heard his name someone before I met him! Luffy is one of the strongest in his class of martial arts, winning over fifteen awards because of his strength!'

"Hey there Missy!" Exclaimed Shakky, the lovely that had pushed her off in a very similar situation days ago.

"You! You're the one that groped my breasts the other day! Didn't your parents ever tell you to keep your hands to yourself?!" Blurted Nami, crossing her chest with one hand, and pointing accusingly at Shakky with the other.

"Yes, yes they have, but I never listened to them, you know? But don't worry, I won't push you off this time."

Is what she said while pushing a girl off the building.

"Right..."

"Anyways, I have something to tell you. You know, your boyfriend over there really loves you." She smiled.

Nami, forgetting for a quick second about their fake relationship, went rigid as her heart skipped a beat, but shook her head before laughing nervously.

"O-of course he does, silly! We wouldn't be going out if he didn't!"

"Are you sure? That's not what he told me."

"Wha-?! What do you know? Stop getting in our business!" Nami raised her voice a bit. Shakky pushed another girl off the building.

Shakky opened her mouth to say something, but she never got the chance.

"What do you care, anyways? You people say stuff like that to ruin people's relationships because that's your job! As if it wasn't already ruined, so to speak. Luffy just gets angry at me for interfering with him and his ex?! What's THAT ABOUT? I'm his girlfriend, of course i'll get involved, and then he just forgives her for sleeping with another man? If I were him, i'd slap her across the face and never speak to her again! But I know that he still loves her and not me. But if he still loves her..."

Luffy looked up at the building, squinting his eyes from the heat and was waiting for Nami to jump down when her voice startled him.

"...IF HE STILL LOVES HER...THEN WHY IS HE GOING OUT WITH ME?!"

Luffy's eyes widened to this and tried to see if he could see her. Sure enough, there she was, at the edge, her arms against her chest and her head was tilting forward, as if she were crying.

Nami was talking so loud, that the cameras went and zoomed in on her, all for the entire audience to see.

"Am I wrong? Why would he do something like that? You know, he wasn't forced that bad, so he could just break up with me anytime he wants so he can go back with that stupid bitch who calls herself Hancock!"

Some people in the audience gasped and chattered.

"Hancock? But isn't she like Mr. Harry's personal assistant or something like that?" Said one person.

"I heard she's won every single beauty pageant she's been in and she's the most beautiful person in all of East Blue, the most popular sea in the world!" Said another.

Harry was walking nervously behind the curtains, trying not to bite his flawless nails. He kept dialing the people in charge of the cameras and microphones, but no one would pick up, so he left message after message.

"Hurry up and take the cameras off of there! Can't you guys see that this will not only ruin my reputation, but my personal life as well if they find out any more! AND SOMEONE PICK UP ALREADY!"

In the office where they control the sounds and cameras, all the employees were tied up and were gagged as well. A woman with short green hair smirked and dialed a number on her cell phone.

From within the audience, Robin's phone began to ring. Zoro just sighed and threw a frown at her before smiling.

"Robin, everything's all good here. But I think if this keeps on, won't they have to cancel the challenge again?"

"Don't worry about it, Caimie. Just make sure those guys don't know who you are, or everything will go to waste."

"Please, I'm the best detective in all of the Grand Line! No one even knows how I look like! Oop, gotta go, I think I heard someone knock on the door. Catch you later."

Robin put her cell phone back in her purse, and Zoro just glanced at her.

"Woman, you really are something. I knew something was up when you showed up in front of us to be our friend." He said.

"Who said we could only just be friends?"

"WHOOO, NAMI! GO REVEAL YOUR TRUEE FEELINGS!" Screeched Makino.

Back at the building, Nami stood, her back to what seemed an endless horizon, and spread her arms.

"If Luffy really does love me and not her, then that makes me happy. And if he doesn't, it doesn't matter so much because we were a fake couple to begin with." She smiled, her tears falling, and threw herself back.

Shakky gasped and her eyes widened.

"Wait! You didn't let me give you the pack that turns into a safety bed in case he doesn't catch you!"

Nami thought as she fell. 'Well, I did it. My dumbass just babbled on and now I'm gonna get injured very bad, or even worse. But oh well, I know Luffy will catch me, because I said that loud enough for him to hear. I hope he forgives me.' She thought, palming her fist and sweatdropping.

Luffy, panicking rushing to his head, began to run towards the orange haired girl and jumped as far as he could. His shirt ripped from skidding across the dirt, but luckily, he manages to catch her in his arms.

"Oh!" Nami opened her eyes. "I guess I'm alive after all!" She stood up and dusted off her shirt a bit, before glancing down at Luffy, who had his head down.

"Luffy...I..." She began, but got interrupted by the booming voice that was all too familiar.

"I am very truly sorry that I have to do this again, but due to technical difficulties, we will have to cancel today's challenge! But please don't be upset, we will continue on with the next stage tomorrow! How does that sound?" He smiled nervously.

The audience chattered for a bit before cheering. Harry took that as a good sign, of course.

"Good! Again, I am very sorry, but I hope to see you all tomorrow! As for the contestants who didn't finish the course, I will have to decide whether or not you'll be eliminated."

As the audience clears out, Zoro and the others wonder about Luffy and Nami.

Nami and Luffy remain where they are, not saying a word to each other.

To be continued...

Author's Note:

Woo hoo, I finished! Now. be proud of me! What just happened? What's with all these puns? What will happen to Luffy and Nami's growing relationship? And what's up with Robin, is she a spy or something?! Don't forget to review, and see you in the next chapter!