Chapter 10- Three Classy Chickens
Author's Note: Happy Holidays to all! This fanfic will be done two days after Christmas due to lack of library time.
The sun glowed over the horizon, and Luffy opened an eye and smiled at Nami as she continued to sleep in his arms.
Luffy stared at her for a moment until she smiled and rubbed Luffy's cheek.
"Luffy. Don't stare, you're making me blush." Nami whispered as she lightly blushed, and Luffy copied her as she sat up.
A few minutes later, Nami fixed her shirt and Luffy put his hat on.
Luffy glanced over at his hiding spot, and secretly grinned at the necklace as Nami walked over to the door.
"Luffy? I'm going without you."
"Matte!"
Luffy ran over to Nami quickly and the two of them headed down to the lobby, and out into the cold outside.
They walked down the street as above them, Zephyr was eyeing them with a grin.
"Oi, Takai! Wake up, they're up."
Takai sat up, and rubbed his eye as he looked over at Nami and Luffy.
"Zephyr, I'll follow them, and you go find fat man."
"Hai."
Zephyr jumped across the street onto another roof, and started to head toward the mountain.
Nami glanced around at the streets as the two walked down the street with people looking over at them with smiles.
"They look cute together." Someone whispered to the person next to them, and the person nodded with a smile as they continued to stare after Nami and Luffy.
The two didn't seem to notice the people around them whispering about them as they continued walking down the street.
They first stopped at the book store and entered the store to look around.
Behind them, Takai quickly sneaked in, and disappeared into the shadows.
Nami looked up at the book shelves, and ran her finger over the books as Luffy stared at them with a bored look.
Nami took a book off of the shelf and smiled at it as Luffy stared at it also.
"Ancient Cultures Of The Grand Line. Robin would like this for sure."
"Aa." Nami looked over at Luffy and smiled as he pulled a random book off the medicine aisle and handed it to Nami.
"Chopper."
"I guess it'll do." Nami laughed softly as the two paid for the books, and left the store with people glancing at them.
They stopped by the navigation store next, and Nami quickly grabbed the last compass on the shelf, and bought it without sticking around.
When they got back outside, Luffy glanced over at Nami, and tilted his head in confusion.
"Why did you not look around more?"
"I want to get this over with so…"
"So?"
"N-Nothing…"
Luffy stared as Nami blushed lightly, and he leaned over and grinned at her face.
"Okay. What's next?"
"We might as well stop be the kitchen store to get something for Sanji-kun." Nami said quickly, and began to walk away as Luffy followed her silently chuckling to himself.
Luffy silently stood outside of the clothing store because Nami said she wanted to look for something by herself.
Luffy glanced over at some trees, and then perked up as he noticed a stick laying on the ground.
He walked over and picked it up as he rotated it in his hand.
"Kinda looks like one of Zoro's swords." Luffy said with a grin as he examined the stick more, and then looked over at the store.
He quickly hid the stick so he could get it later as Nami walked out with a bag and a smile.
"Luffy! Let's go now."
"Okay!"
Luffy walked over to Nami, and the two went back to shopping together as behind them, Takai grimaced from up the tree Luffy had walked closest to.
"T-That was close…" Takai muttered as he quietly entered the tree's shadow and disappeared from view.
"Um… Hot Dogs and Chili?"
"No!"
"Weights and Ale?"
"No!"
Zephyr gritted his teeth as he glared up at the large gate in front of him.
"Stupid password…" He muttered as he unsheathed one of his katanas a crack, and smirked as he then quickly slashed the gate in half.
"There's my password."
Zephyr walked past the broken gate, and grinned at the shocked elves in front of him.
"Another intruder!"
"So many bad people this year!"
"Get him!"
The elves raised their lances, but stopped when they saw that Zephyr had disappeared.
"Too slow." Came Zephyr's voice from behind them, and all of the attacking elves were suddenly slashed in the chest.
Zephyr looked over at the remaining elves and grinned evilly.
"Wanna try and have some fun before I kill you?"
"Kill him!" The elves charged at him, and Zephyr's vein pulsed lightly.
"I actually have no time for you idiots."
The elves jumped into the air above Zephyr, and he glanced up with a bored look.
"Luna…"
"Die!"
"Heki Shikon!"
The elves above Zephyr were all slashed apart as they fell to the ground. Zephyr stepped over them, and continued his brisk walk to Santa's house.
He kicked the door down, and glanced around inside.
"Let's see… Nami's picture, a Hate Cylinder that changes you into the person you hate most, and a box of chocolates…" Zephyr muttered as he tossed one of the chocolates into his mouth and continued to look around.
"Not much else. He's probably looking for those two now."
Zephyr stopped looking around, and smacked his forehead with his palm.
"Baka!" He shouted as he ran back outside, and ran his fastest back to the city.
Luffy and Nami had finished shopping quickly, and Nami was mentally grateful that Luffy hardly used any money on his gifts.
They turned a corner, and looked ahead at the hotel down the street.
Nami glanced around the deserted street, and smiled as she looked at Luffy.
"Hey, Luffy."
"Huh, what is it?"
Nami's smile widened as she leaned over and kissed Luffy on the lips.
She pulled back with her smile still on her face as she poked his forehead.
"Nothing." She said happily and went back to walking as Luffy stared after her very confused.
"Chottomatte!"
Luffy and Nami looked behind them to see someone panting as they stared at the two.
Luffy cringed as he pointed at the person and shouted. "Hey! How come you look like me!?"
"Urusai, punk!"
"Punk?"
Nami perked up as she saw the person's face and she blushed lightly at him.
The person grinned as he suddenly appeared behind Luffy and extended his hand to Nami.
Luffy whirled around to see him kiss Nami's hand gently, and Luffy felt himself grit his teeth angrily as the person straightened up and smiled at Nami.
"You are truly beautiful."
"A-Arigato…" Nami replied quietly and Luffy glared angrily at the person.
"Oi, get away from my navigator!"
"Make me, punk!"
The person glared back at Luffy, and then stopped when Nami smiled at him.
"Um… Luffy? Could you go back to the hotel? I'll be a while."
"How come?" Luffy asked as he eyed the person and Nami suspiciously.
"Just do it." Nami said coldly, and Luffy flinched at her voice.
The person chuckled as he extended his hand again, and Nami put hers on top of it.
Nami laughed lightly as did the other person, and Luffy's fist suddenly slammed into the person's face.
Nami stared at Luffy in surprise as his arm snapped back into place and he glared at the person.
"Who the hell are you anyway!?"
"How dare you hit me! I am the Great Santa! But you my dear, may call me Nick." Santa said as he looked over at Nami, but Luffy's fist sent him spiraling into a wall this time.
"Leave Nami alone!" Luffy seethed angrily, but wasn't prepared when he suddenly was hit onto the ground.
Luffy winced in pain as he put a hand on his cheek and stared in surprise as Nami held her hand out with a cold glare down at Luffy.
"Nami?"
"I said go away Luffy!" Nami shouted as Luffy stood up and continued to stare at her.
Nami walked over to Santa who grinned as he held his hand out yet again, and walked away with Nami.
Nami glanced back and mouthed at Luffy. "I hate you."
Luffy's eyes widened, and he then sadly turned around and slowly made his way back to the hotel.
Luffy entered the hotel, and glanced over at the rest of the crew as they stared at him in surprise.
"Where's Nami?"
Luffy looked away so his eyes were concealed under his hat, and he quietly walked to the stairs.
Everyone watched him leave, and Usopp looked at the others, and asked. "What's wrong with him?"
"Maybe something bad happened with him?" Milly wondered out loud as she looked up from the book Robin had let her read.
Over by the mountain, Takai and Zephyr stared down at the small elf town as the gates opened, and Santa walked back in with someone with him.
"Damn it all!" Takai said with a scowl as Zephyr looked away with a smirk.
"I have an idea."
"Give it."
"How about we let Luffy handle this one?"
"Why the hell should I let Luffy have all the-"
"It was your fault this even happened."
"… Fine."
Takai stared back down from the ledge they were standing on, and Zephyr's smirk widened more as he unsheathed his katana.
"So I guess the only way to get the girl back to normal is to kill Santa?"
"Yep. One must die for the effects to wear off."
"Then let's end Christmas for good."
Takai cracked his knuckles with an evil grin.
"I hate this holiday anyway. Not enough screams."
"I hear ya there."
I'm starting want Grandes back instead of Zephyr... Christmas is official cancelled as long as those two are around.
Zephyr: Not my fault. U.U
Takai: ...
Anyway, Happy Holidays!