"I said sorry already! It's your fault." Luffy pouted as he moved out of the way of smokers jitte again. The ship was currently docked and the two vampires were inside since Luffy had to remain secret. Outside everyone from the marine ship, except for Tashigi and Smoker, were outside trying to get everything into their heads. Many of them were having trouble with vampirism and others were highly injured from the werewolves' attacks.

Smoker calmed down slightly and sat down, his fangs in clear view. Luffy frowned "You really need to go drink, else you might attack someone." he said. Smoker shook his head "I wont stoop to drinking that." he said angrily. Luffy's eyes flashed red and within a second he was pinning Smoker with fangs out. Smoker's eyes widened and pushed Luffy off quickly. "That is similar to what you will likely do within the next few hours, but to any humans you can get a hold of. More than likely, you will also binge drink." he told him, his eyes still blood red.

Smoker made a low growling sound and snarled at him "I wont let myself fall to that." he said stubbornly. Luffy shook his head sadly "And Luffy would never hurt his crew, yet he went into that state and tried to kill every member of his crew and turned one of them." he said crossing his arms. Smoker's eyes widened a fraction, he knew from his previous encounters that he would do anything to protect his crew and wouldn't harm them. "You may last on your stubbornness for at most perhaps a little over twenty-four hours, at best. More than likely you may lose control in as soon as an hour or two. Even less should someone get hurt and you smell it." Luffy told him simply.

Smoker sat there in anger "I'm not going to bite anyone." he said, slightly growling still. Luffy nodded his head. "There is another way." he said. Smoker raised an eyebrow. He sniffed the air for a second "Looks like Sanji just came back with some." Luffy said. Smoker was about to inquire what it was but Luffy simply pushed him out the door "Go eat some of the fruit. You'll feel better." Smoker glared at him before finding a strange fruit in his hands.

Luffy sighed and smiled before going back inside, letting the normal Luffy come through. He looked around for a moment before remembering what had been happening before. "I wish he wouldn't do things like that without giving me a heads up." he pouted. He shook his head slightly before trying to find something fun to do while he sat, muttering "Why did he have to go and make it to where I had to hide like this? It's so boring~!"

Sanji looked over at Robin who was sitting in the kitchen now looking in a mirror. Her expression was normal, it seemed she was just staring at her reflection without care. "These whiskers are rather troublesome." she said as she poked one of the ten whiskers that where now stuck on her face. Sanji looked her up and down, not only did she have whiskers she also had more canine like eyes, claws, though smaller than Zoro's, and also had ears and a tail like Zoro had; though hers were black like her hair. All in all her change had made her look more sexy to him.

Hearts appeared in his eyes as he quickly began cooking her a stake. "Cook-san." she said stopping him. Her eyes were on the raw stake he had been about to cook. "It's fine the way it is." she said. He looked at her for a moment "Are you sure Robin-chan? It would only take me a second to cook." he told her. She nodded "I think I prefer it this way." He shrugged and sat the stake in front of her and watched as she began to eat it, noticing that her teeth were actually longer and sharper than Zoro's had been. It gave her a bit more of a fear factor when seeing them.

Sanji sighed as he walked out of the kitchen with a tray of food for Nami and Tashigi; and then the others. "Thank you Sanji-kun." she told him as he place the food on the table. However he could tell she was distracted by something. "You alright Nami-san?" he asked. She looked over at him, jumping slightly. She nodded "I just can't help thinking of how Luffy's doing. He's locked up down there with nothing really to do. I'm a little surprised we haven't heard something blow up or something." she said sadly. "If you want, you can check on him Nami-san." Sanji said with a smile. Nami nodded "If nothing else, I guess I could give him company."

Sanji smiled and nodded, walking off to give Tashigi some as well. Nami picked up her plate, taking some of the fruit as well and went below deck. Luffy looked up at her as she came in. He grinned and waved at her "Hey, Naim! What-cha doin?" he asked. She shrugged "I figured you were probably bored. Besides, I don't think you've had anything yet." she said placing the fruit down in front of him. He smiled "Oh, thanks! I could really do for some right now!" he said biting into one. She ignored the smell that came off it as she ate some of the food Sanji had given her before.

Luffy smiled at Nami as she finished her food, his already finished up. "I think I'm starting to understand what he meant before." he said, more to himself. Nami looked at him confused for a moment. Luffy's smile vanished as the door opened showing several of those who had been on the marine ship. Luffy looked at them confused. It was easy to tell all of them were vampires just by looking, they were too pale to not be. "What do you guys want?" Luffy asked confused. "That fruit tastes like shit and I feel awful." one said. Luffy looked at them confused "Odd, I had no problem with the taste. Just the feeling, that was a pain~." he agreed, nodding his head. Nami however already had seen where the marines were going and had begun moving slowly behind Luffy subconsciously.

Luffy looked back at Nami confused before noticing how scared she looked. He turned back around and looked at the marines. He noticed now how they all looked. They appeared as if ravenous, licking their lips on occasion. He threw his arms out, blocking them from Nami all the more. "Just hand her over. Don't worry; she wont die right? She'll just change into a vampire as well." another said. Luffy's head lowed as if he was considering the thought. "Luffy?" Nami said, shaking ever so slightly. "Don't you dare touch her. If you do, I will make sure you experience more than any living hell could provide." he said in a low voice, though easily carried to everyone in the room.

The room's temperature seemed to drop a few degrees as they sat for a moment. However the marines had grown partly crazed from their change to vampirism, and didn't take his warning. As they began to move forward, he turned his head slightly and Looked at Nami. She looked at his eyes, red as they were, they seemed to have some sort of unspoken feeling in them. The rooms temp decreased much faster, to the point Nami began to actually shiver.

They stopped as they began to look around in fear, knowing something was wrong. "What is up with the temperature?!" one shouted, freaking out slightly. "What the hell is happening to his shadow!?" another shouted, bringing Nami and the others attention to it. Luffy's shadow was moving on it's own, growing in size and forming several pointed spots. She and the others watched in shock as the shadow became solid and rose from the floor, the points toward the marines. "If you still wish to fight, come forward." Luffy said, his voice intimidating by itself.

Within seconds every one of them had left, leaving Luffy and Nami alone again. Luffy's shadow returned back to normal. He smiled back at Nami before collapsing to his knees. "Luffy! Are you alright?!" she asked, worried. He nodded, his eyes still red. "Just tired. He wasn't ready for that. Our bond isn't strong enough for him to handle it without difficulty." he said, panting slightly. Nami sighed in relief. "Have you figured it out yet?" he asked. She looked at him confused, not understanding. He shook his head "Even he is starting to understand. Oh well; I'm sure you'll eventually get it." he said with a shrug.

Nami sighed, giving up on trying to understand him. "What was that anyway? That thing you did with your shadow." she asked. He smiled "It's a sort of vampire power. You can only do it if the bond between both halves is good. It is actually very rare for it to happen." he said, his eyes drooping. "Luffy?" she said a bit worried. He fully collapsed, only not falling to the ground from falling onto Nami. She sat for a moment in shock before she heard snoring. She smiled slightly and lowered him off her shoulder and placed his head on her lap.

She smiled and moved his bangs away from his face and eyes. She couldn't help but think he looked cute like this and notice how soft his hair seemed to feel. She put a hand to her forehead. "Man, what's up with me lately?" she asked herself. She closed her eyes as she tried to think about it; a smile still on her lips; so she didn't notice Luffy's eye opening for a second. He smiled before closing his dark brown eyes back and resting there. I hope she figures it out. he thought as he continued to lie there.

Tashigi looked at Sanji with narrow eyes as he placed the plate in front of her. "Don't misunderstand, we are still enemies!" she told him. He nodded "I know, I know. However we have to put that aside for now if we want to get off the island, right?" he asked with a smile. "Well, yes. However, don't think for a moment that I wont arrest you when this is over!" she told him. He nodded "Yes, I know Tashigi-chan. Because your a marine and you have to arrest pirates. I just wish it were different." he said sadly as he walked away. She looked at him as he left before she began eating what he had given her. So do I.