For some reason it took me a lot of effort to write this chapter. Prob cuz I just moved into my dorm, and I'm trying to get settled and everythings so hectic rite now. Ugh.
I've made some modifications to Nami's climatact. After the 2 year time skip I like to imagine she can do these things with her climatact now. You'll see what I mean ;)
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece. If I did no one would read it… or watch it.
I could now honestly say that that was the… weirdest… most terrifying… experience of my entire life. As I uttered the last words on the scroll, I could feel as my soul started to slide from my body, peeling away like velcro. It was painful, it was scary, and I panicked. My soul flailed around and grasped onto the only thing that seemed to have any substance: my mind.
I held on. Even though it felt like trying to hold onto a smooth glass sphere, I somehow kept my grip on it. The entire world was black. The only thing visible was my own body, slouched on some unseen surface. As I struggled I watched as another shimmering soul like myself drifted out of the darkness and settled into my body.
Thoughts and memories that weren't mine flooded my mind.
'Ilana?'… 'love him too much'… 'Marie'… 'Why did you do that?'… 'It hurts!'… 'I slipped'…
I almost lost my grip on my mind. There wasn't enough room for the both of us. I could feel her unconsciously try to push me out, but I refused to let go. I started to battle her overwhelming thoughts with my own.
'Nami!'… 'need to save them'… 'taken captive'… 'Luffy'… 'my body'… 'GET OUT!'
I could feel her assault immediately weaken and she drew her mind back, making some room for me. My grip tightened, and somehow I understood that she wasn't going to stay in my body long; she was simply borrowing it for a while. I summoned some hidden reserves of strength and managed to hold on, but it still felt like an eternity in that suffocating blackness. I had seen other shimmering shapes float by. One curious one had even stopped momentarily in it's drifting to watch before sliding off again.
It was then that I finally felt Ilana leaving. She took her sweet time about it too, but as I was pulled back into my body and everything slid perfectly back into place, I became aware of a pressure on my lips. Just before Ilana left my body completely a thought, (or more like a recent memory), of Cezar kissing me flashed through my mind.
My body felt terrible. I now sympathized with stickers. It felt like I'd been peeled off the paper and then the stupid idiot decided they wanted the pony instead and stuck me back on. My head was beating like a drum, and my body tingled all over.
"Ilana?"
That voice. I was pissed. I had to suffer through all of this because of HIM!
I tried regaining control of my body, and found it wasn't so hard to get back into the swing of things. Using your body again after becoming a soul was like riding a bike I guess; you never forget.
I opened my eyes, and the world was blurry. There was a silver light shining at my temple, but I ignored it. I only had eyes for the man before me.
He was reaching his hand out towards me, and Ilana's last thought flashed briefly through my mind…
and I punched him over the head.
"DON'T TOUCH ME YOU BASTARD!"
I did not want that slime-ball dirt-bag to ever touch me again!
"NAMI!" I heard a relieved but sobbing voice say. I turned around and saw Tyson running towards me. I was glad to see he was okay, but before I could utter one syllable I heard Cezar say behind me:
"You… little… WITCH!"
The next thing I knew I was hanging in the air, nothing supporting me but the ring of water squeezing my neck like a vice. I clutched at it but my fingers kept slipping through, and I only suceeded in scratching my own neck. I started to run out of air in my lungs, and hope. Nothing even seemed real to me anymore, and I found myself welcoming the blackness.
But that's when I felt a surge of energy flow through my entire body, but it wasn't a good kind of energy. My eyes flew open and I saw Tyson gripping my climatact, jabbing it into the stream of water between my noose and Cezar's outstretched hand. He yelped in pain and his concentration was broken, releasing me from his hold. I fell to the ground, gasping for air. I heard other thumps, and as soon as the stars cleared from my vision I saw that my crew was now free. They all looked pretty weak, but also pretty angry.
"Are you alright Nami?" asked Tyson, kneeling down beside me.
Suddenly I heard Cezar's manaical laughing behind me.
"You think a little prick like that will stop me? Do you think I'd let you all go that easily? I've lost everything! EVERYTHING!" He looked directly at me, but his eyes weren't really seeing me.
"You're not going anywhere. You were the last thing Ilana touched, the body that Ilana was just speaking to me from! I will NOT LET YOU GO!"
A gigantic wave rose above the railings, towering above Cezar. It had the head of a dragon with flailing tentacles, and fiery red eyes. He raised both his arms and, with a grand gesture, sent the monster hurtling towards Tyson and I. The beast opened it's maw wide, as if to swallow us whole. I closed my eyes, knowing there was no way I could run away in time. And then…
…
nothing happened. I was perfectly dry. And alive for that matter. I opened my eyes and found myself in Luffy's arms. He carried me bridal style, and Tyson was frozen onto his back in terror.
"Are you alright… Nami?" He asked me. I could hear the barely contained fury in his voice, but it didn't affect me. I could feel the Haki emanating from his body, but it somehow glided over me harmlessly, making me feel warm and sleepy. But I couldn't sleep yet; I wouldn't allow myself to.
"I'm fine, Luffy. You can put me down now."
He set me lightly on my feet, and literally pried Tyson off his back. I gently took my climatact from his immobile grip.
"You cannot run from me forever! You're in the middle of the ocean, and may I remind you, I am the ocean!" Cezar bellowed.
I heard the ring of metal as Zoro and Brooke unsheathed their swords. Franky was transforming his arm into some sort of rocket launcher. Usopp had his slingshot out and loaded, Chopper was in heavy point, Robin's arms were already crossed, and Sanji's leg was on fire. Luffy took a fuming step forward, his thumb already halfway to his mouth…
and then I stopped him.
"Don't."
There was a disruption in his flow of Haki. He looked at me like I was crazy.
"Are you… standing up for him?" he asked confused. The others were looking at us, wondering what we were saying.
"No. Quite the opposite actually." I said, turning around and raising my climatact.
"He's mine!" I yelled, loud enough so all of my nakama would hear. "Besides," I said sideways so only Luffy could hear, "I think I'm the only one who can defeat him."
He gazed into my eyes for a long moment, as if gauging if I could do it or not. I don't know what he saw in them, but he nodded, giving me his consent.
"But I still need help. I need you guys to distract him." I said before walking away from him and towards Cezar, who started laughing again when he saw me approaching alone.
"And what do we have here? An idiotic act of bravery? Going to die for your friends, are you? Well let me tell you something. I'm going to capture you, lock you up, and never let you out again! As for your crew mates, I'm going to kill them all." He said, licking his lips.
"Well I'm not going to give you that chance," I said, widening my legs in a fighting stance.
"Have it your way then." He said, and then charged.
He flicked his fingers, and water droplets formed from the air came flying towards me as fast as bullets. Two years ago I would have been too slow to react, but after all my training on Weatheria I had learned to become as fast as the elements I used.
With a quick motion I blew the projectiles away with a gust of wind from my Climatact, but I didn't stop there. Firing another blast underneath me I launched myself into the air, arching over Cezar's surprised face in a perfect backflip. I landed directly behind him, and immediately spun around to give him a lethal blow to the head, but his hand was already there, stopping it. His hand was encased in water like some kind of shield, but I used that to my advantage. I sent a bolt of electricity through the rod, and Cezar hissed and stumbled away from me.
"You WITCH!" he yelled in rage.
He raised his arms as if to send another tidal wave my way, and I raised my Climatact ready to whip up a hurricane to hurtle him to Timbuktu, but he was stopped mid gesture as a pair of swords swiped cleanly through his torso. For three seconds his upper and lower body were disconnected, but then they melted back together with a sound like a trickling fountain. Once whole again he scowled down at the swordsman before him.
"No one's allowed to call her witch but me." Zoro growled out from behind his sword.
"You're swords are useless against me, you imbecile." Cezar sneered. It didn't stay there long though as he was decapitated by a powerful blow.
"HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY PRECIOUS NAMI~SWAN! AND NOBODY CALLS THE SHITTY MARIMO THAT BUT ME!" Sanji shouted, his leg still on fire.
It was really creepy to see Cezar's face form from his neck, the tendrils of water forming his chin, then his cheeks and mouth, eyes, and finally his scalp and hair.
"Kicks as well, no matter how powerful they may be." Cezar added as he cracked his neck.
"Then try this on for size! THUNDER TEMPO!~" I yelled as I brought my Climatact down with finality. I hadn't just been drinking tea while the guys were fighting. He looked up just in time to see the large thunderhead above him release a bolt of lightening, and soon he was engulfed in light.
There was complete silence among the crew as we stood there, not knowing whether I had finished the job or not. I swallowed and slowly started to approach him. Nobody tried to stop me.
As I neared his immobile figure I tried to make out if he was breathing or not, but his chest wasn't moving. I stopped ten feet away from him, afraid to go any closer. What if I had killed him?
I took another step forward…
"NOOOO!"
Cezar sprang up lifted his hand and sent a javelin of water right at my chest.
I raised my Climatact to repel it, but something flew in front of me. The water javelin hit it with a thud, and then it fell to the ground.
"Wha-?" I started, but then realized what it was.
Tyson lay on the ground at my feet, gasping for air and gripping his chest. I was frozen in shock, and so was Cezar. His hand came away covered in red, and my blood began to boil with fury.
"LUFFY!" I screamed, praying to whatever gods that existed that he knew what I expected of him from that cry. Luckily, in times like these Luffy knew exactly what I needed, and did so without hesistation.
In an instant Luffy was standing behind Cezar. He violently pinned his arms at his sides, using coal black Haki embued hands.
"What is this?" yelled Cezar, the first trace of panic in his eyes.
"You say you're the sea, right?" I yelled, twirling my Climatact. Sparks began to fly around me in a whirlwind. Cezar tried to break free, but there was no getting out of Luffy's death grip. He looked at me with fear.
"Well even the sea has it's weaknesses! ELECTRIC SPEAR!"
With that I charged towards Cezar. I stopped my climatact mid-twirl, aimed directly at his chest. All the electricity that had been gathering inside the rod suddenly shot out of the end of my climatact, stabbing him directly where I judged his heart would be.
His entire body lit up, and he tilted his face skyward as light poured out of his eyes and open mouth. In one final flare his form dissolved into water, splashing onto the deck and seeping off the railings, never to reassemble again.
Without looking back I stumbled toward where Tyson was lying, being attended by a weary Chopper.
"There's nothing I can do!" sobbed the little reindeer, his eyes full of tears.
I collapsed at his side, unable to stop the tears from falling.
"You stupid ship's boy. Why?" I croaked out.
"You needed... to get back to… your crew." He said between pants.
"But you were going to join us!"
"Nah. You guys are… too awesome compared to me."
I grasped his hand, ignoring the gore that covered it.
"Just remember this Tyson. You are now officially a member of this crew, and always will be." I sobbed.
He smiled wide at that, and even when the life had faded from his eyes that smile was still in place.
As the adrenaline wore off the ordeals my mind and body had gone through finally caught up with me. With relief I finally gave in to the blackness, but not everything was black. As my eyes were closing I could discern two glowing shapes dancing above the ocean, and were soon joined by a third. I watched entranced before my eyes completely closed and I saw no more.
K, so if you're freaking out calm down, she's not dead lol She just passed out.
Finished this with a major headache, so if the ending isn't everything you ever expected sorry :P But I really hope you guys liked it! One more chapter to go! Review and tell me what you think!