Summary: Luffy and Nami are separated from the ship in the middle of an ice storm. Can Luffy and Nami survive on a supposed uninhabited island before it's too late? Read to find out!

o.o~0.0~O.O Ch. 14 - Secretly In The Snow O.O~0.0~o.o

Nami awoke to an empty bed this morning. She looked over and noticed that Robin's bed hadn't even so much as been touched and the bed where Luffy had been sleeping was a little cold. She sighed. At least he remembered that she wanted to take this slow. He also remembered what she said about the others, so that was a good thing. Nami stretched and got dressed for the day before heading down to the breakfast table where Sanji was just serving plates to everyone.

Luffy was his normal, hungry self whereas everyone else just ate normally. Luffy, of course, was stealing food from everyone other than Robin and Nami and practically finished everyone's plates for them. "So what are we going to do today?" Chopper asked as ate his vegies. Luffy never touched vegies...he was too into meat to eat vegies. So, Chopper was safe...for now. "Oh, can we go ice-skating! Please?"

Nami and the others all looked at Luffy. "Sure! Me and Nami can take you there!" Luffy said with his mouth full. When he was done, everyone dressed as warm as they possibly could. Nami smiled happily when she was able to put on an even warmer jacket that Robin let her use and some mittens and ear muffs. Now, her hands wouldn't freeze. Unfortunately, that poor scarf had met its end somewhere in the sea. She'd have to buy Robin a new one.

"Are we almost there?" Luffy whined. He was trudging through the snow after Nami as the rest of the crew walked behind them.

"As many times as we've been there, you still can't remember how to get there?" Nami shook her head. "Anyway, we're almost there. Oh, everyone watch your...step."

Chopper, Zoro, and Ussop were the firsts to go down. They practically screamed bloody murder on their way down that very same steep hill. Nami shook her head. Sanji and Franky, in an attempt to save them, rushed after them, but they, too, were met with the same fate. Nami looked at Luffy as he laughed. Nami walked over to the long piece of wood she and Luffy had come to start using as a sled and brought it over to Robin, Luffy,and Franky. Nami grinned as she got in front with Luffy right behind her. They looked up at Robin and Brooke. "You coming, or what?" Nami asked as Luffy wrapped and arm around Nami's waist to hang on.

Robin was a tad bit unsure, but in the end, she sat right behind Luffy and wrapped her arms around him with a leg on either side of him. Brooke followed suit and wrapped a boney arm around Robin to hang on. "Okay, Brooke," Nami said, "get us going."

Brooke, with one arm, used his cane and pushed dug it into the snow, causing them to lurch forward and going flying down the steep hill. Nami and Luffy seemed to be the only two screaming, whereas Brooke was just laughing. Robin had squeezed Luffy to the point of where he could barely breathe and Nami was screaming with excitement.

When the two reached the bottom they noticed that Ussop and Chopper at thoroughly crashed into that very same tree Nami and Luffy had and Chopper got his antler stuck in it. Zoro and Franky had gone sliding straight into iced over river and had slid quite a distance on it. Zoro was on his back, trying to catch his breath whereas Franky was face-first on the ice.

Luffy burst out laughing again when Robin had finally let him go from the death grip she had on him and stood up from the sled. He helped both Robin and Nami out of the sled as Brooke, too, got out. Zoro rolled had rolled over and was currently using his swords in an attempt to stand and keep his balance. Nami walked over to Chopper and grabbed hold of him and yanked him out from the tree, unpinning Ussop who had been stuck to the tree as well.

"You mean to tell me that you were able to stand on this shit?" Zoro said. You could see his legs and arms shaking in his forced attempt to stand. Nami laughed hysterically.

"You look like Luffy!" Nami said, "He was trying so hard to try and stand, but no matter what he did, he just couldn't. Franky...you don't look any better." Chopper easily got onto the ice and began skating around like it was no problem. Ussop...tried...but was failing quite miserably.

"You make it look so easy!" Ussop called out to Chopper.

Luffy stepped onto the ice, and everyone watched and waited for him to fall, but instead, he went skating after Chopper at a pretty fast speed. "YAHOO!" He said, racing after Chopper.

Nami looked at Robin and Brooke. "Aren't you guys going to come out onto the ice?"

"I think I would rather watch," Robin said as she took a seat.

"And I shall keep Robin company!" Brooke said, "Yohohoho! A person can get lonely by themself!"

"Suit yourself," Nami said with a shrug and stepped onto the ice. She skated over to Franky and Zoro and laughed at their expressions. They were concentrating so hard to stay upright. Franky nearly went crashing to the ice again had she not reached him in time. He placed an arm on her and was standing straight up, just like Chopper and Luffy. "Just keep your head up," Nami said with a grin, "if you look at the ground, you're guaranteed to fall." Nami let go of Franky and swiped Zoro's swords from him.

"Oi!" Zoro exclaimed. "I need those!" His eyes widened and he suddenly started running in place, attempting to stay standing.

Nami laughed and grabbed one of his flailing arms. He immediately stopped moving and simply stared, dumbfounded. How the hell had she managed to get him to stand on ice? Behind them, Luffy had paused in his games with Chopper and scowled when he saw Nami put a hand on Zoro's chest and the other on his back and forced him to stand straight. But before anyone could notice, he turned back around and skated after Chopper.

Nami skated over toward Robin and asked Robin if she could hang onto the swords. Robin took them with a nod before stabbing them into the snow beside her. She looked back up to see that Nami had grabbed a hold of Sanji's and Ussop's arms before dragging them out to the ice. They were both stumbling and trying to stay straight and keep up with her at the same time. When Nami released her hold on them, they went sliding straight into Zoro and Franky.

Robin had seen it - that look on Luffy face. It was brief but it was there. It was something she didn't think was possible for their captain. It was sort of unbelievable. The captain to express anger or jealousy for another crew member...now that was something interesting. Unfortunately, as soon as she had witnessed it, it disappeared from her captain's face and he was smiling idiotically all over again.

When Nami returned to Sanji, Ussop, Franky, and Zoro, Ussop and Franky were using each other to try and get up off the ice whereas Sanji and Zoro were arguing with each other and were hanging onto each other's shoulders and spinning in circles. Nami laughed and watched them all right before Chopper challenged her to a race. Nami rose an eyebrow and looked at the little reindeer before accepting his challenge.

"Alright," Nami said, "first one back in this spot after circling those five wins." Nami pointed to the guys who were struggling with each other in the center. Luffy had skated over to laugh at them all when Nami and Chopper had gone to their starting.

"Ready," Chopper said.

"Set," Nami said.

"GO!" They both exclaimed and took off. They were pretty evenly matched until they started turning around the five in the middle. They had all paused for a moment to stare at the two as they raced around them. Nami had begun gaining speed and in the middle of turning, she turned around and looked at Chopper with a sweet smile.

"What's wrong, Chopper?" Nami asked as she watched him flail his arms and pump his legs in an attempt to make himself go faster, "having trouble keeping up?" She was taunting him, and everyone heard it.

Nami turned back around and faced forward before looking behind her. She came to a swerving stop at their beginning point and turned just in time to see Chopper fall flat on his face. Luffy clapped his hands and yelled, "I wanna' try, I wanna' try!" He skated over to her side and laughed as Chopper sat up and rubbed his face.

Nami rose an eyebrow. "You really think you can win?"

"Yup!" He exclaimed, "I can! I know I can!"

Nami got into position. "Okay," Nami said, "Get ready."

"Get set," Luffy said with a widening grin.

"GO!" They both took off with a pace that was even faster than Chopper and Nami's race. Both were determined to win. Both were at the same speed level. Then there came that curve. Luffy started to lag behind so he stretched his arms and everyone watched as he latched onto Nami's waist. He came flying at her from behind and Nami screeched as they both went skidding across the ice and straight into a ton of snow. The only thing you could see were their knees and down. The rest of them was completely covered in snow.

"You think they're okay?" Robin asked curiously.

"Yohohoho!" Brooke laughed.

Sanji was yelling obscenities at Luffy and attempting to run toward where they had landed at, but he was getting nowhere fast. Robin simply continued to sit where she was while Brooke continued to laugh beside her. Franky and Ussop were still...sort of...dancing around each other and attempting to at least try and GET OFF the ice. Zoro was too busy trying to keep his balance because Sanji had pushed away from him and now they were both heading in opposite directions.

Beneath the snow, however, Luffy was burrowing a hole to reach Nami. As he went, the upper half of his body stretched along with him and when he reached Nami, he laughed. "You okay?"

"What did you do that for?" Nami asked, not really mad. It was kind of fun.

Luffy simply laughed and cupped her face with his hand. "It was so I can do this," he said and leaned his head forward. Their lips met and they both relaxed. Nami giggled when Luffy couldn't stop smiling against her lips. Apparently...he really liked kissing.

"Mmm," Nami said, "you know, they're gonna' start wondering if we're okay or not since we've been in this snow for a little longer than we should."

"Ah," Luffy mumbled, bringing his lips back to hers in an even more heated kiss. He worked his tongue into her mouth and she let him. For a few moments, their tongues battled against each other before Nami decided to pull away and wiggle her legs around.

Luffy snapped his body back in place and began wiggling around in an attempt to get out of the snow. Nami had a smile on her face before she actually tried to get out of her hole. Luffy was able to get free first, causing light to filter in through the tunnel he had dug to her. Nami smiled. Sometimes, he really was sweet. She continued to wiggle around before she felt hands on her hips, pulling her right out of her hole. Snow went flying everywhere and Nami brushed it off of her.

"What'd you do that for!" Nami whirled on Luffy, acting as though she was angry for him hurling them into a ton of snow. "You totally cheated!"

"No I didn't!" Luffy said back with a laugh, "You didn't say there was any rules!"

Nami glared her best before skating out to the guys who were having one hell of a time getting off the ice. Her lips wouldn't stop tingling at the simple feel of Luffy's lips against hers. She knew that had she not stopped it when she had, they would have been caught, that, and she wouldn't have been able to stop. She smiled slightly to herself as she helped Zoro get up to his feet. He grabbed hold of her shoulder and didn't let go. "Hey," Nami said, "let go!"

"Nuh uh," Zoro replied, "if I let go, then I'll never get anywhere. You're gonna' get me back to my swords or you'll be stuck with me for longer than this."

Nami rolled her eyes. Then, she got an idea. Why not have a little fun? She raced forward, causing him to stumble and fall flat on his face behind her. Nami laughed and pointed at how ridiculous he looked before help him up again and skating over to Sanji. Sanji was currently attempting to NOT fall into the splits, but he was failing horribly. Nami helped him stand straight before skating over to Ussop and Franky, helping them out as well.

In the end, they stayed at the skating rink all day long. Chopper, Nami, and Luffy all helped them learn how to skate, but they barely made any progress. Robin had absolutely refused to go out onto the ice and Brooke had continually claimed that Robin would be lonesome if he left her side.

What a day to remember.

Wow, I think I really DID make this chapter longer. Huh. Go figure. How'd you like it? Was it good? I wanted to come up with something others hadn't thought about putting into their own stories yet...so...yeah. Secret kiss! Lol!

Wow, okay, what to do for the next chapter...hm...

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