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Nami's Dark Little Secret
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece.
Chapter 14: The Craziness of Love
AN: This fic is rated M for Mature. Warning: This chapter contains slight lemon (at the end), I censored most of the stuff out. It's double feature time enjoy! I kinda ran out of time so this is the original and not newly edited version. If I find the time I'll go back and tweak it! Sorry about that.
The orange-haired woman writhed beneath him, struggling...moaning...clawing at his back until her nails drew blood. Pleasure...pain...mingling as one.
Luffy stirred in his sleep, his head tossing from side to side in an agitated manner as he remained submerged within the dark depths of a nightmare. A nightmare he could not escape from...
His body was overpowering hers as she cried out...
Luffy's breath was coming in and out in short gasps. How he wanted to awake from this awful nightmare! But he felt like he was in the sea...his body felt heavy and weighed down. He was powerless. How he hated this feeling.
A single tear trailed down her cheek...
"AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Luffy cried as he suddenly sat up in the bed he was laying in. He looked around him wildly trying to get his bearings and oddly enough the first thing he saw was her.
"Oh, so you're awake." Nami began with a nonchalant attitude.
"Nami?!" Luffy instantly began to scrutinize her face for a sign of something, anything wrong. He removed his eyes from her face and trailed them over her body looking for signs of injury or pain...there didn't seem to be anything unusual although he did notice that Nami stiffened under his intense stare.
Nami bit her lip nervously as Luffy continued to rake his eyes over her. "What's the matter Luffy?"
Luffy turned his eyes back to stare into her eyes. He took a deep breath and voiced what was on his mind. "Nami...did I hurt you?"
Nami blinked back at him in a surprised fashion. 'Now why would he think that?' She wondered. "No..." She replied hesitantly. 'Did he maybe remember something...?'
"Don't lie to me Nami." Luffy snapped at her causing Nami to flinch. Luffy looked repentant as he racked a hand through his hair and sighed. "Nami...it happened again. I...can't really remember what happened very well...since, well, I failed to protect you. But I know something happened. I can feel it. It's like...I was there...but on the outside listening...seeing parts of this...vision. It was me I think...but I'm not really sure since I...I'm not like that person. It's me but at the same time it's not. I know I'm not making any sense but...I know something happened. Tell me Nami."
Nami bit her lip hard enough to draw blood, she tasted iron in her mouth as she licked her bottom lip in nervousness. She couldn't really tell him the truth could she? How would he react to the fact that together they had killed Captain Gluttony...that he had killed Talika by snapping her neck. That he had...she and he had...Nami shook her head. No! She couldn't tell him that! If he knew...what would he think of her? It was weird enough that he had no memory of their time together but to try and explain it. She looked back at him, Luffy, the real Luffy. His eyes were still filled with so much innocence. She would hate for him to lose that.
But the day would come when Luffy would have to grow up.
He couldn't stay a boy in Neverland forever.
But Nami also knew that deep down he knew this as well.
But there was something else that was gnawing at her being. Why had she slept with dark Luffy anyways? Why hadn't she waited to prove her trust to her dear captain? Was she such a whore to give into her base desires without thinking things through first? Without taking his emotions or even her own into consideration? What was the driving force behind it all? All Nami could remember was that when she was with dark Luffy was that all the guilt and qualms about being with him disappeared and that as he filled her, the hole in her heart was also filled.
This thing that she had been craving, longing for, needing, it was Luffy. But even though it wasn't the Luffy she had fallen in love with it was still him and so she accepted this other part of him rather than rejecting it. Was that a bad thing? She had to wonder. But she couldn't say she really regretted it although she did feel guilty that the man before her didn't even know of their time together.
She was a bit mad at herself and a bit mad at him.
She would humor him she decided and tell him 'some' of the truth. "Luffy...you...well together we managed to defeat the Cannibal King which as it turns out was a member of the Seven Deadly Pirate Kings. He was known as Captain Gluttony. Although at the time you seemed to know all this...I don't know if you know this now though so I'm just telling you." She looked back at Luffy expecting some sort of an outrageous reaction but he seemed to let this sink in.
"I see." Luffy nodded. "So...we killed him. But...did something happen after that? Did I try to hurt you or something?" The flashes of that vision or nightmare were still fresh in his mind. They made him sick to his stomach. Had he really done those strange things to her...it was inconceivable.
"Luffy...you said you would never hurt me remember? So why would you doubt yourself?" Nami questioned quietly.
Luffy thought for a moment and then seemed to come to a conclusion as he nodded. "You're right. I would die first. But...I'm just worried that you're hiding something from me Nami. But I can see you're not going to tell me any time soon. You will tell me one day though won't you Nami?"
Nami nodded.
"Well, I guess that's good enough for me. Things will work themselves out I guess." Luffy shrugged, letting a grin spread across his face, although his voice sounded hollow and his smile seemed fake to Nami.
"Yea." Nami agreed. "Luffy there's something I've been meaning to ask you..."
"What is it Nami?" Luffy asked.
"Well...it's..." Nami hesitated as she couldn't seem to come up with the right words to express what she wanted to ask him..
Damanu chose that moment to come through the curtained doorway.
Nami sighed heavily. "It's not important."
Her tone suggested otherwise but Luffy wisely chose to stay quiet.
"Ah, so I see you've awakened. You're a fast healer aren't you?" Damanu was saying as he came over to Luffy's side. "Well...you better take this medicine though it will help you get your strength back." Damanu told Luffy as he poured a purplish tinted liquid from a bottle into a spoon and held it out before Luffy.
Luffy was opening his mouth when suddenly the spoon was knocked out of Damanu's hands.
Both Luffy and Damanu turned surprised to see Nami was standing with her Clima Tact held in her hands in its bo form. She glared at Damanu her eyes full of hatred. "Damanu," She practically growled. "Just what do you think you're doing? The only reason you're even alive is because I needed your help to treat Luffy. It does not mean that I trust you in any way shape or form. Really, you should be dead since you have outlived your purpose." Nami changed her Clima Tact into its T-shaped form and was preparing to unleash her cyclone tempo attack when she felt a hand on her arm stopping her.
She looked back to see Luffy. This only made her more angry. "Just what do you think you're doing Luffy! You shouldn't be out of bed in the condition you're in!!"
"Nami...I should be asking you the same thing. This isn't like you. The Nami I know wouldn't attack the man who saved my life."
Nami glared back at Luffy. "This isn't like you." She quoted mockingly. "Well what is like me?! What am I supposed to be? How am I supposed to act? Who am I really? Oh Luffy if you only knew! And Luffy let me tell you a thing or two. I am sick and tired of how you -always- seem to trust people so easily. I can't stand it any more! What if Damanu was giving you poison you would be dead now!!!"
"Things happen-" Luffy was cut off.
"That's what you said in Jaya! You haven't grown up at all! You need to realize there are consequences for your actions Luffy...did you ever stop to think how I would feel if something were to happen to you! Well...let me show you..." Nami grabbed the bottle of purple liquid from Damanu's hands. "How it feels not to know what might happen!" Nami put the bottle to her lips...
"Nami!" Luffy cried as he realized what she was doing. Suddenly he was filled with worry. What if it was poison? What if Damanu had been trying to kill him? That would mean Nami was in danger...that she could die. And it would be his fault because Nami was trying to prove a point. "Stop! I get it Nami! Stop!"
Damanu watched with an intent expression on his face...he was watching Nami's every move.
Nami slowly lowered the bottle from her lips and it seemed everyone sighed in relief. "I really wonder if you understand or not." Nami sighed and tucked a stray hair behind her ear in irritation. "God if you weren't such an idiot things would be so much easier for me you know."
Nami's words hit Luffy like daggers to his heart. He hung his head in shame. It was true and even he knew it. He was always putting her through things because of him. If she was with a more capable captain then maybe her life would be easier. He had made a promise to that old man too...that he wouldn't steal Nami's smile. He wondered if he had broken it already as he looked back at Nami...she sure didn't look happy. He wondered how he could get that smile back on her face. Well...when he usually did something like...
"." Luffy contorted his rubber face into many different and silly ways.
Nami just continued her hard stare.
Somehow it just wasn't so easy anymore.
Luffy stopped and looked back at her disappointed. What had happened to them all...why did things have to be so different now...Luffy wished things were like they had been before.
Damanu smiled behind his hand as he decided to take his leave of them. He was glad to see that the two of them weren't getting along. That woman...simply fascinated him. How she would make the perfect cannibal! Ever since Damanu had laid eyes upon the fiery woman when she had been infected by the Curse of the Skull of Eternal Misfortune he was obsessed with the idea of her being his lover.
He had been lucky to have his life spared to tend to that rubber body's wounds. It had surprised him indeed that mere boy had managed to defeat their king but so was life. Full of surprises...wonderful....orange haired surprises. Damanu smirked to himself. He couldn't wait to put his plan into action. He knew just how he would manipulate all of them until they would be in the palms of his hands, especially the girl. She would soon be his devoted, beautiful, cannibal lover.
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"Why do you think Nami-san wanted to be left alone with Luffy?" Sanji pouted.
"Hn." Was Zoro's response. He was seated cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed.
"Isn't it obvious! It's because she's worried about the man she loves!" Ussop grinned.
BONK.
"The truth hurts..." Ussop moaned.
"There's something I need to go do." Sanji informed them as he walked off.
Zoro opened one eye to watch him leave before shutting it again and going back to his nap.
Sanji walked through the woods until he came to a series of newly made graves. He walked until he came to stand in front of one grave in particular. The stone read...
"Here lies Princess Talika, our mistress and benevolent leader. She shall be missed."
Sanji took out a cigarette, lit it, and put in into his mouth. He took a long drag before exhaling a puff of smoke. "The loss of any beautiful woman is a shame. Just what in the hell was that idiot thinking anyways? She may have been evil but she didn't deserve this..."
Flashback...
Talika stood from her place on the cushions. "You would fight a woman?" She questioned.
"Y-yes." Sanji lied. Damn how did I get myself into this mess! Right...I just followed my instincts. Damn my instincts! Oh well...getting killed by a beautiful woman who wants to do naughty things to you can't be so bad right? I'm so screwed.
Talika smiled as she continued her approach towards the now trembling Sanji. So father was right, this boy's weakness is women after all. How extremely pathetic. This battle will be over before it has even begun! Talika suddenly removed a dagger from in between her ample chest and lunged at Sanji.
Sanji moved sideways out of the way but Talika continued on the attack. Left, right, left, right, duck. Sanji avoided all of Talika's attacks with ease but still he didn't fight back. Talika was beginning to get frustrated as it seemed like he was toying with her.
"Why don't you attack me?!" She cried in frustration as she lunged at him again.
"Why?" Sanji asked as he removed his cigarette from his mouth and let out a breath of smoke. "Why indeed. It's because I can't." He replied to the stunned Talika.
"What do you mean you can't?! Don't you realize I'm trying to kill you?" Talika's eyes were wide with disbelief.
"A gentleman can't hit a lady." Sanji smirked at her.
Talika smiled back at him. "So why don't you just stand still and let me finish you off if you don't plan on fighting anyways."
Sanji threw his cigarette to the ground and with the heal of his shoe snuffed it out. "Alright." Sanji said as he let his arms drop to his sides. Sanji closed his eyes...
Talika's mouth dropped open. She hadn't really expected him to actually consent. Was he really so chivalrous that he wouldn't raise his hand against a woman? She had thought that being a woman would have given her a bit of an edge against this so-called womanizer, but as she looked back at him she knew that term was all wrong for him. He was much more than that. He was just as he had said - a true gentleman. Talika raised her hand and prepared to strike...
Sanji awaited for the final blow...
But instead he heard something fall to the ground.
He opened his eyes and was surprised to see that Talika had dropped her knife.
"I suppose since you're such a gentleman I can trust that you'll surrender peacefully?" Talika questioned with a small shy smile.
Sanji smiled back at her. "But of course, mademoiselle." Sanji bowed at her.
Talika came over and tied his hands together... "You know Sanji...you would make a fine cannibal. Only a coward would use his power against a woman and you have shown me that you are indeed no coward."
End of Flashback.
As Sanji looked down at Talika's grave he noticed something. He kicked the dirt at the foot of her grave to see that it had been disturbed. "Huh?" Sanji wondered. He then began to dig up Talika's grave. In a matter of moments he was pulling out her small wooden coffin. He then kicked the lid off and peered inside.
Sanji's eyes widened in shock...
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Damanu hid behind a low bush as he spied on Zoro and Ussop. They seemed to be oblivious to his presence. Damanu smiled and he pulled out something from the inside of his robes. Five something to be exact. "Now...let's see how these work."
"OW!" Ussop suddenly exclaimed as he rubbed his arm. He looked this way and that trying to find the culprit but no one was around, except for the sleeping Zoro that is. Ussop came up to Zoro and whacked him upside the head.
"What the fuck?!" Zoro's eyes shot open immediately as he glared back at Ussop. "What the hell was that for?"
"You're the one who started it!" Ussop defended himself.
Damanu had to stifle a laugh behind his hand. He then smiled down at the small long nosed doll he held in his hand. It had worked with that one...now it was time to see if he held power over the other one.
"Argh!" Zoro suddenly bellowed as an immense pain hit his stomach causing him to double over. "What was that?! Ussop you better not have had anything to do with that or you're a dead man!"
"W-Who me?! I wasn't the one!" Ussop insisted. "Something strange is going on here and I intend to find out what it is. I think we should go tell Nami!"
Zoro smacked a hand to his forehead and shook his head. "Well I suppose you're right. Maybe that woman will be able to figure out what's going on."
"Well now...I can't let those two go off and tell her everything now can I?" Damanu said to himself as he prepared his next attack upon them. He lifted a small thin needle and pierced the long-nosed doll's head with it...
Zoro was just about to walk in the direction of the medicine hut when he was attacked from behind. Ussop had thrown his arms around Zoro and the force of this had sent Zoro crashing to the ground with Ussop on top of him. "TEME!" Zoro growled until suddenly...
Damanu smiled at his handy work. Both of the small vodoo dolls now had needles piercing their brains. Damanu knew he was no match for the Straw Hat Pirates physically at least but he was the most powerful Witch Doctor to have ever lived and so using his vodoo magic decided he would make them all destroy themselves, except for their beautiful navigator of course. She would be his.
Zoro pushed Ussop off of him so that he went flying backwards. His eyes had changed and now held a deadly glare. He advanced Ussop who instead of trembling at the knees at Zoro's approach was preparing to launch himself into attack against Zoro as well...
Zoro unsheathed his swords and prepared to attack Ussop head on. "Demon Slash!" Zoro roared as he attacked his blades flashing...
"What the hell do you think you're doing shithead!" Sanji's was upside down on his hands as his two feet were each blocking a sword. Zoro's third sword however had been unable to be blocked and Sanji's chest now had a vicious cut down the center of it.
Zoro however didn't respond as he jumped backwards and prepared to attack Sanji. Sanji coughed up blood as he leapt back onto his feet and prepared himself for the attack. "You shitty bastard! I don't know what the hell has gotten into you but I won't let you hurt Ussop!"
"This won't do, not at all," Damanu frowned. That one called Ussop had almost met his end too. Damn that cook for getting in the way. But not for long... Damanu raised a needled and slowly pierced the brain of a small doll wearing a mini chef's hat.
"Argh!!!!" Sanji collapsed to his knees as an intense pain washed over him. He clutched at the sides of his head as his head felt like it would split open. Suddenly, it felt like there was cotton in his ears...everything seemed so far away...until it began to fade away all together.
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"Huh?" Nami's head raised as she looked off in the direction of the curtained doorway to the hut. "That sounded like Sanji-kun."
"You think there's trouble?" Luffy was already getting out of bed.
Nami's eyes turned fierce as she pushed Luffy back down. "And just where do you think you're going?! You have to keep resting! Got it?! I'll go check it out." Nami declared as she stormed out of the room.
"Scary." Luffy pouted as he let himself collapse back down onto the bed.
Nami pushed the curtain aside and ran outside. She had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach about this. Her nakama just seemed to attract danger to them like honey attracted bees. She saw something up ahead and so kept running until she skidded to a halt.
Nami's eyes widened and then she let lose a piercing scream.
There before her were her nakama, all lying on the ground in pools of their own blood.
Once she had managed to pull herself together she quickly ran over to them. Maybe...just maybe they weren't actually dead! She was at Zoro's side shaking him. "Zoro...Zoro this is no time to be taking a nap! Dear god! If you can hear me Zoro please wake up!"
Tears were streaming down Nami's face as she got no response. Then suddenly Zoro stirred as he coughed up some blood. He was alive! Nami quickly went over to Sanji's side next to check if he was ok. He was also breathing albeit a bit irregularly. Ussop, next, they were alive they were still alive! But who had done this?
"Nami my sweet." Came a voice. Nami quickly spun around to come face to face with Damanu. At first she looked back at him confusedly because there was just no logical way this wimp could have defeated the three of them.
"Damanu! What are you doing here?! Do you know what happened?" Nami demanded coming up to him.
Damanu raised an eyebrow at her. "Isn't it obvious, my sweet. It was I."
"You?!" Nami bit out. "But how could you have possibly done this to them!"
Damanu simply smiled back at her. "Well now...that is...a secret."
Nami quickly reached between her cleavage and pulled out her Clima Tact transforming it into its bo form. She pointed it threateningly at his neck. "Tell. me. now."
"Oh, feisty aren't you. But that's what I like the most about you. However, how can you stand on that injured leg of yours?" Damanu questioned.
"Wha?" Nami questioned looking down.
Damanu quickly plunged a needle into an orange-haired vodoo doll's leg.
"Itteeeee!!!" Nami shrieked in pain as she sunk to her knees. She couldn't explain it. Suddenly her leg felt injured but she wasn't bleeding. The pain however was very real. "Why are you doing this?" Nami questioned through the haze of pain.
"Why? Because from the moment I laid eyes on you I decided you would make the perfect cannibal, and the perfect bride." Damanu said standing over her.
"Bride?!" Nami spat. "You have got to be kidding me. There is no way I'll marry the likes of you!"
"You'll be singing quite a different tune soon enough, once you've become cursed by the Skull of Eternal Misfortune once more. I will return you to the deadly beauty that you once were. And together we will bring back the cannibal clan, my sweet, as King and Queen."
Nami looked back at him with eyes full of hatred.
Damanu reached into his robes and pulled something out. It was wrapped in a black velvet cloth but as he let the cloth fall Nami's eyes widened in shock. There it was - the Skull of Eternal Misfortune!
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"That Nami..." Luffy pouted. "Why is she always so angry at me lately. I just don't get it." Luffy was getting restless. Just how long ago was it that Nami went off to check on the others. Too long. Luffy decided as he hopped out of bed.
He quickly peeled off the many bandages that had been wrapped around him - they would only serve to hinder his movements. He then pushed back the curtain door and ran outside.
It wasn't long before he came across his fallen nakama.
"Mina!!!" Luffy cried as he came to their sides. "What happened to you?!"
"It was...Damanu." It was Zoro, Luffy was at his side in an instant. Zoro gasped as he continued to try and speak. "He took Nami..."
"Nami? Don't worry Zoro I won't let that bastard get away with this!" Luffy stated as he looked back at his fallen friends, hesitating to leave them, Zoro noticed this.
"Don't worry about us...just save her." Zoro coughed.
"You know Zoro you seem so tough on the outside..." Luffy was smiling.
"I wish I was a little tougher on the inside." Zoro smirked back at him. "Now go save her Captain!"
"Damn straight!!!!" Luffy bellowed.
Luffy ran and ran in the direction that Zoro had pointed that Damanu had taken Nami and was surprised when he found himself face to face with the Temple of the Divine Destroyer. He must have taken Nami inside. Luffy decided as he quickly made his way inside the temple.
Luffy continued to run down the darkened halls until he heard something, a voice, Damanu's voice. It was coming from just ahead so Luffy cautiously made his way towards the voice stopping just outside the entrance to another chamber. He peered around the corner...
Damanu was hovering over Nami who had been tied down to a giant stone altar. He had the Skull of Eternal Misfortune in both of his hands that were raised over her. Nami struggled against her bonds but to no avail She was furious...how dare Damanu touch her and undress her. He had dressed Nami in a ceremonial garb fitting for the event that was about to take place. She was topless wearing nothing but an ornate beaded necklace that came over half of her breasts, and a long, white flowing skirt. He had also adorned her wrists and ankles with golden bangles.
Damanu continued his chant:
The consumer of all, The Divine Destroyer,
She who consumes the souls of the Gods,
Listen to my humble plea,
This girl I give unto thee make her one of thine children,
Child of darkness shall be reborn,
A taste for flesh, a desire for blood, Damanu cut his wrist and let a few drops fall onto the ruby skull he had outstretched before him.
Take her under your dark wing now!
Suddenly the Skull of Eternal Misfortune began to glow and then it released a red tinged light into Nami who cried out from the force of its evil energy.
"Nami!!" Luffy yelled as he saw that she was hit with the red tinged light. Her body began to convulse upon the table until suddenly it stilled. Luffy came running into the chamber and Damanu looked back at him and smiled.
"You're too late boy, she's one of us now." He waved a hand at the alter and the bonds around Nami's wrists and ankles were released. Nami eerily sat up and peered over at Damanu and Luffy.
"No...Nami..." Luffy murmured as he looked back at her.
Her eyes were red, and her teeth had become pointed. There was this unforgettable gleam in her eyes that Luffy knew he could never forget. She was a cannibal once more.
"Nami, my sweet, come here." Damanu outstretched his hand to her to help her down from the alter. Nami complied and placed her hand in his. Luffy felt like he was going to be sick. "You see, boy, she desires me now. It was inevitable that you would lose her like this...you had such a fragile hold on her to begin with. Only a matter of time really before someone came along and stole her away. You have taken her for granted and now she is mine! You should have taken her while you had the chance!"
Damanu and Nami approached him, Nami's hand still in his.
Luffy's fists clenched at his sides. "What do you mean while I had the chance?"
"I was there when this woman offered herself to you and you were stupid enough to refuse her. Something about how she didn't trust you enough. Ridiculous! You really are an idiot! You're far too stupid to even begin to comprehend such a woman. Why would such a fascinating woman want a mere boy when she could have a man anyways?"
"Why would I want a mere boy instead of a man you ask?" Came Nami's voice suddenly. Both Damanu and Luffy looked back at her in surprise. "Because out of all the men I have known I haven't been able to trust any of them...but Luffy I trust him with everything that I am - my body, my soul, and my heart."
Nami suddenly attacked Damanu sending him crashing to the ground. She was straddling him now as she racked her nails across his face. "I may have the desires of a cannibal now but that does not mean I desire you! I will NEVER desire you Damanu!"
Damanu got over his initial shock and fought back. "You bitch! How dare you turn against me! You will pay!" Damanu quickly fished in his pockets for his orange-haired Vodoo doll and quickly pierced Nami's right arm with a needle.
Nami shrieked in pain as she toppled off of Damanu.
"Nami! You bastard! What did you do to her!" Luffy growled.
Damanu glared back at Luffy. "Nothing less than she deserved. Nami...it's still not too late. I'm offering you everything...do you know how much gold lies here in this temple. It is yours! What more could you want? Name your price."
"My price!" Nami spat as she clutched her injured arm. "Now you've done it! I don't want your filthy gold! I would rather die than be your bride!"
"That can be arranged!" Damanu snarled. As he was about to plunge a needle into Nami's heart he suddenly stopped and a sly smile crossed his face. "You know, I heard everything...how this boy said he would never ever hurt you. That he would die first. That you could trust him. Well, let's see if he was lying to you." Damanu mocked Luffy's words before he reached into his robes and pulled out a vodoo doll wearing a miniature straw hat. He then plunged the needle into the doll's brain and chanted. "You shall die by his hand!"
Nami looked back at Luffy, whose head was hanging down. "Luffy?..." She questioned. Was Damanu somehow controlling him? She took a step forward towards him.
Suddenly his head snapped up and Nami could see this feral gleam in his eyes. But it wasn't the same as dark Luffy where she could still look past those fierce eyes and see a person...when she looked back at Luffy this time all she saw was a puppet that was being controlled by none other than Damanu. "Damanu you sick bastard! Let Luffy go!"
"Buwhahahaha! Sorry my sweet but I can't do that." Damanu chuckled back at her mercilessly.
Luffy suddenly lunged at Nami and she had to dive out of the way. She wished she had her Clima Tact weapon with her but Damanu had taken it from her. All she could do was try to avoid Luffy's attacks and reach him somehow.
"Luffy! Snap out of it will you! It's me Nami!" Nami spoke as she ran from Luffy.
He was hot on her heels. "Gomu Gomu no pistol!" Luffy cried as his hand shot towards her.
"Ahhhh!" Nami cried as she leapt out of the way. The fist went flying over her hitting a stone wall which shattered under the force of his blow. "Whew that was close." Nami got up and quickly kept running as Luffy prepared another attack.
"Gomu Gomu no whip!" His leg shot out and was speeding towards her. Nami looked at his leg and timed it. She jumped and the leg swung under her hitting a statue that had been behind her.
She landed back on the ground and kept running. "Luffy! Come on you dimwit! Can't you hear me!"
"It's useless my dear. The Luffy you know is no more. He is a mere puppet. No one can resist the effects of vodoo magic." Damanu informed her with grin. "Their consciousness gets buried within themselves. But why are you running, my dear? I thought you trusted this boy? What was it you said? You trust him with you body, your soul, and your heart. How sweet. NOT." Damanu mocked. "You will be killed by the man you placed your trust in!!!"
Nami bit her lip. How did this happen? Luffy...and vodoo magic?! Would he really kill her? Nami stopped in her tracks. There was just no way. She couldn't doubt him, Nami trusted Luffy...and she would finally get to prove it to him. He wouldn't kill her. She would put her life in his hands.
With her back to the wall Nami faced Luffy.
Luffy stopped and glared at her before raising his fist.
"I trust you Luffy..." Nami told him as she looked back at him. "I know you won't kill me. Because any time I've ever asked for your help you've given it to me Luffy. Luffy...help me."
"Gomu Gomu no Pistol!" Luffy's fist went flying through the air towards Nami. Nami closed her eyes awaiting the inevitable.
The sound of Luffy's fist colliding with the stone wall was heard and stone showered down upon Nami. She opened her eyes in shock and saw that Luffy's fist had missed her head by mere centimeters. His whole body was trembling, it looked like he was undergoing some kind of inner battle.
"Luffy..." Nami smiled. "Come back to me Luffy!"
"Nami...it's so hard!" Luffy said through gritted teeth.
"I know you can do it Luffy! I believe in you!" Nami declared as she came up to him and wrapped her arms around him.
Luffy's trembling finally stilled and he pulled away from Nami. "Thanks a lot Nami."
"For what? I didn't do anything, it was you Luffy." Nami winked.
"Ah, but you're wrong Nami...it was the trust you had in me that set me free. I owe you one." Luffy said as he turned to face Damanu cracking his knuckles. "You touched her...and for that you will pay with your life."
Damanu took a step back before remembering the vodoo doll he still had in his hands. "We'll see about that!" Damanu cried as he took out a handful of needles.
"Luffy look out!" Nami cried as she watched in horror.
Damanu suddenly plunged all of the needles he had into the vodoo doll.
Blood spirted from the wounds that had suddenly appeared on Luffy's body. Luffy took a step forwards before collapsing to his knees.
"LUFFY!!!" Nami cried.
"Didn't I tell you I would die before ever hurting you..." Luffy said as he collapsed.
"You idiot! Who ever said I wanted that! Now get up! Vodoo magic only works if you believe in it! Don't believe that he hurt you Luffy! He didn't hurt you! Those wounds...aren't even real! Now get up!" Nami dug her fingernails into the palms of her hands until they bled.
"They're not real...I believe you Nami...just as you believed in me." Luffy murmured as he began to push his body up from the cold stone floor.
"Impossible!" Damanu cried. "No one can resist the vodoo magic! It's impossible! Impossible! Impossible!" Damanu began to take a few steps back as Luffy wobbled forward.
"DDammannuuuuu....." Luffy slurred. "Prepare to die."
Damanu held his hands up before him in surrender. "No! Wait! Let's think about this!"
"Gomu Gomu no BAZOOKKAAAA!!!!!" Luffy's hands shot forward and hit Damanu head on. Damanu's head shot back as blood splurted from his mouth. The force of Luffy's attack sent him flying backwards through the back wall, but he didn't stop there as he kept on going through the next wall and then through the next.
Luffy turned back to Nami with a triumphant grin on his face. "Victory!" He waved two peace signs at her with both of his hands.
Nami broke out into a huge grin as well. "Victory!" She cheered waving a peace sign in one of her hands back at him.
They then broke out laughing, it was several minutes before they had managed to calm themselves down and then Nami turned to Luffy with a serious expression on her face. "I wonder how I can get this curse off of myself again because it's taking all my will power not to take a bite out of you, you know Luffy...you look damn good for the tasting."
Luffy gulped. He then fished something out of his pocket and handed it to her. "As much as I'd like that...here."
"What's this?" Nami peered back down at the thing he had given her which she now held in her hand. "My talisman. You kept it?"
"Yea," Luffy said scratching the back of his neck in a bashful manner. "It meant a lot to me that you sacrificed your only protection against the curse the last time to save me."
"We've been through a lot together haven't we?" Nami told him as she placed the talisman about her neck, her eyes instantly turning back to normal as well as her teeth.
"You can say that again." Luffy smirked.
"Sometimes I ask myself if it was all worth it...you know what I answer to myself Luffy?" Nami questioned.
"No...what?" Luffy asked hopeful.
"Of course it was worth it because I found you." Nami said approaching Luffy swinging her hips suggestively and placing both of her hands on either side of Luffy's face before pressing her lips against his.
Luffy was stunned...it seemed Nami wasn't mad at him any more. He kissed back hungrily and as Nami moaned he plunged his hot tongue into her mouth. He pulled back to look at her face and saw she was wearing the most beautiful smile and it was all for him. He smiled back. "Ah, now I know how to make you smile Nami."
"Baka," Nami bonked him on the head playfully.
"I just want you to be happy Nami." Luffy told her seriously.
She drew circles on Luffy's chest with her finger, "I know things that you could do that would make me WAY happier." She gave him a sly smile.
Luffy gulped nervously. "Uh...like what?"
"Oh like this for starters..." Nami brought his hands up to cup her bare breasts under the ornate necklace she wore. Luffy sighed as he felt her smooth skin beneath his battle-worn hands. She felt so good. He caressed her earning a moan from Nami as she arched her body into his touch.
Luffy continued to caress her experimentally mindful of being gentle though. Nami seemed to be loving every second of it and soon brought Luffy's head back to her and pulled him in for another heated kiss. She wanted to feel him inside of her again...she couldn't forget the way he had made her feel the last time and now...it would be even better because it was truly him this time. Nami licked her lips in anticipation.
"Nami...teach me how to pleasure you." Luffy requested of her bashfully.
Nami smiled and took one of Luffy's hands down and guided it towards the top of her skirt. She then slipped his hand inside and guided it lower. She guided his hand moving his hand back and forth as she showed Luffy how to caress her down there. Luffy smiled at her reactions and gaining confidence he suddenly slipped a finger inside of her. Nami gasped in surprise and slightly opened her legs to allow him more access.
Luffy instinctively began to pump his finger in and out of her. Nami writhed beneath his touch...it was so innocent and yet so skilled Nami thought in a daze. She wondered if he was really sure he had never done this sort of thing before. When Luffy slipped another finger inside of her she couldn't take it. She decided it was time to teach Luffy something else...
She removed Luffy's hand from the inside of her skirt and Luffy pouted. "Did I do something wrong Nami?"
"No Luffy...you were wonderful. But there's another way you can pleasure me down there. Would you like to learn it?"
Luffy nodded his head vigorously, happy to please Nami. Nami lay herself on the ground and pulled her skirt off of her legs. She then opened her legs and invited Luffy down on the ground to join her. Luffy swallowed as he looked back at Nami laying there exposed before him...he could feel his body reacting to the site of her naked body...there was a stirring in his loins as he looked back at her legs spread like that...beckoning him too...
Nami crooked a finger at him and Luffy obeyed coming to her side.
"Now Luffy...remember when I tasted you...I want you to taste me too..." Nami said as she motioned to her womanhood.
Luffy did not hesitate as he lowered his mouth to her core and began to experimentally caress her there using his lips and tongue.
Nami sighed as Luffy's touch was filling her with pleasure. "Oh Luffy...don't stop...keep going...."
Luffy obeyed and soon Nami's body arched as a warm feeling washed over her as she reached her completion. Nami collapsed back on the stone floor, her breath coming in and out in short gasps. She smiled back at Luffy who was looking at her with a twinkle in his eye as he lay next to her. "You taste really good Nami."
Nami smiled at his innocent comment before looking down. She saw the evidence of his arousal pressing through his jean shorts. She reached out a hand and tentatively stroked his member through the jean cloth.
Luffy sucked in a breath at her touch and pressed his body into her touch.
Nami then turned to face him and began to slip his clothes off one by one until he was left bare before her. She raked her eyes over his body devouring him with her eyes. This was Luffy...her Captain...the man who had saved her from Arlong...given her freedom...had saved her life more times than she could count. This man before her was the one she had come to love with all her heart and soul. And now she would finally get to be one with him, his true self.
Nami guided Luffy so that he was resting his body on top of her. Nami wrapped her arms around Luffy's neck and brought him down for another kiss. Luffy kissed her back but Nami could feel that he stiff in her embrace. "Shhhh...Luffy...don't be nervous." She soothed as she stroked his back with her hands.
"But Nami...I don't want to hurt you." Luffy murmured, visions from his nightmare came unbidden to his mind.
"You won't I promise." Nami whispered as she began to caress his body. Luffy soon began to caress her body as well and soon their passions rose. Luffy felt especially good when a certain part of his body brushed against the inside of Nami's legs.
Nami looked back at Luffy and he stared back down at her with equal intensity. "Now Luffy...I will teach you something new." She said as she spread her legs to allow Luffy better access to her. Luffy could feel his own body unconsciously repositioning itself over her. Nami's hand went down and she began to help guide Luffy into her.
Luffy's eyes widened. Was she really going to do what he thought she was going to do?! She was going to put his thing into her?! Would he even fit inside of her? She seemed so small and delicate surely that would hurt her!
"Nami...this WILL hurt you." Luffy argued as he wrapped a hand around her wrist stopping her guiding hand.
"Luffy, it's your turn to trust me now." Nami winked at him.
Luffy bit his lip but nodded and let Nami continue to guide him. He felt himself entering her and soon his instincts took over and he began to push himself more deeply inside of her without her assistance. Nami let go and let herself enjoy the sensation of Luffy filling her.
Luffy was shocked and pleased at the same time. The pleasure was just too much to comprehend.
He stayed still for a while just enjoying the feeling of being inside of her until Nami spoke, "Now Luffy move in and out of me..."
Luffy nodded and began to try and obey Nami's wish. He slowly began to ease himself back out of her and noticed that the pleasure only grew, he then began to push himself back inside and grunted.
Nami felt the his loss and craved his return. She nearly mewed when he joined himself inside of her once more. She wrapped her legs around his back to push him farther inside of her and sighed.
Luffy began to find an easy pace and moved in and out of her slowly, testing this new sensation. He watched Nami's face anxiously making sure he wasn't hurting her in any way shape or form.
"Oh Luffy...that's feels so good...please faster...Luffy...faster."
Luffy obeyed and as he began to join in and out of her at a faster pace all thought was expelled from his brain as only pleasure remained. Nami arched her body to met him and the two of them moved their bodies in sync to a rhythm as old as time. Soon Nami could feel the pleasure building inside of her, he was taking her over the edge again...
Luffy could also feel the pleasure building within him, he had never felt such intense pure carnal pleasure before. He was so close now...
Finally as Nami's cried out as she came to her climax this sensation brought Luffy over the edge as well.
He collapsed down on top of her. Nami wrapped her arms around him and found that Luffy was trembling beneath her hands. "Luffy?" She questioned. "Are you ok?"
"Oh gods yes Nami, it's just that I never knew..." Luffy was saying in disbelief. "Nami...what is that called?"
"Making love." Nami informed him with a smile.
"I like making love with you Nami." Luffy buried his head in her neck, breathing in her sweet scent of tangerines. "I want...to do it again sometime if that's ok Nami."
"Hmmm I dunno." Nami put a finger to her chin in thought earning a distraught look from Luffy. She gave him a sideways glance. "Maybe if you're on best behavior. And that means no starting fights for no good reason and-"
"But Nammiiiiii...." Luffy whined.
Before Nami burst out into giggles, Luffy soon joining her in her mirth.
Nami brought his lips up against her own in answer to his previous question.
Luffy stayed inside of her enjoying this feeling of oneness. Nami didn't seem to mind since she didn't push him off of her so they stayed like that for several more moments until they drifted to sleep...
As Luffy let his mind drift into unconsciousness his last thoughts were about the awareness that seemed to fill his being. Making love...so that's what that vision or nightmare was showing. Nami...why didn't you tell me. What have I done...what will I continue to do...to you...or to us?
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By Sophia Hughlette
Author of the anime-style novel Shinigami Boy
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