CHAPTER 24- Strange Events
Chapter's Quote: "Sometimes our minds leave us feeling lost in the storm."

Walking down a street on a different island, Nami was looking around for someone or something.

In fact, she was looking for everyone else. "Where could they be?" Nami thought to herself as she went over what had happened to her.

"The last thing I remember was being knocked out in that empty town. After that, I woke up to find myself on a beach…"

Nami sat down on a beach so she wouldn't bump into anybody as she thought.

Nami had indeed had a hard time ever since Call's Cell.

-Flashback-

The sunlight hit the beach and it landed on Nami as she lay on the sand.

Her eyes opened slightly and she tried to look around. Suddenly, someone walked in front of her and their shadow blocked the sun from her face.

Nami tried to see who the person was, but that was answered when they knelt down.

"Nami! Wake up!"

It was Luffy's voice.

"Lu…ffy?"

Luffy grinned and then lifted Nami onto her feet.

Her head swayed with dizziness and she soon collapsed.

Luffy was quick to reach out support her.

"Wh…at happened?"

Luffy shrugged and then grinned.

"I don't know, one moment I was walking around and the next, I saw you and ran over."

Nami looked at Luffy's big grin and closed her eyes.

"What about everyone else?" Luffy frowned and said quietly. "I haven't found them yet."

Nami sighed and she soon fell asleep. "Nami?" Luffy asked the sleeping navigator.

He then smiled and put Nami on his back and walked away.

Later, Nami woke up and looked around. Her dizziness was gone but it was nighttime.

Nami then sighed and sat up slowly. She noticed that a fire was made, and then something warm touched her hand.

Nami nearly jumped at the sudden touch, and turned her head to see Luffy sleeping next to her, his hand on hers.

"Luffy…" Nami said and then lay back down and tried to sleep.

Nami tried every single way she knew, but she couldn't go back to sleep.

Since she didn't want to wake Luffy up by moving her hand, she just sat up and looked around.

"This island must have people on it." Nami said as she saw boats sailing around nearby.

She then started to stare at the fire until she finally fell asleep.

"Nami…" came a soft voice.

Nami moved a little as the voice said again. "Nami…wake up."

Nami opened one of her eyes to see Luffy staring back at her with his big black eyes.

"You're awake!" Luffy said as he grinned.

"Luffy, do you know if anybody lives on this island?" Nami asked curiously.

"I don't really know." Luffy said sadly.

"But I was looking for the others and I saw a bunch of buildings!"

Nami punched Luffy in the head and shouted. "That means that there are people here, Baka!"

Luffy rubbed his head and grinned. "Sorry, Nami."

Nami sighed and stood up. "At least I can go find a real place to stay until we find some clue about where they are."

Luffy stood up also and grinned. "Let's go!" he said happily and Nami tried her best to hide her smile.

Nami was starting to re-think her plan when they reached town.

Everyone there knew Luffy and her from their wanted posters.

"RUN TO THE HILLS!" bellowed a large man.

"Please pirates, spare us! I offer you my mother!" shouted one man.

"I offer my son!" shouted an old lady next to him.

"Take my house!"

"Take my wallet!"

"Take my wife, please!"

"Take me please!" shouted the previous man's wife.

Nami stared in disbelief as the people shouted out things for them to take.

"Take my hair!"

"Take my baby!"

"Take my food!"

"Take my soul!"

Nami grimaced as the people started to shout out stupid things for them to take.

One even said to take their "nothing".

Luffy was laughing at the people, which didn't help much. They just started shouting more.

Nami bonked Luffy on the head and shouted over them.

"We don't want your things!" Everyone paused as they looked at Nami.

"Really?" they all asked.

Nami nodded and the people all erupted into cheers.

"Thank you!"

"I thought we were doomed, just like those other two!"

Nami perked up at that and asked. "What other two?"

A man turned to face them and sighed. "Two guys came through here a few days ago. One had a Mohawk, the other a bandana. They didn't last three seconds against the Terra Terror, Dragonheart."

Nami stared at the man in confusion and asked. "Dragonheart? Terra Terror? Who was that?"

The man looked at her and grunted. "Some kid named Dylan Dragonheart. Those two mocked him, and he sent them down."

"Down where?"

"Right where you're standing."

Nami quickly looked down and Luffy copied her.

"You mean that they are… underneath us?" Nami asked somewhat scared.

"That's right." The man said and walked away.

Nami just stared at the ground until she raised her head and shouted. "Where is this Dylan Dragonheart?"

The man turned around and Luffy eyed her confused.

"He was here until yesterday, left with what seemed to be his nakama."

Nami looked over at Luffy and then back at the man.

"Who were his nakama?" The man grimaced and grunted bitterly.

"I don't really know. There was eight of them including Dylan. They seemed pretty powerful, cause some Marines were sailing around, and then as soon as they set sail, all those Marines vanished off the water." The man said and finally walked away from them.

"Eight people could cause so much trouble? They sound almost like us." Nami said and turned around when she noticed that Luffy was being abnormally quiet.

He wasn't there.

"Luffy?" Nami called out hoping that he didn't disappear also.

"Luffy?"

"Hey Luffy! This isn't funny!" Nami called out but nobody replied.

"Luffy!" Nami shouted and suddenly nearly jumped into the air as somebody tapped her shoulder.

"Yeah Nami?" Luffy asked from behind her.

Nami pounded Luffy hard in the face and shouted. "Don't ever do that again!"

After a while, Luffy stopped groaning in pain and Nami was trying to find more info about the others.

-End Of Flashback-

Nami sighed as she continued to think. She was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she didn't notice someone sneaking up behind her.

Suddenly, arms wrapped around Nami's neck and a voice softly said in her ear. "Hey Nami."

Nami on instinct punched the guy in the face and realized it was Luffy.

"Didn't I say not to do that again?" Nami asked sternly.

"Gomen." Luffy said as he removed his arms from Nami and stared at her.

"I just thought you were sad, with you sitting down for so long."

"I was thinking, baka." Nami replied as she stood up.

"Any luck?"

Luffy shook his head. "Well we can't stay here, they might be at a different island." Nami said and placed her hands on her hips.

Nami then started to walk toward the dock nearby to borrow (steal) a ship.

They made it to the dock and Luffy was happily following Nami as she and him looked at the ships.

Nami suddenly stopped and pointed to a small ship.

"That one seems the easiest to steal." Luffy looked at the ship and grinned.

"Okay!" Nami sighed and climbed onboard.

She first searched the ship for anybody already on it but found nobody.

"Lucky." She said quietly to herself.

She went back onto the deck and ordered Luffy to do what she told him to do.

In a while, the small ship finally moved away from the dock and out onto open sea.

"We should have found people to help us." Nami muttered as Luffy plainly stared out at the horizon, with a big grin on his face.

Nami's face suddenly turned to horror as it hit her.

"Where are we going, and where are we going to sleep?" Nami asked herself while mentally kicking herself for not noticing the one and only room in the ship.

Nami groaned at the thought of sharing a room with Luffy again, but when she brought it up with Luffy, he didn't seem fazed by it.

He just grinned and said. "Come on Nami, its not that bad!"

Luffy was knocked out shortly after by a fist filled with anger.

Nami grimaced as the sun began to set already.

"Let's see… this map says that the closest island is called… Sol Island?" Nami said out loud and frowned.

"It seems that there are two islands nearby… Sol and Luna Island. I guess we'll head for Sol Island then." Nami said as she steered a course toward Sol Island.

From behind the small ship, three large warships with an emblem of the sun appeared and followed them.

Nami, by luck, glanced behind her and stared at the warships, as they grew closer.

"This is bad…" Nami muttered as a man on one of the warships shouted. "Bring them to Sol Island!"

Nami looked at the owner of the voice to see a tall man with grayish purple hair.

"Yes, Lord Suni!" shouted another man.

"At least we will be going the same way…" Nami muttered until she felt a sinking feeling.

The man they called Suni had disappeared and she felt a slight chill as she looked around and saw him standing over Luffy.

"What are you doing?" Nami asked slowly until she saw Suni pull out a sun-crested katana and swung down at Luffy.

"Luffy!" Nami shouted as the sound of broken glass was heard, and Nami fell to her knees in shock.

O.O BAM!

What could of happened to Luffy?!

Did he stand up, and attack Suni!?

Did he get his head chopped off!?

Who the hell is Suni!? U.U Oh, wait. I know who he is...

Okay, see you all next chapter!

Origin Of Names:

Suni

U.U Um... duh. It's the sun, which explains his katana, and the flag of the warships.