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Forgotten Memories
Chapter 5-Trust
When Nami awoke she was back in the infirmary. She was beginning to hate this place. The navigator noticed that Law was sitting in a chair beside her bed. The Heart captain looked deep in thought and didn't notice she had awaken. Nami then remembered what she saw before she passed out and quickly sat up. She then tried to get out of the bed but was stopped by Law.
"You need to rest, Nami-ya." The Heart captain informed her.
"No." Nami argued, but Law's grip on her shoulders was too strong. She had to make sure they were okay. "My nakama!" She pleaded. She had to find them! Nami couldn't lose them, not after everything they had been through together.
"They are fine Nami-ya." Law assured her.
The navigator felt a wave of relief wash over her. That day was a complete nightmare and Kuma terrified her. Nami didn't know what she would do if something ever happened to her crew. They were like family to her and she knew she wasn't the only one who thought that.
"You're Mugiwara-ya's navigator."
"And you're the one who saved Luffy."
"You helped Luffy!" Nami exclaimed, remembering her earlier flashback.
There was an emotion etched on Law's face but it was gone before Nami could identify it. "I did." Law said calmly.
"Why?" It was hard for Nami to understand why he would do that. They are both pirate captains and by nature they would be enemies because they were both going after One Piece. So why save your enemy? It could become something he would regret in the future.
"Even though we would be enemies someday, it would've been damn shame for him to die there." Law answered like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"So it's true." Everything they had told her had been the truth. It was hard for Nami to get her head around it. A whole year had gone by and Nami couldn't remember any of it, expect for what happened in Sabaody and meeting Trafalgar Law.
"What do you remember?" The Heart captain asked.
Nami thought for a moment, hoping something else would come back to her... It didn't. "I remember running away from Kuma and my nakama starting to disappear." Tears started to well up in Nami's eyes but she held them back. She had to remind herself that they were fine. "Also meeting you after it all happened... I think." The part where she met Law was still be bit hazy.
"It was a few weeks after it happened." Law stated. That was something at least Law thought. He picked up Nami's chart and pulled out a pen from his pocket. "How are you feeling? Any pain?"
"I feel fine now." Nami answered and then gave him a funny look. "You don't look like a doctor," the navigator blurted out. Though Nami didn't know if her argument was valid - her crew had a talking reindeer as their doctor.
The response she got was a chuckle. "You said the same thing when we first met."
"Well it's true." Nami muttered. "I need some fresh air." It was too stuffy and hot in the sub for Nami. Also she felt she had spent enough time in the infirmary already.
"You need to rest."
"Please!" Nami begged. "Just for five minutes!" Enough time for her to stretch her legs and fill her lungs with fresh oxygen.
Law seemed to hesitate at first but decided some fresh air might do her some good and they hadn't submerged yet. "Fine."
The cold air felt good against the Nami's skin. Being on the sub really made one appreciated fresh air. The navigator noticed that Bepo was spread out on the deck asleep. Nami couldn't help but smile at the bear. Looked like she wasn't the only one appreciating being outside. Nami glanced at Law, he sat himself down beside Bepo and proceeded to use the bear as a pillow and closed his eyes.
Trafalgar Law... Nami couldn't understand him at all. She also was getting a feeling that he was keeping something from her but had no idea what it was. If it was good or bad, she didn't know.
Though he didn't seem to be dishonest with her. Maybe not knowing was for her own good? Or maybe Nami was just thinking too hard. Right now she didn't really know him, so how could she tell if the Heart captain was hiding something or not. At least Nami was certain of and that was she could trust the Heart Pirates.
That was something.
Looking out onto the ocean Nami could see that they were drifting away from the island. Was she really out the long? The navigator was disappointed, Nami wanted to check out the island and see what information she could get.
Nami then let mind wander. Someone had messed with her memories. It had become really frustrating, Nami wanted nothing more than to get her memories back. She felt vulnerable without them. She has no memories of the last year and everything had changed so much.
There was still a lot Nami wanted to know. How did she ended up with the Heart Pirates? Law had told her before that she joined 'out of interest', but to travel with them for so long? That seemed a bit strange to Nami.
Nami let out a sigh. How much had the world changed since Whitebeard's death? The New World would have been dangerous before but without him there, it will be more dangerous. Nami needed to prepare herself, she couldn't just rely on getting her memories back before meeting up with her nakama. That gave her one year to get knowledge on navigating in the New World.
She had to become stronger. Not just for herself, but for her nakama too.
"Captain, are you going to tell her?" Penguin asked.
"No."
"Why not? She believes us now." A surprised Shachi said. He didn't see the point of keeping it from her now.
The captain let out a deep sigh, "I don't want to look like I'm taking advantage of her." He gave his crew a look that said 'end of conversation.' He had to concentrate on finding that man, since it looked like it would be too painful for Nami to get back her memories naturally.
End Chapter
And that is chapter 5... I hope you liked it! :) Nami finally trusts the Heart Pirates! :) As always please review... Reviews= Faster updates... :D Again a big thank you to sammycircle for beta reading this! You're awesome! :D
