A/N: Hello everyone! It has been a while. However, the next chapter is done!
I have to let you know that I really thought hard about Nami's reactions and actions in this chapter, and to me they feel like they fit… but you could think otherwise- it's a free country (well that's debatable sometimes… stupid government….) Ok- enough political rant- I better shut up before the FBI come and have me arrested or something.
So here is the next chapter for you. And thanks for the reviews!
Disclaimer: I don't own it… do you?
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Sanji shoved his hands deep into his pants pockets and slumped back up on deck. His mind was going berserk. He wanted to open her door and find a way to talk to his Nami-san.
'How am I going to get her to understand?' He wondered as he once again heard the voices of his crewmates.
'Now let Uncle Usopp tell you all about the time I single-handedly defeated the evil pirate Arlong and his crew!" The long nosed man began as his arms went wide to emphasize the size of the notorious creature they fought. His exaggerated story had just begun when Sanji looked over at the scene before him.
"Will you shut up? You did no such thing… YOU ran away." Zoro humped not really caring, but also not wanting to listen to Usopp's 'version' of the fight.
"Boring! Weeeee!" Came Luffy's voice. Sanji's attention focused on the rubber man and the bundle he was chucking up into the air. The captain chuckled as he tossed the baby up and caught him easily. "Yo Zoro, do you want to hold Sanji Jr?" He smiled averting his attention off the falling bundle.
"What? Me? No way… I'd rather not touch that baka's kid." The swordsman said resuming training, as it was now reasonably quiet. "And you're going to drop it." Zoro warned seeing Luffy play with the child.
At first to Sanji's amusement, the little time away proved that the three unlikely babysitters seemed to do all right. That was until Luffy lost control of the bouncing, laughing fuzz head. Sanji froze with panic as he saw the baby fly in the air.
Forcing himself to move, Sanji dived to the ground in an attempt to catch the child before it fell on the hard wood floor.
"Opps." Luffy smiled as he noticed the baby flying off course. Without any effort at all, the rubber arms extended and caught the laughing child.
Looking up from the floor, Sanji sighed seeing the baby was safe. Picking the splinters out of his face, Sanji recovered quickly from the fall, and pulled the baby from the grinning captain.
"Ah…but we were just having fun with Sanji Jr." Luffy whined as the baby was taken from him.
"And I was just beginning the tale when I, the brave captain Usopp single handedly…"
"I don't care." Sanji said flatly. "And his name is Yuiko, not Sanji Jr."
If Sanji's temper was not tested now, it was surely peaked after the large crash from the kitchen came from inside his kitchen. The crashing and clanking pots and dishes echoed loudly.
Luffy and Usopp were silent as they watched their cook attempting to calm himself. However, it was to no avail.
As calmly as possible, Sanji slipped out of his black suit coat and arranged it so it made a small nest of a bed. Setting the smiling and gurgling baby down on the coat, Sanji looked over to Luffy and Usopp.
"Watch him but do NOT pick him up." he ordered as he began rolling up his sleeves and stormed into the kitchen where he knew he would find a certain green haired swordsman. Their crewmate had suddenly disappeared during the baby scare.
The two decided that Zoro was on his own in this fight. Neither bystanders wanted to piss Sanji off now, so they stayed put as the blonde entered his beloved kitchen and the sounds of the resulting battle began.
Seconds later a fast moving Zoro ran from the kitchen, close on his trail was the butchering cleaver yielding cook.
"Come back here! I'll teach you to mess with MY kitchen."
"Yare, Yare, I just wanted some real food!"
"I'll show you food!" The cook screamed, as he was about to bring the knife down and slash at the cornered swordsman. They were now at the front of the ship. Zoro now had a choice to make… the ocean or the cook.
That was until the baby's cries once again rang out. As if cued, Sanji gave Zoro an evil eye as he dropped the cleaver and went to the crying child.
Zoro, along with Usopp and Luffy were stunned. Soon the child once again consumed all of Sanji's attention. As the swordsman began to feel cocky, his smile quickly wiped off his face when Sanji countered with a quick shout.
"Don't think for a second that this over." Came the cold tone of the cook as he went back inside the kitchen and continued to calm the baby.
The crew gave off a sigh of relief.
"Saved by the baby." Zoro smirked thinking it was a good thing that Sanji's attention was once again diverted. However, his stomach was still empty. Zoro mumbled a few choice words under his breath as he began to accept the fact that while the baby was aboard, the food would suffer.
Much to the three's dislike their was no snack ready before they retired for the night either.
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Nami awoke to fin the lull of night had fallen on the Going Merry. From the wall and sealed off door she could faintly hear Usopp's snoring and Luffy's mumbling in his sleep. Pushing the covers off she stretched and got out of her bed. A slight chill ran up her back due to the slight briskness of the air.
Wrapping a blanket around her, Nami decided to go up stairs and sneak into the kitchen for a small snack. She really had not eaten anything since that morning and her stomach was grumbling.
Walking up the stairs and back on deck Nami inhaled the crisp night's air. Enjoying the silence, she looked up at the stars.
'Peace at last.' She smiled. Turning towards the kitchen, Nami was greeted with a sight that caused her to stop in her tracks. The baby smiled widely up at her and continued to talk in its baby language ignorant of all his surroundings. The baby was sitting with in Sanji's arms, the blonde haired, curly eye-browed man who looked exhausted. His head was leaning against the railing across from the kitchen door. Light snores coming from his still frame told her he was asleep. The baby in his arms seemed oblivious to it's tried parent and was content in fiddling with Sanji's newly opened pack of cigarettes.
"No, that's a bad baby." Nami said as she suddenly moved over towards the two. She did not know why or even how to begin to explain it, but she knelt down and softly took the wide-awake child from Sanji.
Settling the child in one arm, she took the blanket off and gently set it over the fast asleep cook.
Nami became lost in her thoughts as she placed her hand on Sanji's strong chest. It lingered there as she watched him sleep. 'He looks so different here sleeping so peacefully… so … cute.' She thought with a sigh. 'Cute? Cute? What are you thinking Nami?' A voice questioned. Her internal monologue stopped when a chunk of her hair suddenly became an amusing toy to the baby in her arms. Nami turned her attention back to the baby as she stood up.
"Oh, so you're not tired. Well it looks like you did a good job putting your dad to sleep." Nami said with a smile. As she really took, her first good look at the child Nami found it was hard to not smile seeing the baby's happy toothless grin.
"You know for being that baka cook's baby, you don't look like him… or your mother…"Nami spoke softly as she swayed her hips, slowly getting the baby to become drowsy.
Soon the baby had forgotten how awake and curious it had been, because now the tiny baby was laying with it's chubby arms around her.
"You know, you two have a lot in common." Nami mused quietly getting a better grip around the sleeping infant's body. "I can't hate you either… I want to so much because it would be easier, you know… both of you, but…"
She slowly let her voice fade because the baby was fast asleep. Just standing there for a time listening to the waves clashing against the ship's sides, Nami allowed the wind to hit her face. There was something soothing about listening to the mature coupled with the rhythmic breathing of the baby resting it's fuzzy head on her shoulder, and the man sleeping at her feet.
'It's cold up here.' Nami thought to herself as she felt goose bumps on her skin.
Without thinking twice, she patted the baby's back and started back down the stairs towards her room.
I have to let you know that I really thought hard about Nami's reactions and actions in this chapter, and to me they feel like they fit… but you could think otherwise- it's a free country (well that's debatable sometimes… stupid government….) Ok- enough political rant- I better shut up before the FBI come and have me arrested or something.
So here is the next chapter for you. And thanks for the reviews!
Disclaimer: I don't own it… do you?
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Sanji shoved his hands deep into his pants pockets and slumped back up on deck. His mind was going berserk. He wanted to open her door and find a way to talk to his Nami-san.
'How am I going to get her to understand?' He wondered as he once again heard the voices of his crewmates.
'Now let Uncle Usopp tell you all about the time I single-handedly defeated the evil pirate Arlong and his crew!" The long nosed man began as his arms went wide to emphasize the size of the notorious creature they fought. His exaggerated story had just begun when Sanji looked over at the scene before him.
"Will you shut up? You did no such thing… YOU ran away." Zoro humped not really caring, but also not wanting to listen to Usopp's 'version' of the fight.
"Boring! Weeeee!" Came Luffy's voice. Sanji's attention focused on the rubber man and the bundle he was chucking up into the air. The captain chuckled as he tossed the baby up and caught him easily. "Yo Zoro, do you want to hold Sanji Jr?" He smiled averting his attention off the falling bundle.
"What? Me? No way… I'd rather not touch that baka's kid." The swordsman said resuming training, as it was now reasonably quiet. "And you're going to drop it." Zoro warned seeing Luffy play with the child.
At first to Sanji's amusement, the little time away proved that the three unlikely babysitters seemed to do all right. That was until Luffy lost control of the bouncing, laughing fuzz head. Sanji froze with panic as he saw the baby fly in the air.
Forcing himself to move, Sanji dived to the ground in an attempt to catch the child before it fell on the hard wood floor.
"Opps." Luffy smiled as he noticed the baby flying off course. Without any effort at all, the rubber arms extended and caught the laughing child.
Looking up from the floor, Sanji sighed seeing the baby was safe. Picking the splinters out of his face, Sanji recovered quickly from the fall, and pulled the baby from the grinning captain.
"Ah…but we were just having fun with Sanji Jr." Luffy whined as the baby was taken from him.
"And I was just beginning the tale when I, the brave captain Usopp single handedly…"
"I don't care." Sanji said flatly. "And his name is Yuiko, not Sanji Jr."
If Sanji's temper was not tested now, it was surely peaked after the large crash from the kitchen came from inside his kitchen. The crashing and clanking pots and dishes echoed loudly.
Luffy and Usopp were silent as they watched their cook attempting to calm himself. However, it was to no avail.
As calmly as possible, Sanji slipped out of his black suit coat and arranged it so it made a small nest of a bed. Setting the smiling and gurgling baby down on the coat, Sanji looked over to Luffy and Usopp.
"Watch him but do NOT pick him up." he ordered as he began rolling up his sleeves and stormed into the kitchen where he knew he would find a certain green haired swordsman. Their crewmate had suddenly disappeared during the baby scare.
The two decided that Zoro was on his own in this fight. Neither bystanders wanted to piss Sanji off now, so they stayed put as the blonde entered his beloved kitchen and the sounds of the resulting battle began.
Seconds later a fast moving Zoro ran from the kitchen, close on his trail was the butchering cleaver yielding cook.
"Come back here! I'll teach you to mess with MY kitchen."
"Yare, Yare, I just wanted some real food!"
"I'll show you food!" The cook screamed, as he was about to bring the knife down and slash at the cornered swordsman. They were now at the front of the ship. Zoro now had a choice to make… the ocean or the cook.
That was until the baby's cries once again rang out. As if cued, Sanji gave Zoro an evil eye as he dropped the cleaver and went to the crying child.
Zoro, along with Usopp and Luffy were stunned. Soon the child once again consumed all of Sanji's attention. As the swordsman began to feel cocky, his smile quickly wiped off his face when Sanji countered with a quick shout.
"Don't think for a second that this over." Came the cold tone of the cook as he went back inside the kitchen and continued to calm the baby.
The crew gave off a sigh of relief.
"Saved by the baby." Zoro smirked thinking it was a good thing that Sanji's attention was once again diverted. However, his stomach was still empty. Zoro mumbled a few choice words under his breath as he began to accept the fact that while the baby was aboard, the food would suffer.
Much to the three's dislike their was no snack ready before they retired for the night either.
-
Nami awoke to fin the lull of night had fallen on the Going Merry. From the wall and sealed off door she could faintly hear Usopp's snoring and Luffy's mumbling in his sleep. Pushing the covers off she stretched and got out of her bed. A slight chill ran up her back due to the slight briskness of the air.
Wrapping a blanket around her, Nami decided to go up stairs and sneak into the kitchen for a small snack. She really had not eaten anything since that morning and her stomach was grumbling.
Walking up the stairs and back on deck Nami inhaled the crisp night's air. Enjoying the silence, she looked up at the stars.
'Peace at last.' She smiled. Turning towards the kitchen, Nami was greeted with a sight that caused her to stop in her tracks. The baby smiled widely up at her and continued to talk in its baby language ignorant of all his surroundings. The baby was sitting with in Sanji's arms, the blonde haired, curly eye-browed man who looked exhausted. His head was leaning against the railing across from the kitchen door. Light snores coming from his still frame told her he was asleep. The baby in his arms seemed oblivious to it's tried parent and was content in fiddling with Sanji's newly opened pack of cigarettes.
"No, that's a bad baby." Nami said as she suddenly moved over towards the two. She did not know why or even how to begin to explain it, but she knelt down and softly took the wide-awake child from Sanji.
Settling the child in one arm, she took the blanket off and gently set it over the fast asleep cook.
Nami became lost in her thoughts as she placed her hand on Sanji's strong chest. It lingered there as she watched him sleep. 'He looks so different here sleeping so peacefully… so … cute.' She thought with a sigh. 'Cute? Cute? What are you thinking Nami?' A voice questioned. Her internal monologue stopped when a chunk of her hair suddenly became an amusing toy to the baby in her arms. Nami turned her attention back to the baby as she stood up.
"Oh, so you're not tired. Well it looks like you did a good job putting your dad to sleep." Nami said with a smile. As she really took, her first good look at the child Nami found it was hard to not smile seeing the baby's happy toothless grin.
"You know for being that baka cook's baby, you don't look like him… or your mother…"Nami spoke softly as she swayed her hips, slowly getting the baby to become drowsy.
Soon the baby had forgotten how awake and curious it had been, because now the tiny baby was laying with it's chubby arms around her.
"You know, you two have a lot in common." Nami mused quietly getting a better grip around the sleeping infant's body. "I can't hate you either… I want to so much because it would be easier, you know… both of you, but…"
She slowly let her voice fade because the baby was fast asleep. Just standing there for a time listening to the waves clashing against the ship's sides, Nami allowed the wind to hit her face. There was something soothing about listening to the mature coupled with the rhythmic breathing of the baby resting it's fuzzy head on her shoulder, and the man sleeping at her feet.
'It's cold up here.' Nami thought to herself as she felt goose bumps on her skin.
Without thinking twice, she patted the baby's back and started back down the stairs towards her room.